"Gatt" meaning in English

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Proper name

Forms: Gatts [plural]
Etymology: Various origins: * A variant of Galt, a Scottish surname. * Borrowed from South German Gatt, a short form of a personal name containing Middle High German gate (“companion”); compare modern German Gatte (“husband”). * Borrowed from Maltese Gatt, which could derive from Italian gatto (“cat”) or be a short form of the personal name Agatha. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|de|Gatt}} German Gatt, {{der|en|gmh|gate||companion}} Middle High German gate (“companion”), {{cog|de|Gatte||husband}} German Gatte (“husband”), {{bor|en|mt|Gatt}} Maltese Gatt, {{der|en|it|gatto||cat}} Italian gatto (“cat”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|s}} Gatt (plural Gatts)
  1. A surname.
    Sense id: en-Gatt-en-name-EMUC1F3L Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English surnames, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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