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Webster 1913 Edition


Cata

Cat′a

.
[Gr.
κατά
.]
The Latin and English form of a Greek preposition, used as a prefix to signify
down
,
downward
,
under
,
against
,
contrary
or
opposed to
,
wholly
,
completely
; as in cataclysm, catarrh. It sometimes drops the final vowel, as in catoptric; and is sometimes changed to cath, as in cathartic, catholic.

Definition 2024


cata

cata

See also: catá, catà, câtă, cață, cata-, and Ca-ta

Asturian

Verb

cata

  1. third-person singular present indicative of catar
  2. second-person singular imperative of catar

French

Etymology

Apocope of catastrophe

Noun

cata f (plural catas)

  1. (informal) disaster

Hausa

Noun

cātā̀ f

  1. charter

Interlingua

Determiner

cata

  1. (quantifying) each, every

Irish

Pronunciation

Noun

cata m pl

  1. vocative plural of cat

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cata chata gcata
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Latin

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek κατά (katá)

Pronunciation

Preposition

cata

  1. by (in the distributive sense)
Descendants

Etymology 2

Inflected form of catus

Adjective

cata

  1. nominative feminine singular of catus
  2. nominative neuter plural of catus
  3. accusative neuter plural of catus
  4. vocative feminine singular of catus
  5. vocative neuter plural of catus

catā

  1. ablative feminine singular of catus

References


Portuguese

Verb

cata

  1. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você?) present indicative of catar
  2. Second-person singular (tu) affirmative imperative of catar

Spanish

Etymology 1

Shortened from Catalina, a nickname given to this bird.

Noun

cata f (plural catas)

  1. (Bolivia, Chile) budgerigar
Synonyms
See also

Etymology 2

From the verb catar

Noun

cata f (plural catas)

  1. tasting
    cata de vinos - winetasting
  2. bite, sample

Verb

cata

  1. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of catar.
  2. Informal second-person singular () affirmative imperative form of catar.