pet

English Online Dictionary. What means pet‎? What does pet mean?

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛt/, [pʰɛt], [pʰɛʔt]
• Rhymes: -ɛt

Etymology 1

Attested since the 1500s in the sense "indulged child" and since the 1530s in the sense "animal companion". From Scots and dialectal Northern English, of unclear origin. Perhaps a back-formation of petty, pety (“little, small”), a term formerly used to describe children and animals (e.g. pet lambs). Alternatively, perhaps a borrowing of Scottish Gaelic peata, from Middle Irish petta, peta (“pet, lap-dog”), of uncertain (possibly pre-Indo-European substrate) origin. Compare peat (“pet, darling, woman”).

The verb is derived from the noun.

Noun

pet (plural pets)

1. An animal kept as a companion.
2. (by extension) Something kept as a companion, including inanimate objects. (pet rock, pet plant, etc.)
3. One who is excessively loyal to a superior and receives preferential treatment.
4. Any person or animal especially cherished and indulged; a darling.

Synonyms

• companion animal

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

pet (third-person singular simple present pets, present participle petting, simple past and past participle petted or (nonstandard) pet)

1. (transitive) To stroke or fondle (an animal).

2. (transitive, intransitive, informal) To stroke or fondle (another person) amorously.
   • 1970-1975, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure

     We kissed & petted for about 15 mins & he still wasn't hard, altho he acted like he was enjoying himself.

3. (dated, transitive) To treat as a pet; to fondle; to indulge.
4. (archaic, intransitive) To be a pet.
5. (archaic, intransitive) To be peevish; to sulk.

Synonyms

• (to stroke or fondle an animal): pat, smooth
• (to stroke or fondle amorously): feel up, grope, touch up; see also Thesaurus:fondle
• (to treat as a pet): coddle, cosset; see also Thesaurus:pamper
• (to be peevish): mope, pout

Derived terms

• pet the kitty
• petting

Translations

Adjective

pet (not comparable)

1. Favourite; cherished; the focus of one's (usually positive) attention.
2. Kept or treated as a pet.

3. (obsolete) Good; ideal.

Derived terms

Translations

References

Etymology 2

Clipping of petulance.

Noun

pet (plural pets)

1. A fit of petulance, a sulk, arising from the impression that one has been offended or slighted.

Etymology 3

Clipping of petition.

Noun

pet (plural pets)

1. Abbreviation of petition.

Etymology 4

Clipping of petal.

Noun

pet (plural pets)

1. (Ireland, Geordie) A term of endearment usually applied to women and children.

References

• A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, →ISBN

See also

• pet coke (etymologically unrelated)
• red vet pet (etymologically unrelated)

Anagrams

• EPT, PTE, Pte, TPE, Tep, ept

Ainu

Noun

pet

1. river

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin pēditum. Compare Occitan pet, French pet, Spanish pedo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈpɛt]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈpət]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈpet]

Noun

pet m (plural pets)

1. (colloquial) fart

Derived terms

See also

• llufa f

References

• “pet” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “pet” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Chuukese

Etymology

Borrowed from English bed.

Noun

pet

1. bed

Dutch

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛt/
• Hyphenation: pet
• Rhymes: -ɛt

Noun

pet m (plural petten, diminutive petje n)

1. cap (headwear with a peak at the front)

Descendants

• → Caribbean Javanese: pèt
• → Indonesian: pet, peci (from the diminutive)
• → Papiamentu: pèchi, petsje (from the diminutive)

Adjective

pet (comparative petter, superlative petst)

1. (slang) bad, crappy

Inflection

Derived terms

• naatje pet

Descendants

• → Papiamentu: pèchi (from the diminutive)

French

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old French pet, inherited from Latin pēditum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛ/
  • Homophones: paie, paient, paies, pais, paît, paix, pets
• (Quebec, informal) IPA^(key): /pɛt/
  • Homophones: pète, pètent, pètes, pets

Noun

pet m (plural pets)

1. (colloquial) fart

   Synonym: vesse

Derived terms

Related terms

• péter

Etymology 2

See the main lemma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛt/
• Homophones: pète, pètent, pètes, pets

Noun

pet m (plural pets)

1. (colloquial, nonstandard) Clipping of pétard.

Further reading

• “pet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin pectus.

Noun

pet m (plural pets)

1. (anatomy) chest

See also

• sen

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch pet, probably from French toupet. Doublet of peci.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɛt̪̚]
• Hyphenation: pèt

Noun

pet (plural pet-pet, first-person possessive petku, second-person possessive petmu, third-person possessive petnya)

1. cap (headwear with a peak at the front)

   Hypernym: topi

Further reading

• “pet” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Middle French

Noun

pet m (plural pets)

1. (vulgar) fart, gas, flatulence

Polish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛt/
• Rhymes: -ɛt
• Syllabification: pet

Noun

pet m inan (diminutive pecik)

1. (colloquial) cigarette butt

   Synonyms: kiep, niedopałek, ogarek

2. (colloquial, derogatory) cigarette

   Synonyms: cygareta, fajek, fajka, kiep, kopeć, papieros, szlug

Declension

Further reading

• pet in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• pet in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English pet.

Pronunciation

• • Homophones: PET, patch

Noun

pet m (plural pets)

1. (Brazil, upper class slang) pet (animal kept as a companion)

   Synonyms: animal de estimação (much more common), mascote

See also

• pet shop

Romansch

Alternative forms

• pèz (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran)
• péz (Sutsilvan)

Etymology

From Latin pectus.

Noun

pet m (plural pets)

1. (Puter, Vallader, anatomy) chest, thorax

Related terms

• (Rumantsch Grischun) sain
• (Sursilvan) sein
• (Sutsilvan, Surmiran) sagn

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pętь, from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pêːt/, /pêt/

Numeral

pȇt (Cyrillic spelling пе̑т)

1. five (5)

Usage notes

• Nouns following the numbers 5-20 are in genitive plural.

Slovene

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *pętь, from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /péːt/
• Rhymes: -eːt
• Hyphenation: pet
• Homophone: ped

Numeral

pẹ̑t

1. five

Declension

• less common

Noun

pẹ̑t n

1. number five

Declension

To express dual and plural, the phrase število pet 'number five' is used, e.g. dve števili pet sta napisani, or, informally, also petka.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛ́ːt/
• Rhymes: -ɛːt
• Hyphenation: pet

Noun

pȇt

1. genitive dual/plural of peta

Further reading

• “pet”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “pet”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references

Tày

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *peːtᴰ (“eight”), from Chinese 八 (MC peat, “eight”). Cognate with Thai แปด (bpɛ̀ɛt), Lao ແປດ (pǣt), Lü ᦶᦔᧆᧈ (ṗaed¹), Tai Dam ꪵꪜꪒ, Shan ပႅတ်ႇ (pèt), Tai Nüa ᥙᥦᥖᥱ (pǎet), Ahom 𑜆𑜢𑜄𑜫 (pit), Bouyei beedt, Zhuang bet.

Pronunciation

• (Thạch An – Tràng Định) IPA^(key): [pɛt̚˧˥]
• (Trùng Khánh) IPA^(key): [pɛt̚˦]

Numeral

pet

1. eight