pet
English
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editEtymology 1
editAttested since the 1500s in the sense "indulged child" and since the 1530s in the sense "animal companion".[1][2][3] 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).[2][3] Alternatively, perhaps a borrowing of Scottish Gaelic peata, from Middle Irish petta, peta (“pet, lap-dog”), of uncertain (possibly pre-Indo-European substrate) origin.[4] Compare peat (“pet, darling, woman”).
The verb is derived from the noun.[2][3]
Noun
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pet (plural pets)
- An animal kept as a companion.
- (by extension) Something kept as a companion, including inanimate objects. (pet rock, pet plant, etc.)
- 2015 September 15, Toby Fox, Undertale, Linux, Microsoft Windows, OS X:
- Papyrus: This is my brother's pet rock. He always forgets to feed it. As usual, I have to take responsibility.
- One who is excessively loyal to a superior and receives preferential treatment.
- Any person or animal especially cherished and indulged; a darling.
- 1847 December, Ellis Bell [pseudonym; Emily Brontë], chapter XIX, in Wuthering Heights: […], volume (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 a pet 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”, in The Tatler, number 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
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Verb
editpet (third-person singular simple present pets, present participle petting, simple past and past participle petted or (nonstandard) pet)
- (transitive) To stroke or fondle (an animal).
- I really love to pet cute puppies.
- (transitive, intransitive, informal) To stroke or fondle (another person) amorously.
- We started petting each other the moment we were alone.
- 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.
- (dated, transitive) To treat as a pet; to fondle; to indulge.
- His daughter was petted and spoiled.
- 1919 August, P. G. Wodehouse, “Prohibition and the Drama”, in Vanity Fair, page 21:
- […] the American dramatist has had to waste most of his first act elaborately planting the information that his Mister Quex is rich, petted by Society, and altogether more spectacular than the common run of men.
- (archaic, intransitive) To be a pet.
- (archaic, intransitive) To be peevish; to sulk.
- 1623, Owen Feltham, Resolves: Divine, Moral, Political:
- He sure is queasie stomach't that must pet, and puke, at such a trivial circumstance
Synonyms
edit- (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
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Adjective
editpet (not comparable)
- Favourite; cherished; the focus of one's (usually positive) attention.
- a pet child
- The professor seemed offended by the criticism of her pet theory.
- 1886, Frederic Harrison, The Choice of Books:
- Some young lady's pet curate.
- 1875, William Conant Church, The Galaxy, page 141:
- Major Butler has a pet grievance and a pet aversion, which he forces on the reader in every chapter, and which becomes at last very wearisome.
- 1991, Deborah G. Douglas, United States Women in Aviation, 1940-1985, page 9:
- In an interview with Flying magazine, Heberding commented that her pet annoyance was "the reluctance of people generally to accept a woman whether as a pilot or a preflight inspector."
- Kept or treated as a pet.
- (obsolete) Good; ideal.
- 1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC:
- “Now,” said Hands, “look there; there’s a pet bit for to beach a ship in. Fine flat sand, never a cat's paw, trees all around of it, and flowers a-blowing like a garding on that old ship.”
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References
edit- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “pet”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 “pet”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 “pet”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- ^ Schrijver, Peter (2000) “Non-Indo-European Surviving in Ireland in the First Millennium AD”, in Ériu[1], volume 51, →JSTOR, pages 195-199
Etymology 2
editNoun
editpet (plural pets)
- A fit of petulance, a sulk, arising from the impression that one has been offended or slighted.
- 1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 3, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 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 a pet.
- 1891, Mary Noailles Murfree, In the "Stranger People's" Country, Nebraska, published 2005, page 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.
- 1922 February, James Joyce, “[Episode 1]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC:
- Buck Mulligan sat down in a sudden pet.
Etymology 3
editNoun
editpet (plural pets)
- Abbreviation of petition.
Etymology 4
editNoun
editpet (plural pets)
- (Ireland, Geordie) A term of endearment usually applied to women and children.
References
edit- A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, →ISBN
See also
edit- pet coke (etymologically unrelated)
- red vet pet (etymologically unrelated)
Anagrams
editAinu
editNoun
editpet
Catalan
editEtymology
editInherited from Latin pēditum. Compare Occitan pet, French pet, Spanish pedo.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editpet m (plural pets)
Derived terms
editSee also
edit- llufa f
References
edit- “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
editEtymology
editNoun
editpet
- bed
- 2010, Ewe Kapasen God, United Bible Societies, →ISBN, 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
editEtymology
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
editNoun
editpet m (plural petten, diminutive petje n)
- cap (headwear with a peak at the front)
Descendants
edit- → Caribbean Javanese: pèt
- → Indonesian: pet, peci (from the diminutive)
- → Papiamentu: pèchi, petsje (from the diminutive)
Adjective
editpet (comparative petter, superlative petst)
Declension
editDeclension of pet | ||||
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uninflected | pet | |||
inflected | pette | |||
comparative | petter | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | pet | petter | het petst het petste | |
indefinite | m./f. sing. | pette | pettere | petste |
n. sing. | pet | petter | petste | |
plural | pette | pettere | petste | |
definite | pette | pettere | petste | |
partitive | pets | petters | — |
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- → Papiamentu: pèchi (from the diminutive)
French
editEtymology 1
editInherited from Old French pet, inherited from Latin pēditum.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editpet m (plural pets)
- (colloquial) fart
- Synonym: vesse
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editEtymology 2
editSee the main lemma.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editpet m (plural pets)
- (colloquial, nonstandard) Clipping of pétard.
Further reading
edit- “pet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Friulian
editEtymology
editNoun
editpet m (plural pets)
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editIndonesian
editEtymology
editFrom Dutch pet, probably from French toupet. Doublet of peci.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editpet (plural pet-pet, first-person possessive petku, second-person possessive petmu, third-person possessive petnya)
Further reading
edit- “pet” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Middle French
editNoun
editpet m (plural pets)
- (vulgar) fart, gas, flatulence
Polish
editEtymology
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
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editNoun
editpet m inan (diminutive pecik)
- (colloquial) cigarette butt
- Synonyms: kiep, niedopałek, ogarek
- (colloquial, derogatory) cigarette
Declension
editFurther reading
editPortuguese
editEtymology
editUnadapted borrowing from English pet.
Pronunciation
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Noun
editpet m (plural pets)
- (Brazil) pet (animal kept as a companion)
- Synonyms: animal de estimação (much more common), mascote
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editRelated terms
editRomansch
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editNoun
editpet m (plural pets)
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editSerbo-Croatian
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Cardinal: pet Ordinal: peti Multiplier: petostruk Collective: petoro, petorica Fractional: petina |
Etymology
editInherited from Proto-Slavic *pętь, from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe.
Pronunciation
editNumeral
editpȇt (Cyrillic spelling пе̑т)
- five (5)
Usage notes
edit- Nouns following the numbers 5-20 are in genitive plural.
Slovene
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Cardinal: pet Cardinal prefix: pet- Ordinal: peti Latinate ordinal: kvintaren Ordinal prefix: peto- Number: pet Digit: petka Digit place: petica Adverbial: petič Krat adverbial: petikrat Multiplier: peteren Krat multiplier: petkrat Fixed multiplier: petkraten Adverbial multiplier: peterno Multiplier verb: popeteriti Multiplier prefix: petern- Krat multiplier prefix: petkratn- Krat adverbial multiplier: petkratno Collective: petero Separable collective: peter Greek or Latinate collective: pentada Greek collective prefix: penta- Latinate collective prefix: kvinkve- Fractional: petina Fractional multiplier: petinski Elemental: peterica Number of musicians: kvintet |
Etymology 1
editFrom Proto-Slavic *pętь, from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe.
Pronunciation
editNumeral
editpẹ̑t
Declension
editFirst declension (hard), fixed accent | ||
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masculine, feminine and neuter | following adjectives and nouns | |
nom pl | pẹ̑t | + genitive |
plural | ||
masculine, feminine and neuter | following adjectives and nouns | |
nominative imenovȃlnik |
pẹ̑t | + genitive |
genitive rodȋlnik |
pétih | + genitive |
dative dajȃlnik |
pétim | + dative |
accusative tožȋlnik |
pẹ̑t | + genitive |
locative mẹ̑stnik |
pétih | + locative |
instrumental orọ̑dnik |
pétimi | + instrumental |
(vocative) (ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik) |
pẹ̑t | + circumflex genitive |
- less common
Second declension (no endings), fixed accent | ||
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masculine, feminine and neuter | following adjectives and nouns | |
nom pl | pẹ̑t | + genitive |
plural | ||
masculine, feminine and neuter | following adjectives and nouns | |
nominative imenovȃlnik |
pẹ̑t | + genitive |
genitive rodȋlnik |
pẹ̑t | + genitive |
dative dajȃlnik |
pẹ̑t | + dative |
accusative tožȋlnik |
pẹ̑t | + genitive |
locative mẹ̑stnik |
pẹ̑t | + locative |
instrumental orọ̑dnik |
pẹ̑t | + instrumental |
(vocative) (ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik) |
pẹ̑t | + circumflex genitive |
Noun
editpẹ̑t n
- number five
Declension
editThird neuter declension (no endings) , fixed accent (singularia tantum) | |||
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nom. sing. | pẹ̑t | ||
gen. sing. | pẹ̑t | ||
singular | |||
nominative imenovȃlnik |
pẹ̑t | ||
genitive rodȋlnik |
pẹ̑t | ||
dative dajȃlnik |
pẹ̑t | ||
accusative tožȋlnik |
pẹ̑t | ||
locative mẹ̑stnik |
pẹ̑t | ||
instrumental orọ̑dnik |
pẹ̑t | ||
(vocative) (ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik) |
pẹ̑t |
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
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editpȇt
Further reading
edit- “pet”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
- “pet”, in Termania, Amebis
- See also the general references
Tày
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Etymology
editFrom Proto-Tai *peːtᴰ (“eight”), from Chinese
Pronunciation
edit- (Thạch An – Tràng Định) IPA(key): [pɛt̚˧˥]
- (Trùng Khánh) IPA(key): [pɛt̚˦]
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