pet
Part of speech: noun
verb
adj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Originally northern dialectal, from Scots pet (“an animal that has been tamed and is kept as a pet; a darling or favourite; a petted or spoiled child”), probably from Scottish Gaelic peata (“pet, tamed animal, spoiled child”), from Middle Irish petta, peta (“pet, lap-dog”), of uncertain origin, possibly from a pre-Indo-European substrate. Compare also peat (“pet, darling, woman”), which is likely not related.
The verb is derived from the noun.
Inflected forms:
form: pets
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: pets
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: petting
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: pet
pos: verb
tags: past
form: petted
pos: verb
tags: childish
past
form: petted
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: pet
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
Senses:
gloss: An animal kept as a companion or otherwise for pleasure, rather than for some practical benefit or use.
pos: noun
examples: My dog Fido has been a loyal pet for ten years.
family pet, pet cat, pet dog, pet store
gloss: Something kept as a companion, including inanimate objects.
pos: noun
tags: broadly
examples: pet plant, pet rock
Papyrus: This is my brother's pet rock. He always forgets to feed it. As usual, I have to take responsibility.
gloss: One who is excessively loyal to a superior and receives preferential treatment.
pos: noun
gloss: Any person or animal especially cherished and indulged; a darling.
pos: noun
examples: 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.
the love of cronies, pets, and favourites
gloss: To stroke or fondle (an animal).
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: I really love to pet cute puppies.
gloss: To stroke or fondle (another person) amorously.
pos: verb
tags: informal
intransitive
transitive
examples: 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.
gloss: To keep or treat (an animal) as a pet.
pos: verb
tags: dated
transitive
examples: Deer are often tamed and petted, and their flesh is so much esteemed by all Malays, that it is very natural they should endeavour to introduce them into the remote islands in which they settled, and whose luxuriant forests seem so well adapted for their subsistence.
gloss: To treat (someone) as a pet; to fondle; to indulge.
pos: verb
tags: dated
transitive
examples: His daughter was petted and spoiled.
[…] 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.
gloss: To be a pet.
pos: verb
tags: archaic
intransitive
gloss: To be peevish; to sulk.
pos: verb
tags: archaic
intransitive
examples: He sure is queasie stomach't that must pet, and puke, at such a trivial circumstance
gloss: Favourite; cherished; the focus of one's (usually positive) attention.
pos: adj
tags: figuratively
not-comparable
examples: a pet project
a pet child
The professor seemed offended by the criticism of her pet theory.
Some young lady's pet curate.
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.
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."
Discussing a favourite book, JW Dunne's An Experiment with Time—a 1927 study by an English aeronautical engineer who developed his own pet theories about dreams, perception and reality—he [Gaspar Noé] sounds like an earnest young philosophy student.
But these digital currencies[…] have now become a pet project of the US administration and a hot topic in corporate boardrooms.
gloss: Kept or treated as a pet.
pos: adj
tags: literally
not-comparable
examples: pet rock
gloss: Good; ideal.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
obsolete
examples: “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.”
Synonyms: companion animal
grope
touch up
cosset
feel up
coddle
Derived words: antipet
crazy as a pet coon
cyberpet
digital pet
housepet
pelfie
petcare
pet carrier
pet cemetery
petcock
pet cone
pet door
pet flap
petfluencer
petfood
pethood
pet hotel
pet humanization
pet insurance
petiquette
petkeeper
petkeeping
petkin
pet lamp-shade
petless
petlike
petling
petnap
pet play
petplay
pet regress
pet regression
pet regressor
petship
pet shop
petsit
petsitter
pet stain
pet store
pet tag
pet therapy
pettish
pocket pet
robopet
teacher's pet
tea pet
virtual pet
overpet
pettable
pet the kitty
petting
pet form
pet hate
pet name
pet peeve
pet phrase
pet rock
Translations:
lang: Afrikaans
word: troeteldier
lang: Albanian
word: kafshë shtëpie
lang: Albanian
word: manar
lang: Arabic
word: حَيَوَان مَنْزَلِيّ
roman: ḥayawān manzaliyy
lang: Arabic
word: حَيَوَان أَلِيف
roman: ḥayawān ʔalīf
lang: Belarusian
word: ха́тняя жывёла
roman: xátnjaja žyvjóla
lang: Belarusian
word: любі́мец
roman: ljubímjec
lang: Belarusian
word: жывёла-кампаньён
roman: žyvjola-kampanʹjon
lang: Belarusian
word: гадава́нец
roman: hadavánjec
lang: Belarusian
word: сво́йскі гадава́нец
roman: svójski hadavánjec
lang: Belarusian
word: ха́тні гадуне́ц
roman: xátni hadunjéc
lang: Bulgarian
word: дома́шен люби́мец
roman: domášen ljubímec
lang: Bulgarian
word: пито́мец
roman: pitómec
lang: Catalan
word: animal de companyia
lang: Catalan
word: mascota
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 寵物 /宠物
roman: chǒngwù
lang: Czech
word: domácí mazlíček
lang: Czech
word: domácí zvíře
lang: Danish
word: kæledyr
lang: Dutch
word: huisdier
lang: Dutch
word: troeteldier
lang: Esperanto
word: dombesto
lang: Esperanto
word: dorlotbesto
lang: Esperanto
word: hejmbesto
lang: Estonian
word: lemmikloom
lang: Finnish
word: lemmikkieläin
lang: Finnish
word: lemmikki
lang: French
word: animal de compagnie
lang: French
word: animal familier
lang: French
word: animal domestique
lang: Galician
word: animal de compaña
lang: Galician
word: animal de compañía
lang: Galician
word: animal doméstico
lang: Galician
word: mascota
lang: Georgian
word: შინაური ცხოველი
roman: šinauri cxoveli
lang: Georgian
word: მოშინაურებული ცხოველი
roman: mošinaurebuli cxoveli
lang: German
word: Haustier
lang: German
word: Heimtier
lang: German
word: Stubentier
lang: German
word: Lieblingstier
lang: Greek
word: κατοικίδιο
roman: katoikídio
lang: Hebrew
word: חיית מחמד \ חַיַּת מַחְמָד
roman: khayát makhmád
lang: Hindi
word: पालतू पशु
roman: pāltū paśu
lang: Hungarian
word: kisállat
lang: Hungarian
word: kis kedvenc
lang: Hungarian
word: házi kedvenc
lang: Hungarian
word: háziállat
lang: Hungarian
word: kedvenc
lang: Icelandic
word: gæludýr
lang: Indonesian
word: hewan peliharaan
lang: Ingrian
word: ellään
lang: Irish
word: peata
lang: Italian
word: animale da compagnia
lang: Italian
word: animale d'affezione
lang: Italian
word: animale domestico
lang: Japanese
word: ペット
roman: petto
lang: Japanese
word: 愛玩動物
roman: aigan dōbutsu
lang: Khmer
word: សត្វចិញ្ចឹម
roman: sɑɑtvɑɑceñcəm
lang: Korean
word: 애완동물
roman: aewandongmul
lang: Korean
word: 반려동물
roman: ballyeodongmul
lang: Korean
word: 펫
roman: pet
lang: Lao
word: ສັດລ້ຽງ
roman: sat līang
lang: Latin
word: animal familiāre
lang: Latin
word: animal domesticum
lang: Latin
word: animal mānsuētum
lang: Latvian
word: mājdzīvnieks
lang: Lithuanian
word: augintinis
lang: Lithuanian
word: kambarinis gyvulėlis
lang: Macedonian
word: домашен миленик
roman: domašen milenik
lang: Macedonian
word: домашно милениче
roman: domašno mileniče
lang: Malay
word: haiwan peliharaan
lang: Malay
word: binatang manja
lang: Māori
word: mōkai
lang: Māori
word: maimoa
lang: Mongolian
word: тэжээвэр амьтан
roman: težeever amʹtan
lang: Navajo
word: łį́į́ʼ
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: kjæledyr
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: kjæledyr
lang: Northwestern Ojibwa
word: bami'aagaans
lang: Pannonian Rusyn
word: любимец
roman: ljubimec
lang: Persian
word: حیوان خانگی
roman: heyvân-e xânegi
lang: Persian
word: خانگی
roman: xānegi
lang: Plautdietsch
word: Hustia
lang: Polish
word: zwierzę domowe
lang: Portuguese
word: animal de estimação
lang: Portuguese
word: animal de companhia
lang: Portuguese
word: animal doméstico
lang: Portuguese
word: pet
lang: Romanian
word: animal de companie
lang: Russian
word: дома́шнее живо́тное
roman: domášneje živótnoje
lang: Russian
word: люби́мец
roman: ljubímec
lang: Russian
word: пито́мец
roman: pitómec
lang: Russian
word: живо́тное-компаньо́н
roman: živótnoje-kompanʹón
lang: Sardinian
word: animale de domo
lang: Sardinian
word: animale de cumpagnia
lang: Sardinian
word: animale masedu
lang: Sardinian
word: animale ammasedadu
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: љубимац
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: мезимац
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: ljubimac
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: mezimac
lang: Slovak
word: domáce zviera
lang: Slovene
word: hišni ljubljenček
lang: Slovene
word: domača žival
lang: Spanish
word: mascota
lang: Spanish
word: animal de compañía
lang: Spanish
word: animal doméstico
lang: Spanish
word: animal de compaña
lang: Spanish
word: animal acompañante
lang: Spanish
word: animal acompañador
lang: Swahili
word: mnyama wa nyumbani
lang: Swedish
word: husdjur
lang: Swedish
word: keldjur
lang: Swedish
word: sällskapsdjur
lang: Tamil
word: வளர்ப்பு விலங்கு
roman: vaḷarppu vilaṅku
lang: Tamil
word: செல்லப்பிராணி
roman: cellappirāṇi
lang: Thai
word: สัตว์เลี้ยง
roman: sàt-líiang
lang: Turkish
word: evcil hayvan
lang: Turkmen
word: öý haýwanlary
lang: Ukrainian
word: твари́на-вихова́нець
roman: tvarýna-vyxovánecʹ
lang: Ukrainian
word: вихова́нець
roman: vyxovánecʹ
lang: Ukrainian
word: твари́на-компаньйо́н
roman: tvarýna-kompanʹjón
lang: Ukrainian
word: пито́мець
roman: pytómecʹ
lang: Ukrainian
word: улю́бленець
roman: uljúblenecʹ
lang: Ukrainian
word: дома́шня твари́на
roman: domášnja tvarýna
lang: Ukrainian
word: сві́йська твари́на
roman: svíjsʹka tvarýna
lang: Ukrainian
word: твари́нка
roman: tvarýnka
lang: Vietnamese
word: thú cưng
lang: Vietnamese
word: vật cưng
lang: Volapük
word: nimül
lang: Welsh
word: anifail anwes
lang: Zulu
word: isilwane sasekhaya
lang: Zulu
word: ukunto
lang: Zulu
word: ukuntoko
lang: Bashkir
word: һыйпау
roman: hıypaw
lang: Bulgarian
word: галя
roman: galja
lang: Bulgarian
word: милвам
roman: milvam
lang: Catalan
word: amanyagar
lang: Catalan
word: fer moixaines
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 撫摸 /抚摸
roman: fǔmō
lang: Czech
word: hladit
lang: Czech
word: pohladit
lang: Danish
word: kæle
lang: Dutch
word: aaien
lang: Esperanto
word: karesi
lang: Faroese
word: kela
lang: Finnish
word: silittää
lang: French
word: caresser
lang: Galician
word: aloumiñar
lang: Galician
word: acariciar
lang: German
word: streicheln
lang: Hebrew
word: ליטף
lang: Hungarian
word: simogat
lang: Hungarian
word: szeretget
lang: Hungarian
word: babusgat
lang: Ingrian
word: lakoittaa
lang: Irish
word: muirnigh
lang: Irish
word: déan peataireacht
lang: Italian
word: accarezzare
lang: Japanese
word: 撫でる
roman: naderu
lang: Lithuanian
word: glamonėti
lang: Macedonian
word: гали
roman: gali
lang: Macedonian
word: милува
roman: miluva
lang: Māori
word: mirimiri
lang: Māori
word: hokomirimiri
lang: Norwegian
word: kjæle
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: klappa
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: kjæla
lang: Polish
word: głaskać
lang: Portuguese
word: acariciar
lang: Romanian
word: mângâia
lang: Russian
word: ласка́ть
roman: laskátʹ
lang: Russian
word: гла́дить
roman: gláditʹ
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: мазити
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: миловати
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: maziti
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: milovati
lang: Spanish
word: acariciar
lang: Spanish
word: popar
lang: Swedish
word: klappa
lang: Turkish
word: sevmek
lang: Turkish
word: okşamak
lang: Welsh
word: anwylo
lang: Welsh
word: mwytho