pet

See also: Appendix:Variations of "pet"

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛt/, [pʰɛt], [pʰɛʔ], [pʰɛʔt]

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɛt

Etymology 1

Attested since the 1500s in the sense "indulged child" and since the 1530s in the sense "animal companion". 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). Alternatively, perhaps a borrowing of Scottish Gaelic peata, from Middle Irish petta, peta (“pet, lap-dog”), of uncertain (possibly pre-Indo-European substrate) origin. Compare peat (“pet, darling, woman”).

The verb is derived from the noun.

Noun

Picture dictionary

pet

canary

canary

cat

cat

dog

dog

goldfish

goldfish

guinea pig

guinea pig

hamster

hamster

parakeet

parakeet

parrot

parrot

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 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.

3. One who is excessively loyal to a superior and receives preferential treatment.
4. 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

     The spelling has been modernized.

Synonyms

• companion animal

Derived terms

• crazy as a pet coon
• digital pet
• pet carrier
• pet cemetery
• pet cone
• pet door
• pet flap
• pet hotel
• pet humanization
• pet insurance
• pet lamp-shade
• pet play
• pet shop
• petsit
• pet stain
• pet store
• pet tag
• pet therapy
• pocket pet
• teacher's pet
• tea pet
• virtual pet

 

Translations

an animal kept as a companion

• Afrikaans: troeteldier sg
• Albanian: please add this translation if you can
• Arabic: حَيَوَان مَنْزَلِيّ m (ḥayawān manzaliyy), حَيَوَان أَلِيف m (ḥayawān ʔalīf)
• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Belarusian: ха́тняя жывёла f (xátnjaja žyvjóla), любі́мец m (ljubímjec), жывёла-кампаньён f (žyvjola-kampanʹjon), гадава́нец m (hadavánjec), сво́йскі гадава́нец m (svójski hadavánjec), ха́тні гадуне́ц m (xátni hadunjéc)
• Bulgarian: дома́шен люби́мец m (domášen ljubímec), пито́мец (bg) m (pitómec)
• Burmese: ^{(please verify)} အချစ်တော် (my) (a.hkyactau)
• Catalan: animal de companyia m, mascota (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 寵物 / 宠物 (zh) (chǒngwù)

• Czech: domácí mazlíček m, domácí zvíře n
• Danish: kæledyr n
• Dutch: huisdier (nl) n, troeteldier (nl) n
• Esperanto: dombesto, dorlotbesto, hejmbesto
• Estonian: lemmikloom
• Finnish: lemmikkieläin (fi), lemmikki (fi)
• French: animal de compagnie (fr) m, animal familier (fr) m, animal domestique (fr) m
• Galician: animal de compaña m, animal de compañía, animal doméstico, mascota f
• Georgian: შინაური ცხოველი (šinauri cxoveli), მოშინაურებული ცხოველი (mošinaurebuli cxoveli)
• German: Haustier (de) n, Heimtier (de) n, Stubentier n, Lieblingstier (de) n
• Greek: κατοικίδιο (katoikídio)
• Hebrew: חיית מחמד \ חַיַּת מַחְמָד (he) f (khayát makhmád)
• Hindi: पालतू पशु (pāltū paśu)
• Hungarian: kisállat (hu), kis kedvenc, házi kedvenc, háziállat (hu), kedvenc (hu)
• Icelandic: gæludýr (is) n
• Indonesian: hewan peliharaan
• Ingrian: ellään
• Irish: peata (ga) m
• Italian: animale da compagnia (it) m, animale d'affezione, animale domestico (it)
• Japanese: ペット (ja) (petto), 愛玩動物 (ja) (あいがんどうぶつ, aigan dōbutsu)
• Khmer: សត្វចិញ្ចឹម (sɑɑtvɔɔcəñcəm)
• Korean: 애완동물(愛玩動物) (ko) (aewandongmul), 펫 (pet)
• Lao: ສັດລ້ຽງ (lo) (sat līang)
• Latin: animal familiāre n (literally “of the family”), animal domesticum (literally “household, of the house”), animal mānsuētum (literally “tame”)
• Latvian: please add this translation if you can
• Lithuanian: augintinis m
• Macedonian: домашен миленик m (domašen milenik), домашно милениче n (domašno mileniče)
• Malay: haiwan peliharaan, binatang manja
• Maori: mōkai, maimoa
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Navajo: łį́į́ʼ
• Northwestern Ojibwa: bami'aagaans
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kjæledyr n

  Nynorsk: kjæledyr n

• Pannonian Rusyn: любимец m (ljubimec)
• Persian: حیوان خانگی (heyvân-e xânegi), خانگی (fa) sg (xānegi) (classic)
• Plautdietsch: Hustia n
• Polish: zwierzę domowe (pl) n
• Portuguese: animal de estimação (pt) m, animal de companhia, animal doméstico, pet (pt) m
• Romanian: animal de companie n
• Russian: дома́шнее живо́тное (ru) n (domášneje živótnoje), люби́мец (ru) m (ljubímec), пито́мец (ru) m (pitómec), живо́тное-компаньо́н n (živótnoje-kompanʹón)
• Sardinian: animale de domo m, animale de cumpagnia, animale masedu (literally “tame”), animale ammasedadu (literally “domesticated”)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: љубимац m, мезимац m

  Roman: ljubimac (sh) m, mezimac (sh) m

• Slovak: domáce zviera n
• Slovene: hišni ljubljenček m, domača žival f
• Spanish: mascota (es) f, animal de compañía m, animal doméstico (es) m, animal de compaña m, animal acompañante m, animal acompañador m
• Swahili: mnyama wa nyumbani
• Swedish: husdjur (sv) n, keldjur n, sällskapsdjur (sv) n
• Tamil: please add this translation if you can
• Thai: สัตว์เลี้ยง (th) (sàt-líiang)
• Turkish: evcil hayvan (tr)
• Ukrainian: твари́на-вихова́нець f (tvarýna-vyxovánecʹ), вихова́нець m (vyxovánecʹ), твари́на-компаньйо́н f (tvarýna-kompanʹjón), пито́мець m (pytómecʹ), улю́бленець m (uljúblenecʹ), дома́шня твари́на f (domášnja tvarýna), сві́йська твари́на f (svíjsʹka tvarýna), твари́нка f (tvarýnka)
• Vietnamese: thú cưng, vật cưng
• Volapük: nimül (vo)
• Welsh: anifail anwes (cy) m
• Zulu: isilwane sasekhaya class 7/8, ukunto class 17, ukuntoko class 17

one who is excessively loyal to a superior and receives preferential treatment

• Bulgarian: любимец (bg) m (ljubimec)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 跟屁蟲 / 跟屁虫 (zh) (gēn pì chóng)

• Dutch: lievelingetje (nl)
• Finnish: lellikki (fi)
• German: Liebling (de) n, Pet n,
• Hungarian: kiskedvenc, talpnyaló (hu) (pejorative), nyalonc (hu)
• Latin: grātiōsus m
• Macedonian: љуби́мец m (ljubímec), мињо́н m (minjón)
• Russian: люби́мчик (ru) m (ljubímčik), фавори́т (ru) m (favorít)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: миљеник m, љубимац m, мезимац m

  Roman: miljenik (sh) m, ljubimac (sh) m, mezimac (sh) m

person or animal especially cherished

• Esperanto: karulo
• French: chouchou (fr) m
• German: Liebling (de) m
• Hungarian: kedves (hu), drága (hu)
• Italian: preferito (it) m, favorito (it) m, prediletto (it) m, beniamino (it) m, cocco (it) m, coccolo (it) m
• Latin: dēliciae f pl (literally “delight, darling”)
• Maori: takawairore
• Russian: люби́мец (ru) m (ljubímec), люби́мчик (ru) m (ljubímčik) (normally of people)
• Sardinian: cuccu m, ciccíu m, beneaminu, beniaminu, ciccíu de domo, fizu de sa pudda bianca, gigi, preferidu
• Swedish: kelgris (sv) c, gullegris c

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• Norwegian: ^{(please verify)} kjæledyr n

Verb

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

1. (transitive) To stroke or fondle (an animal).

   I really love to pet cute puppies.

2. (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.

3. (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.

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

• (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

Derived terms

• pet the kitty
• petting

Translations

fondle (an animal)

• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: галя (bg) (galja), милвам (bg) (milvam)
• Catalan: amanyagar (ca), fer moixaines
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 撫摸 / 抚摸 (zh) (fǔmō)

• Czech: hladit (cs) impf, pohladit
• Danish: kæle
• Dutch: aaien (nl)
• Esperanto: karesi (eo)
• Finnish: silittää (fi)
• French: caresser (fr)
• Galician: aloumiñar (gl), acariciar (gl)
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: streicheln (de)
• Hebrew: ליטף
• Hungarian: simogat (hu), szeretget (hu), babusgat (hu)
• Ingrian: lakoittaa
• Irish: muirnigh, déan peataireacht
• Italian: accarezzare (it)
• Japanese: 撫でる (ja) (naderu)
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Macedonian: гали (gali), милува (miluva)
• Malay: please add this translation if you can
• Maori: mirimiri, hokomirimiri
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian: kjæle
• Polish: głaskać (pl)
• Portuguese: acariciar (pt)
• Romanian: mângâia (ro)
• Russian: ласка́ть (ru) (laskátʹ), гла́дить (ru) (gláditʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: мазити, миловати

  Roman: maziti (sh), milovati (sh)

• Spanish: acariciar (es), popar (es)
• Swedish: klappa (sv)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: okşamak (tr)
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can
• Welsh: anwylo (cy), mwytho (cy)

fondle (another person) amorously

• Bulgarian: галя (bg) (galja), любя (bg) (ljubja)
• Czech: laskat (cs) impf, polaskat pf, hladit (cs) impf
• Danish: kæle
• Dutch: strelen (nl), aaien (nl)
• Esperanto: karesi (eo)
• Finnish: hyväillä (fi)
• French: peloter (fr)
• Galician: aloumiñar (gl), acariciar (gl)
• German: streicheln (de)
• Hungarian: simogat (hu), szeretget (hu), babusgat (hu)
• Japanese: 愛撫する (ja) (aibu suru)
• Macedonian: гали (gali), милува (miluva)
• Maori: tākunekune
• Norwegian: kjæle, kose med, kjærtegne (no)
• Portuguese: acariciar (pt), fazer carinho
• Romanian: mângâia (ro)
• Russian: ласка́ть (ru) (laskátʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: мазити, миловати

  Roman: maziti (sh), milovati (sh)

• Spanish: acariciar (es), achuchar (es)
• Swedish: smeka (sv)

intransitive: fondle amorously

• Bulgarian: галя се (galja se)
• Czech: laskat se (cs) impf, mazlit se (cs) impf
• Esperanto: karesiĝi
• Finnish: hyväillä (fi)
• French: se peloter
• Hungarian: szeretget (hu), babusgat (hu)
• Macedonian: се гали (se gali)
• Russian: ласка́ться (ru) (laskátʹsja)

Adjective

pet (not comparable)

1. 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."

2. Kept or treated as a pet.

   pet rock

3. (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.”

Derived terms

• pet form
• pet hate
• pet name
• pet peeve
• pet rock

 

Translations

favourite; cherished

• Bulgarian: любим (bg) (ljubim)
• French: fétiche (fr)
• Hungarian: imádott (hu), szeretett (hu)

kept or treated as a pet

• Bulgarian: домашен (bg) (domašen)
• French: de compagnie (fr)
• Hungarian: házi-
• Portuguese: de estimação
• Welsh: anwes (cy)

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.
   • 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

Clipping of petition.

Noun

pet (plural pets)

1. Abbreviation of petition.

Etymology 4

Clipping of petal.

Noun

pet (plural pets)

1. (Ireland, Geordie) A term of endearment usually applied to women and children.

References

• Bill Griffiths, editor (2004), “pet”, in A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear: Northumbria University Press, →ISBN.

See also

• pet coke (etymologically unrelated)
• red vet pet (etymologically unrelated)

Anagrams

• EPT, PTE, Pte, TPE, Tep, ept

Ainu

Noun

pet

1. river

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin pēditum. Compare Occitan pet, French pet, Spanish pedo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈpɛt]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈpət]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈpet]

Noun

pet m (plural pets)

1. (colloquial) fart

Derived terms

• espetegar
• petar
• petarrell
• petat
• repetell

 

See also

• llufa f

References

• “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

Etymology

Borrowed from English bed.

Noun

pet

1. 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

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛt/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: pet
• Rhymes: -ɛt

Noun

pet m (plural petten, diminutive petje n)

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

Descendants

• → Caribbean Javanese: pèt
• → Indonesian: pet, peci (from the diminutive)
• → Papiamentu: pèchi, petsje (from the diminutive)

Adjective

pet (comparative petter, superlative petst)

1. (slang) bad, crappy

Declension

Declension of pet
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

• naatje pet

Descendants

• → Papiamentu: pèchi (from the diminutive)

French

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old French pet, inherited from Latin pēditum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛ/

  • Audio:

    (file)

  • Homophones: paie, paient, paies, pais, paît, paix, pets
• (Quebec, informal) IPA^(key): /pɛt/
  • Homophones: pète, pètent, pètes, pets

Noun

pet m (plural pets)

1. (colloquial) fart

   Synonym: vesse

Derived terms

• comme un pet sur une toile cirée
• pet foireux
• pet vaginal
• pet-de-nonne

 

Related terms

• péter

Etymology 2

See the main lemma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛt/
• Homophones: pète, pètent, pètes, pets

Noun

pet m (plural pets)

1. (colloquial, nonstandard) Clipping of pétard.

Further reading

• “pet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin pectus.

Noun

pet m (plural pets)

1. (anatomy) chest

See also

• sen

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch pet, probably from French toupet. Doublet of peci.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɛt̪̚]
• Hyphenation: pèt

Noun

pet (plural)

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

   Hypernym: topi

Further reading

• “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

Noun

pet m (plural pets)

1. (vulgar) fart, gas, flatulence

Polish

pety

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛt/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛt
• Syllabification: pet

Noun

pet m inan (diminutive pecik)

1. (colloquial) cigarette butt

   Synonyms: kiep, niedopałek, ogarek

2. (colloquial, derogatory) cigarette

   Synonyms: cygareta, fajek, fajka, kiep, kopeć, papieros, szlug

Declension

Declension of pet

	singular	plural
nominative	pet	pety
genitive	peta	petów
dative	petowi	petom
accusative	pet	pety
instrumental	petem	petami
locative	pecie	petach
vocative	pecie	pety

Further reading

• pet in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• pet in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English pet.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛt͡ʃ/, /ˈpɛ.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛt͡ʃ/, /ˈpɛ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛt͡ʃ/

• Homophones: PET, patch

Noun

pet m (plural pets)

1. (Brazil) pet (animal kept as a companion)

   Synonyms: animal de estimação (much more common), mascote

Derived terms

• mãe de pet
• pai de pet

 

Related terms

• pet shop

 

Romansch

Alternative forms

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

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

Serbo-Croatian numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: pet     Ordinal: peti     Multiplier: petostruk     Collective: petoro, petorica     Fractional: petina

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pêːt/, /pêt/

• Audio (Serbia):

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Numeral

pȇt (Cyrillic spelling пе̑т)

1. five (5)

Usage notes

• Nouns following the numbers 5-20 are in genitive plural.

Related terms

• petokraka
• crvena petokraka

Slovene

Slovene numbers ^(edit)

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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

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /péːt/
• Rhymes: -eːt
• Hyphenation: pet
• Homophone: ped

Numeral

pẹ̑t

1. five

Declension

First declension (hard), fixed accent
	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
	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

pẹ̑t n

1. number five

Declension

Third neuter declension (no endings) , fixed accent (singularia tantum)
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

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛ́ːt/
• Rhymes: -ɛːt
• Hyphenation: pet

Noun

pȇt

1. genitive dual/plural of peta

Further reading

• “pet”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “pet”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references

Tày

Tày cardinal numbers

<  7	8	9  >
Cardinal : pet

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *peːtᴰ (“eight”), from Chinese 八 (MC peat, “eight”). Cognate with Thai แปด (bpɛ̀ɛt), Lao ແປດ (pǣt), Lü ᦶᦔᧆᧈ (ṗaed¹), Tai Dam ꪵꪜꪒ, Shan ပႅတ်ႇ (pèt), Tai Nüa ᥙᥦᥖᥱ (pǎet), Ahom 𑜆𑜢𑜄𑜫 (pit), Bouyei beedt, Zhuang bet.

Pronunciation

• (Thạch An – Tràng Định) IPA^(key): [pɛt̚˧˥]
• (Trùng Khánh) IPA^(key): [pɛt̚˦]

Numeral

pet

1. eight