pussy-cat

See also: pussycat and pussy cat

English

Noun

pussy-cat (plural pussy-cats)

(informal, affectionate) A cat; a pussy.
(informal) A gentle or soft-hearted person.
He looks stern, but he’s just a big pussy-cat really.
The silky catkin of various willows.

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

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, (diminutive) Miezekätzchen n (diminutive), Schmusekätzchen n (diminutive), Muschi (de) f (child's language), Pantoffeltiger m (humorous)
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
Norwegian:
Bokmål: kattepus m, pusekatt (no) m

Nynorsk: kattepus m, pusekatt m
Polish: kicia (pl), kiciuś (pl), kotek (pl), koteczek (pl)
Russian: му́рзик (ru) m (múrzik), ки́ска (ru) f (kíska), ко́тик (ru) m (kótik), ко́шечка (ru) f (kóšečka)
Swedish: kissekatt (sv) c, misse (sv) c

gentle or soft-hearted person

Finnish: lutunen

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