"chat" meaning in French

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Noun

IPA: /ʃa/ Audio: Fr-chat.ogg Forms: chats [plural], chatte [feminine]
Rhymes: -a Etymology: Inherited from Middle French chat, from Old French chat, from Late Latin cattus. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm|chat|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French chat, {{inh+|fr|frm|chat}} Inherited from Middle French chat, {{inh|fr|fro|chat}} Old French chat, {{inh|fr|LL.|cattus}} Late Latin cattus Head templates: {{fr-noun|m|f=chatte}} chat m (plural chats, feminine chatte)
  1. cat (feline) Tags: masculine Categories (lifeform): Cats
    Sense id: en-chat-fr-noun-lT2sabDb Disambiguation of Cats: 38 33 19 10
  2. (male) cat, tom, tomcat Tags: masculine Categories (lifeform): Cats, Male animals
    Sense id: en-chat-fr-noun-89eYH0BN Disambiguation of Cats: 38 33 19 10 Disambiguation of Male animals: 2 75 13 9
  3. tag, tig (children’s game) Tags: masculine Categories (lifeform): Cats
    Sense id: en-chat-fr-noun-45E4F3fm Disambiguation of Cats: 38 33 19 10 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 3 15 59 23
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: chat domestique Hypernyms: carnivore, félin Hyponyms: chaton, chatte, matou, minet Related terms: cataire, haret, matou, minet, minou, mistigri

Noun

IPA: /tʃat/ Forms: chats [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from English chat. Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|fr|en|chat|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} English chat, {{bor+|fr|en|chat}} Borrowed from English chat Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} chat m (plural chats)
  1. (Internet) chat (online discussion) Tags: Internet, masculine Categories (topical): Internet Categories (lifeform): Cats Synonyms: tchat Derived forms: chatter, chater, chatteur, chateur
    Sense id: en-chat-fr-noun-2ryU1P0o Disambiguation of Cats: 38 33 19 10
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: chat domestique Hypernyms: carnivore, félin Hyponyms: chaton, chatte, matou, minet
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "word": "à bon chat, bon rat"
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      "word": "acheter chat en poche"
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      "word": "donner sa langue au chat"
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      "word": "la nuit, tous les chats sont gris"
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      "word": "le chat parti, les souris dansent"
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      "word": "les chiens ne font pas des chats"
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          "ref": "1896, Paul Margueritte, “Une flaque”, in L’eau qui dort, Paris: Armand Colin et cⁱᵉ, […], section II, pages 102–103",
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      "word": "avoir d’autres chats à fouetter"
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      "word": "avoir un chat dans la gorge"
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      "word": "chat forestier"
    },
    {
      "word": "chat forestier européen"
    },
    {
      "word": "chat haret"
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    {
      "word": "chat perché"
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      "word": "chat sauvage"
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    {
      "word": "chat sauvage d’Europe"
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      "word": "chat sauvage européen"
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      "word": "chat sylvestre"
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      "word": "chat-huant"
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      "word": "chat-tigre"
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      "word": "chataire"
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      "word": "chatière"
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      "word": "chaton"
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      "word": "chatonner"
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      "word": "chatte"
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      "word": "chatterie"
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      "word": "comme chien et chat"
    },
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      "word": "c’est le chat qui se mord la queue"
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      "word": "donner sa langue au chat"
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      "word": "il ne faut pas réveiller le chat qui dort"
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      "word": "il n’y a pas de quoi fouetter un chat"
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      "word": "il n’y a pas un chat"
    },
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      "word": "jeu du chat et de la souris"
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      "word": "jouer au chat et à la souris"
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      "word": "la nuit, tous les chats sont gris"
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      "word": "langue de chat"
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      "word": "langue-de-chat"
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      "word": "le chat parti, les souris dansent"
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      "word": "les chats ne font pas des chiens"
    },
    {
      "word": "les chiens ne font pas des chats"
    },
    {
      "word": "mousse du chat"
    },
    {
      "word": "pas de chat"
    },
    {
      "word": "pied de chat"
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      "word": "quand le chat n’est pas là, les souris dansent"
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      "word": "syndrome du cri du chat"
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      "ipa": "/ʃa/"
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      "word": "chatter"
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    {
      "word": "chater"
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      "word": "chateur"
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      "ipa": "/tʃat/"
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