chatte
French
noun
Definitions
- she-cat
- (vulgar) pussy, twat female genitalia
- (slang) luck
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French chatte suf from French chat (cat) inherited from Old French chate inherited from Latin catta.
Origin
Latin
catta
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- cat English
- catta Latin
- cattus Latin
- gatta Italian
- chat French
- chat-tigre French
- chatière French
- chaton French
- chatoyer French
- chattement French
- gata Spanish, Castilian
- gato Spanish, Castilian
- *kattuz Proto-Germanic
- *kattō Proto-Germanic
- chate Old French
- kato Esperanto
- gata Catalan, Valencian
- cătușă Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- kazza Old High German
- catte Norman
- chat Middle French
- chatte Middle French
- gata Old Portuguese
- giatta Romansh
- gjate Friulian
- sat Mauritian Creole
- sat Seychellois Creole
- catepeluse ONF.
- chat Antillean Creole