IPA (key ) : /pɛt/ ,[pʰɛt] ,[pʰɛʔ] ,[pʰɛʔt] Rhymes:-ɛt Originally northern dialectal, fromScots pet ( “ an animal that has been tamed and is kept as a pet; a darling or favourite; a petted or spoiled child ” ) , probably fromScottish Gaelic peata ( “ pet, tamed animal, spoiled child ” ) , fromMiddle Irish petta peta ( “ pet, lap-dog ” ) , of uncertain origin, possibly from a pre-Indo-Europeansubstrate [ 1] peat ( “ pet, darling, woman ” ) , which is likely not related.
The verb is derived from the noun.
pet pet (plural pets
Ananimal kept as acompanion or otherwise forpleasure , rather than for some practical benefit or use. ( by extension ) companion , including inanimateobjects (pet rock ,pet plant , etc.).2015 September 15, Toby Fox,Undertale Linux ,Microsoft Windows ,OS X :Papyrus: This is my brother'spet rock. He always forgets to feed it. As usual, I have to take responsibility.
One who isexcessively loyal to asuperior and receivespreferential treatment . Any person or animal especiallycherished andindulged ; adarling .1847 Emily Brontë ], chapter XIX, inWuthering Heights: [ … ] (please specify |volume=I or II) , London:Thomas Cautley Newby , [ … ] →OCLC At first she sat silent; but that could not last: she had resolved to make apet of her little cousin, as she would have him to be; and she commenced stroking his curls, and kissing his cheek, and offering him tea in her saucer, like a baby.
1711 January 1 (Gregorian calendar),Isaac Bickerstaff [et al. , pseudonyms;Richard Steele et al. ], “Thursday, December 21, 1710”, inThe Tatler 266 ; republished in [Richard Steele ], editor,The Tatler, [ … ] , London stereotype edition, volume III, London: I. Walker and Co.; [ … ] 1822 ,→OCLC the love of cronies,pets , and favourites The spelling has been modernized. an animal kept as a companion
Afrikaans:troeteldier sg Albanian:kafshë shtëpie f manar (sq) m Arabic:حَيَوَان مَنْزَلِيّ m ( ḥayawān manzaliyy ) ,حَيَوَان أَلِيف m ( ḥayawān ʔalīf ) Armenian:please add this translation if you can Belarusian:ха́тняя жывёла f ( xátnjaja žyvjóla ) ,любі́мец m ( ljubímjec ) ,жывёла-кампаньён f ( žyvjola-kampanʹjon ) ,гадава́нец m ( hadavánjec ) ,сво́йскі гадава́нец m ( svójski hadavánjec ) ,ха́тні гадуне́ц m ( xátni hadunjéc ) Bulgarian:дома́шен люби́мец m ( domášen ljubímec ) ,пито́мец (bg) m ( pitómec ) Burmese:(pleaseverify ) အချစ်တော် (my) ( a.hkyactau ) Catalan:animal de companyia m mascota (ca) f Chinese:Mandarin:寵物 / 宠物 (zh) ( chǒngwù ) Czech:domácí mazlíček m domácí zvíře n Danish:kæledyr n Dutch:huisdier (nl) n troeteldier (nl) n Esperanto:dombesto dorlotbesto hejmbesto Estonian:lemmikloom Finnish:lemmikkieläin (fi) ,lemmikki (fi) French:animal de compagnie (fr) m animal familier (fr) m animal domestique (fr) m Galician:animal de compaña m animal de compañía animal doméstico mascota f Georgian:შინაური ცხოველი ( šinauri cxoveli ) ,მოშინაურებული ცხოველი ( mošinaurebuli cxoveli ) German:Haustier (de) n Heimtier (de) n Stubentier n Lieblingstier (de) n Greek:κατοικίδιο ( katoikídio ) Hebrew:חיית מחמד \ חַיַּת מַחְמָד (he) f ( khayát makhmád ) Hindi:पालतू पशु ( pāltū paśu ) Hungarian:kisállat (hu) ,kis kedvenc házi kedvenc háziállat (hu) ,kedvenc (hu) Icelandic:gæludýr (is) n Indonesian:hewan peliharaan Ingrian:ellään Irish:peata (ga) m Italian:animale da compagnia (it) m animale d'affezione animale domestico (it) Japanese:ペット (ja) ( petto ) ,愛玩動物 (ja) ( あいがんどうぶつ, aigan dōbutsu ) Khmer:សត្វចិញ្ចឹម ( sɑɑtvɔɔcəñcəm ) Korean:애완동물(愛玩動物) (ko) ( aewandongmul ) ,반려동물(伴侶動物) ( ballyeodongmul ) ,펫 ( pet ) Lao:ສັດລ້ຽງ (lo) ( sat līang ) Latin:animal familiāre n ( literally“ of the family ” ) ,animal domesticum ( literally“ household, of the house ” ) ,animal mānsuētum ( literally“ tame ” ) Latvian:mājdzīvnieks Lithuanian:augintinis m Macedonian:домашен миленик m ( domašen milenik ) ,домашно милениче n ( domašno mileniče ) Malay:haiwan peliharaan binatang manja Māori:mōkai maimoa Mongolian:тэжээвэр амьтан ( težeever amʹtan ) Navajo:łį́į́ʼ Norwegian:Bokmål:kjæledyr n Nynorsk:kjæledyr n Ojibwa:Northwestern Ojibwa:bami'aagaans Pannonian Rusyn:любимец m ( ljubimec ) Persian:حیوان خانگی ( heyvân-e xânegi ) ,خانگی (fa) sg ( xānegi ) ( classic ) Plautdietsch:Hustia n Polish:zwierzę domowe (pl) n Portuguese:animal de estimação (pt) m animal de companhia animal doméstico pet (pt) m Romanian:animal de companie n Russian:дома́шнее живо́тное (ru) n ( domášneje živótnoje ) ,люби́мец (ru) m ( ljubímec ) ,пито́мец (ru) m ( pitómec ) ,живо́тное-компаньо́н n ( živótnoje-kompanʹón ) Sardinian:animale de domo m animale de cumpagnia animale masedu ( literally“ tame ” ) ,animale ammasedadu ( literally“ domesticated ” ) Serbo-Croatian:Cyrillic:љубимац m мезимац m Latin:ljubimac (sh) m mezimac (sh) m Slovak:domáce zviera n Slovene:hišni ljubljenček m domača žival f Spanish:mascota (es) f animal de compañía m animal doméstico (es) m animal de compaña m animal acompañante m animal acompañador m Swahili:mnyama wa nyumbani Swedish:husdjur (sv) n keldjur n sällskapsdjur (sv) n Tamil:வளர்ப்பு விலங்கு ( vaḷarppu vilaṅku ) ,செல்லப்பிராணி ( cellappirāṇi ) Thai:สัตว์เลี้ยง (th) ( sàt-líiang ) Turkish:evcil hayvan (tr) Turkmen:öý haýwanlary Ukrainian:твари́на-вихова́нець f ( tvarýna-vyxovánecʹ ) ,вихова́нець m ( vyxovánecʹ ) ,твари́на-компаньйо́н f ( tvarýna-kompanʹjón ) ,пито́мець m ( pytómecʹ ) ,улю́бленець m ( uljúblenecʹ ) ,дома́шня твари́на f ( domášnja tvarýna ) ,сві́йська твари́на f ( svíjsʹka tvarýna ) ,твари́нка f ( tvarýnka ) Vietnamese:thú cưng vật cưng Volapük:nimül (vo) Welsh:anifail anwes (cy) m Zulu:isilwane sasekhaya class7/ 8 ,ukunto class17 ,ukuntoko class17
one who is excessively loyal to a superior and receives preferential treatment
Bulgarian:любимец (bg) m ( ljubimec ) Chinese:Mandarin:跟屁蟲 / 跟屁虫 (zh) ( gēn pì chóng ) Dutch:lievelingetje (nl) Finnish:lellikki (fi) German:Liebling (de) n Pet n Hungarian:kiskedvenc talpnyaló (hu) ( pejorative ) ,nyalonc (hu) Latin:grātiōsus m Macedonian:љуби́мец m ( ljubímec ) ,мињо́н m ( minjón ) Russian:люби́мчик (ru) m ( ljubímčik ) ,фавори́т (ru) m ( favorít ) Serbo-Croatian:Cyrillic:миљеник m љубимац m мезимац m Latin:miljenik (sh) m ljubimac (sh) m mezimac (sh) m
person or animal especially cherished
Esperanto:karulo French:chouchou (fr) m German:Liebling (de) m Hungarian:kedves (hu) ,drága (hu) Italian:preferito (it) m favorito (it) m prediletto (it) m beniamino (it) m cocco (it) m coccolo (it) m Latin:dēliciae f pl ( literally“ delight, darling ” ) Māori:takawairore Russian:люби́мец (ru) m ( ljubímec ) ,люби́мчик (ru) m ( ljubímčik ) ( normally of people ) Sardinian:cuccu m ciccíu m beneaminu beniaminu ciccíu de domo fizu de sa pudda bianca gigi preferidu Swedish:kelgris (sv) c gullegris c Tamil:செல்லம் ( cellam )
pet (third-person singular simple present pets present participle petting simple past pet or ( childish ) petted past participle petted or pet
A woman is petting thiscalf . ( transitive ) stroke orfondle (ananimal ).I really love topet cute puppies.
( transitive , intransitive , informal ) stroke orfondle (another person)amorously .We startedpetting each other the moment we were alone.
1970-1975 ,Lou Sullivan , personal diary, quoted in2019 , 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. ( dated , transitive ) treat as a pet; tofondle ; toindulge .His daughter waspetted and spoiled.
1919 P. G. Wodehouse , “Prohibition and the Drama”, inVanity Fair ,page21 :[ … ] petted by Society, and altogether more spectacular than the common run of men.
( archaic , intransitive ) ( archaic , intransitive ) peevish ; tosulk .1623 Resolves: Divine, Moral, Political :He sure is queasie stomach't that mustpet , and puke, at such a trivial circumstance
fondle (an animal)
Armenian:please add this translation if you can Bulgarian:галя (bg) ( galja ) ,милвам (bg) ( milvam ) Catalan:amanyagar (ca) ,fer moixaines Chinese:Mandarin:撫摸 / 抚摸 (zh) ( fǔmō ) Czech:hladit (cs) impf pohladit Danish:kæle Dutch:aaien (nl) Esperanto:karesi (eo) Finnish:silittää (fi) French:caresser (fr) Galician:aloumiñar (gl) ,acariciar (gl) Georgian:please add this translation if you can German:streicheln (de) Hebrew:ליטף Hungarian:simogat (hu) ,szeretget (hu) ,babusgat (hu) Ingrian:lakoittaa Irish:muirnigh déan peataireacht Italian:accarezzare (it) Japanese:撫でる (ja) ( naderu ) Korean:please add this translation if you can Macedonian:гали ( gali ) ,милува ( miluva ) Malay:please add this translation if you can Māori:mirimiri hokomirimiri Mongolian:please add this translation if you can Norwegian:kjæle Polish:głaskać (pl) Portuguese:acariciar (pt) Romanian:mângâia (ro) Russian:ласка́ть (ru) ( laskátʹ ) ,гла́дить (ru) ( gláditʹ ) Serbo-Croatian:Cyrillic:мазити миловати Latin:maziti (sh) ,milovati (sh) Spanish:acariciar (es) ,popar (es) Swedish:klappa (sv) Thai:please add this translation if you can Turkish:sevmek (tr) Vietnamese:please add this translation if you can Welsh:anwylo (cy) ,mwytho (cy)
fondle (another person) amorously
Bulgarian:галя (bg) ( galja ) ,любя (bg) ( ljubja ) Czech:laskat (cs) impf polaskat pf hladit (cs) impf Danish:kæle Dutch:strelen (nl) ,aaien (nl) Esperanto:karesi (eo) Finnish:hyväillä (fi) French:peloter (fr) Galician:aloumiñar (gl) ,acariciar (gl) German:streicheln (de) Hungarian:simogat (hu) ,szeretget (hu) ,babusgat (hu) Japanese:愛撫する (ja) ( aibu suru ) Macedonian:гали ( gali ) ,милува ( miluva ) Māori:tākunekune Norwegian:kjæle kose med kjærtegne (no) Portuguese:acariciar (pt) ,fazer carinho Romanian:mângâia (ro) Russian:ласка́ть (ru) ( laskátʹ ) Serbo-Croatian:Cyrillic:мазити миловати Latin:maziti (sh) ,milovati (sh) Spanish:acariciar (es) ,achuchar (es) Swedish:smeka (sv)
intransitive: fondle amorously
pet (notcomparable )
( figurative ) Favourite ;cherished ; the focus of one's (usually positive) attention.apet project apet child
The professor seemed offended by the criticism of herpet theory.
1875 William Conant Church ,The Galaxy 141 :Major Butler has apet grievance and apet aversion, which he forces on the reader in every chapter, and which becomes at last very wearisome.
1991 United States Women in Aviation, 1940-1985 , page 9:In an interview with Flying magazine, Heberding commented that herpet annoyance was "the reluctance of people generally to accept a woman whether as a pilot or a preflight inspector."
2002 August 2, Geoffrey Macnab, “'The rape had to be disgusting to be useful'”, inThe Guardian [2] →ISSN Discussing a favourite book, JW Dunne's An Experiment with Time—a 1927 study by an English aeronautical engineer who developed his ownpet theories about dreams, perception and reality—he [Gaspar Noé] sounds like an earnest young philosophy student.
2025 July 5, Philip Stafford, Akila Quinio, “Stablecoins begin to enter the mainstream with backing from Trump administration”, inFT Weekend , page11 :But these digital currencies[ … ] pet project of the US administration and a hot topic in corporate boardrooms.
( literally ) ( obsolete ) Good ;ideal .1881–1882 Robert Louis Stevenson ,Treasure Island Cassell & Company , published 14 November 1883,→OCLC “Now,” said Hands, “look there; there’s apet bit for to beach a ship in. Fine flat sand, never acat's paw , trees all around of it, and flowers a-blowing like a garding on that old ship.” ^ Schrijver, Peter (2000 ), “Non-Indo-European Surviving in Ireland in the First Millennium AD”, inÉriu [1] 51 ,→JSTOR 195-199 Douglas Harper (2001–2026 ), “pet ”, inOnline Etymology Dictionary “pet ”, inMerriam-Webster Online Dictionary , Springfield, Mass.:Merriam-Webster , 1996–present. “pet ”, inDictionary.com Unabridged ,Dictionary.com, LLC , 1995–present. Clipping ofpetulance
pet (plural pets
A fit ofpetulance , asulk , arising from the impression that one has been offended or slighted.1848 November –1850 December,William Makepeace Thackeray , chapter 3, inThe History of Pendennis. [ … ] (please specify |volume=I or II) , London:Bradbury and Evans , [ … ] 1849–1850 ,→OCLC His genius at this time was of a decidedly gloomy cast. He brought his mother a tragedy, in which, though he killed sixteen people before the second act, it made her laugh so, that he thrust the masterpiece into the fire in apet .
1891 In the "Stranger People's" Country , Nebraska, published2005 , page105 :There was something ludicrous, even more, unbecoming a gentleman, in leaving a friend's house in apet , with the host's reproaches sounding in his ears, to be matched only by the bitterness of the guest's sneering retorts.
pet (third-person singular simple present pets present participle petting simple past and past participle petted
To bepetulant orupset ; to have a problem with.2019 Ignorance Is Bliss Skepta :Got suttin' in the glove compartment and I won't pet to use it
Clipping ofpetition
pet (plural pets
Abbreviation ofpetition Clipping ofpetal
pet (plural pets
( Ireland , Geordie ) A term ofendearment usually applied towomen andchildren . pet (Kana spelling ペッ
river Inherited fromLatin pēditum Occitan pet French pet Spanish pedo
pet m plural pets
( colloquial ) fart Borrowed fromEnglish bed
pet
bed 2010 Ewe Kapasen God , United Bible Societies,→ISBN Luke 5:24 , page110 :Iwe upwe pwȧr ngeni kemi pwe mi wor an ewe Noun Aramas manamanen omusano tipis won fonufan. Iwe a apasa ngeni ewe mwan mi mwök, 'Upwe erenuk, kopwe uta, kopwe eki om napet o feinno non imwom!" Therefore I will show you that the Son of Man has the power of forgiving sins on earth. So he said to the sick man, 'I tell you, stand, grab yourbed and go to your house!" of uncertain origin, perhaps from french toupet[ 1]
pet m plural petten diminutive petje n
cap ( headwear with a peak at the front ) → Caribbean Javanese:pèt → Indonesian:pet peci ( from the diminutive ) → Papiamentu:pèchi petsje ( from the diminutive ) pet (comparative petter superlative petst
( slang ) bad ,crappy Inherited fromOld French pet Latin pēditum
pet m plural pets
( colloquial ) fart Synonym: vesse See the main lemma.
pet m plural pets
( colloquial , nonstandard ) clipping ofpétard FromLatin pectus
pet m plural pets
( anatomy ) chest FromDutch pet French toupet Doublet ofpeci
pèt (plural pet -pet
cap ( headwear with a peak at the front ) Hypernym: topi pet
romanization ofꦥꦼꦠ꧀ pet m plural pets
( vulgar ) fart ,gas ,flatulence FromProto-Kuki-Chin *pet ( “ to bite ” ) .
pet (stem II peh
tograze ,eat ,nibble tobite pety (Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium .)
IPA (key ) : /ˈpɛt/ Rhymes:-ɛt Syllabification:pet pet m inan diminutive pecik
( colloquial ) cigarette butt Synonyms: kiep niedopałek ogarek ( colloquial , derogatory ) cigarette Synonyms: cygareta fajek fajka kiep kopeć papieros szlug pet inWielki słownik języka polskiego , Instytut Języka Polskiego PANpet in Polish dictionaries at PWNUnadapted borrowing fromEnglish pet
pet m plural pets
( Brazil ) pet ( animal kept as a companion ) Synonyms: animal de estimação ( much more common ) ,mascote FromLatin pectus
pet m plural pets
( Puter , Vallader , anatomy ) chest ,thorax ( Rumantsch Grischun ) sain ( Sursilvan ) sein ( Sutsilvan, Surmiran ) sagn Inherited fromProto-Slavic *pętь
pȇt (Cyrillic spelling пе̑т
five (5)Nouns following the numbers 5-20 are in genitive plural. FromProto-Slavic *pętь
pẹ̑t
five Second declension (no endings), fixed accent masculine, feminine and neuter following adjectives and nouns nom pl pẹ̑t + genitive plural masculine, feminine and neuter following adjectives and nouns nominativeimenovȃlnik pẹ̑t + genitive genitiverodȋlnik pẹ̑t + genitive dativedajȃlnik pẹ̑t + dative accusativetožȋlnik pẹ̑t + genitive locativemẹ̑stnik pẹ̑t + locative instrumentalorọ̑dnik pẹ̑t + instrumental (vocative)(ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik pẹ̑t + circumflex genitive
pẹ̑t n
numberfive To express dual and plural, the phraseštevilo pet 'number five' is used, e.g.dveštevili pet sta napisani , or, informally, alsopetka
See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.
pȇt
genitive dual / plural peta “pet Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU , portal Fran “pet Termania , Amebis See also thegeneral references 
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