cat meaning in Tamil
பூனை pūṉai
/ˈkæt//ˈkæt/
cat in Tamil: பூனை (pūṉai), பூசை (pūcai), பில்லி (pilli), ஆள் (āḷ). In English, cat means a mammal of the family Felidae.
Tamil words for cat
- domestic species
- பூனை pūṉai, பூசை pūcai, பில்லி pilli
- member of the suborder (or superfamily) Feliformia (Feloidea), "cat-like" carnivorans
- பூனை pūṉai
- member of the family Felidae
- பூனை pūṉai, பூசை pūcai
- guy, fellow
- ஆள் āḷ
- game of "trap and ball" (or "cat and dog")
- கிட்டிப் புள் kiṭṭip puḷ
- the trap in the game of "trap and ball"
- கிட்டி kiṭṭi
English meaning of cat
- noun A mammal of the family Felidae.
- noun A carnivorous, four-legged, generally furry domesticated species (Felis catus) of feline animal, commonly kept as a house pet.
- noun The flesh of this animal eaten as food.
- noun Any similar, chiefly non-domesticated, carnivorous mammal of the family Felidae, which includes bobcats, caracals, cheetahs, cougars, leopards, lions, lynxes, tigers, and other such species.
cat in a sentence
- civet cat polecat
- The weather was cat, so they returned home early.
Synonyms of cat
cat in other languages
- cat in Hindi
- cat in Marathi
- cat in Urdu
- cat in Bengali
- cat in Telugu
- cat in Malayalam
- cat in Kannada
- cat in Punjabi
- cat in Gujarati
- cat in Odia
- cat in Sanskrit
- cat in Sinhala
- cat in Assamese
- cat in Nepali
- cat in Pashto
- cat in Tagalog
- cat in Arabic
- cat in Malay
- cat in Indonesian
- cat in Persian
- cat in Thai
- cat in Vietnamese
- cat in Myanmar
Questions about cat in Tamil
- What is the meaning of cat in Tamil?
- Cat in Tamil is பூனை (pūṉai), பூசை (pūcai), பில்லி (pilli), ஆள் (āḷ).
- cat என்பதன் தமிழ் அர்த்தம் என்ன?
- Cat: பூனை (pūṉai), பூசை (pūcai), பில்லி (pilli), ஆள் (āḷ).
- What does cat mean in English?
- Cat means a mammal of the family Felidae.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: cat (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Tamil words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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