see|Pet.|PET
English

Pronunciation
IPA|/p�t/
audio|en-us-pet.ogg|Audio (US)
:rhymes|�t

Etymology 1
Originally Sco. and Northern English dialect, origin is unsure but may have arisen due to influence of term|petty pertaining to children and later companion animals.

Noun
wikipedia
en-noun

1. An animal kept as a companion.
2. One who is excessively loyal to their superior.

Synonyms
companion animal

Translations
rfc-trans
trans-top|Translations to categorise
Bulgarian: дома�ен л�биме� (domášen ljubímets) m
Dutch: huisdier n
Esperanto: dombesto
Finnish: lemmikki, lemmikkieläin
French: animal familier m
German: Haustier n
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Hebrew: ���ת ���� f
Hungarian: háziállat, házi kedvenc
Norwegian: kjæledyr n
Russian: дома�нее живо�ное (domášneje živótnoje) n
Spanish: cacho m, gorro m, mascota f
Swedish: husdjur n
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References
R:Online Etymology Dictionary|pet

Etymology 2
See Etymology 1

Verb
en-verb|pet|t|ing

1. transitive To stroke or fondle (an animal).
2. context|transitive|informal To stroke or fondle (another person) amorously.
3. context|intransitive|informal Of two or more people, to stroke and fondle one another amorously.

Translations
trans-top|fondle (an animal)
Danish: t|da|kæle
Dutch: t+|nl|aaien
French: t|fr|caresser
Italian: t+|it|accarezzare
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Norwegian: t|no|kjæle
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trans-top|fondle (another person) amorously
Danish: t|da|kæle
Dutch: t|nl|strelen
French: t|fr|peloter
trans-mid
Norwegian: t|no|kjæle, t|no|kose med
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trans-top|(intrans.) fondle amorously
French: t|fr|se peloter
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Derived terms
top2
pet cemetery
pet name
pet peeve
pet project
mid2
pet shop
pet store
petting pos_n
teacher's pet

Etymology 3
Abbreviation of term|petition.

abbreviation
pet

1. petition

Etymology 4
Diminutive of term|petal.

Noun
en-noun|-

1. Geordie A term of endearment usually applied to women and children.

References
R:Northeast Dialect 2005

Bosnian

numeral|Bosnian
infl|bs|numeral

1. cardinal|lang=bs five (5)

#:Previous number: �etiri (4)
#:Next number: Å¡est (6)

Croatian

numeral|Croatian
infl|hr|numeral

1. cardinal|lang=hr five (5)

Dutch

Noun
nl-noun|gm|petten|petje|dimplpetjes

1. cap i|headwear with a peak at the front

French

Pronunciation
IPA|/p�/, SAMPA|/pE/

Noun
fr-noun|m

1. fart

Serbian

numeral|Serbian
infl|sr|numeral

1. cardinal|lang=sr five (5)

#:Last number: �etiri (4)
#:Next number: Å¡est (6)

See also
пе�

Slovene

numeral|Slovene
infl|sl|numeral

1. cardinal|lang=sl five (5)

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