Meanings
noundomestic cat (plural domestic cats)
plural domestic cats
- biologyA domesticated cat, of the species Felis catus or subspecies Felis silvestris catus, especially one kept as a pet or for vermin control.
Synonyms: cat, house cat, kitty, kitty-cat, moggy, puss, pussy, pussycat
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA domesticated cat, of the species Felis catus or subspecies Felis silvestris catus, especially one kept as a pet or for vermin control.
More synonyms by meaning
nounany domesticated member of the genus Felis
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Translations
Basque etxe-katu
- etxe-katudomesticated cat
Bulgarian дома́шна ко́тка
- дома́шна ко́тка (domášna kótka)domesticated cat
Chinese Mandarin 家貓 /家猫
- 家貓 /家猫 (jiāmāo)domesticated cat
Czech kočka domácí
- kočka domácídomesticated cat
Esperanto hejma kato
- hejma katodomesticated cat
Finnish kotikissa
- kotikissadomesticated cat
French chat domestique
- chat domestiquedomesticated cat
German Hauskatze, Hauskater
- Hauskatzedomesticated cat
- Hauskaterdomesticated cat
- Hauskätzindomesticated cat
- Stubentigerdomesticated cat
Hungarian házi macska
- házi macskadomesticated cat
Italian gatto domestico
- gatto domesticodomesticated cat
Japanese イエネコ, 家猫
- イエネコ (ieneko)domesticated cat
- 家猫 (ieneko)domesticated cat
Korean 집괭이, 집고양이
- 집괭이 (jipgwaeng'i)domesticated cat
- 집고양이 (jipgoyang'i)domesticated cat
- 가묘 (gamyo)domesticated cat
Persian گربه خانگی
- گربه خانگی (gorbe-ye xânegi)domesticated cat
Polish kot domowy
- kot domowydomesticated cat
Portuguese gato-doméstico
- gato-domésticodomesticated cat
Romanian pisică de casă, pisică domestică
- pisică de casădomesticated cat
- pisică domesticădomesticated cat
Russian домашняя ко́шка, дома́шний кот
- домашняя ко́шка (domašnjaja kóška)domesticated cat
- дома́шний кот (domášnij kot)domesticated cat
Spanish gato doméstico
- gato domésticodomesticated cat
Swedish tamkatt
- tamkattdomesticated cat
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APA
domestic cat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/domestic%20cat
MLA
“domestic cat.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/domestic%20cat. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “domestic cat,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/domestic%20cat.
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