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English
Pronunciation
Noun
pussy -cat plural pussy-cats
( informal , endearing ) cat ; a pussy .( informal ) soft-hearted person.
He looks stern, but he’s just a big pussy-cat really.
The silky catkin of various willows .
( dated ) sexy woman.
Synonyms
( a cat ) : cat pussy kitten feline grimalkin kitty mouser tomcat malkin ( soft-hearted person ) : wimp pussy namby-pamby milksop pansy sissy wuss poltroon candy-ass
Derived terms
Translations
affectionate term for a cat
Esperanto: katido (eo) , katidino (eo) , kaĉjo (eo) , kanjo (eo)
Finnish: kisu (fi) , kissimirri (fi)
French: chaton (fr) m chatonne (fr) f minet (fr) m minette (fr) f
German: Miezekatze (de) f Schmusekatze f Miezekätzchen n ( diminutive ) ( diminutive ) , Schmusekätzchen n ( diminutive ) , Muschi (de) f ( child's language ) , Pantoffeltiger m ( humorous )
Greek: γατούλα (el) f ( gatoúla ) , γατάκι (el) n ( gatáki )
Hungarian: cicamica (hu)
Indonesian: kucing manis
Irish: puisín (ga) m
Italian: micio (it) m micino m gattino (it) m micetto m micia (it) f micetta f micina f
Korean: 야옹이 (ko) ( yaong'i ) , 나비 (ko) ( nabi )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: kattepus m pusekatt (no) m
Nynorsk: kattepus m pusekatt m
Polish: kicia (pl) , kiciuś (pl) , kotek (pl) , koteczek (pl)
Portuguese: gatinho (pt) m bichano (pt) m
Russian: му́рзик (ru) m ( múrzik ) , ки́ска (ru) f ( kíska ) , ко́тик (ru) m ( kótik ) , ко́шечка (ru) f ( kóšečka )
Swedish: kissekatt (sv) c kissemiss (sv) , kisse (sv) c misse (sv) c
gentle or soft-hearted person