English

Proper noun

Pet.

1. (biblical) Abbreviation of Peter.

Anagrams

• Pte

English

Noun

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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.)
   • 2015, Toby Fox, Undertale (video game)

     Papyrus: This is my brother's pet rock. He always forgets to feed it. As usual, I have to take responsibility.

3. One who is excessively loyal to a superior.
4. Any person or animal especially cherished and indulged; a darling.
   • Tatler

     the love of cronies, pets, and favourites

Synonyms

• companion animal

Translations

References

1. ↑ “pet” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).
2. 1 2 3 “pet” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.
3. 1 2 3 “pet” in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Online.
4. ↑ Schrijver, Peter (2000), “Non-Indo-European Surviving in Ireland in the First Millennium AD”, in Ériu, volume 51, pages 195–199

Verb

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

1. (transitive) To stroke or fondle (an animal).
2. (transitive, informal) To stroke or fondle (another person) amorously.
3. (intransitive, informal) Of two or more people, to stroke and fondle one another amorously.
4. (dated, transitive) To treat as a pet; to fondle; to indulge.

   His daughter was petted and spoiled.

5. (archaic, intransitive) To be a pet.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Feltham to this entry?)

Translations

Derived terms

Adjective

pet ‎(not comparable)

1. Favourite; cherished.

   a pet child

   The professor seemed offended by the criticism of her pet theory.

   • (Can we date this quote?) F. Harrison

     Some young lady's pet curate.

2. Kept or treated as a pet.

   pet rock

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.
   • 1891, Mary Noailles Murfree, In the "Stranger People's" Country, Nebraska 2005, p. 105:

     There was something ludicrous, even more, unbecoming a gentleman, in leaving a friend's house in a pet, with the host's reproaches sounding in his ears, to be matched only by the bitterness of the guest's sneering retorts.

Etymology 3

Clipping of petition.

Noun

pet ‎(plural pets)

1. Abbreviation of petition.

Etymology 4

Clipping of petal.

Noun

pet ‎(plural pets)

1. (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 1904794165

See also

• pet coke

Anagrams

• Pte

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin peditum.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

pet m ‎(plural pets)

1. (colloquial) fart

Related terms

• petar
• petat
• llufa f

Chuukese

Etymology

Borrowing from English bed.

Noun

pet

1. bed
   • 2010, Ewe Kapasen God, United Bible Societies, ISBN 9781920714000, Luke 5:24, page 110:

     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 na pet 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 your bed and go to your house!"

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛt/
• Rhymes: -ɛt

Noun

pet m ‎(plural petten, diminutive petje n)

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

French

Etymology

Inherited from Latin pēditum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛ/
• (Québec, informal) IPA^(key): /pɛt/
• Homophones: pais, pait, paît, paix, paie, paies, pets

Noun

pet m ‎(plural pets)

1. (colloquial) fart

Synonyms

• vesse

Related terms

• péter

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin pectus.

Noun

pet m ‎(plural pets)

1. (anatomy) chest

See also

• sen

Lojban

Rafsi

pet

1. rafsi of petso.

Middle French

Noun

pet m (plural pets)

1. (vulgar) fart, gas, flatulence

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛt/

Noun

pet m anim

1. (colloquial) cigarette butt
2. (colloquial, pejorative) cigarette

Declension

Synonyms

• (cigarette butt): niedopałek
• (cigarette): papieros, fajek, szlug

Romansch

Alternative forms

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

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

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pêːt/

Numeral

pȇt ‎(Cyrillic spelling пе̑т)

1. (cardinal) five (5)

Slovene

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpéːt/
• Tonal orthography: pẹ̑t

Numeral

pét

1. five

Declension