/ˈkat.to/
OrigineFrom English cat, French chat, Spanish gato, Portuguese gato, and Italian gatto, all of which derive from Late Latin cattus, which is believed to have been derived from an Afroasiatic language.
- cat
“Iste reporto describe le opacification del intestino tenue del catto post le administration intravenose de large doses de certe urographic substantias de contrasto.” — This report describes the opacification of the small bowel of the cat following the intravenous administration of high doses of certain urographic contrast media.
“Le uso de technicas a argento e cholinesterase monstra que fibras del nervo hypoglossal se extende cis-trans le linea medie del lingua del catto.” — The use of silver and cholinesterase techniques show that hypoglossal nerve fibers extend on both sides of the middle line of the tongue of the cat.
“2012, Erik Enfors and Ingvar Stenström, translators, Le joco seriose by Hjalmar Söderberg:
Ma in le mesme momento illa se repentiva pensante que il esseva si stupide miaular como un catto e illa non c”
- tomcat, male cat
Formascattos(plural)
Fonte: Wiktionary