| Part of speech | common noun |
|---|---|
| Hyphenation | cat |
| Plural | cats |
| Afrikaans | kat |
|---|---|
| Albanian | mace |
| Catalan | gat |
| Czech | kočka |
| Danish | kat |
| Dutch | kat; poes |
| English | cat; puss; pussy |
| Esperanto | kato |
| Faeroese | kattur; ketta |
| Finnish | kissa |
| French | chat |
| German | Katze |
| Greek | γάτα |
| Hungarian | macska |
| Icelandic | köttur |
| Italian | gatto |
| Jamaican Patois | pus; kyat |
| Kabylian | amcic (ⴰⵎⵛⵉⵛ) |
| Latin | feles; cattus; felis |
| Low German | kat |
| Luxemburgish | Kaz |
| Malay | kucing |
| Norwegian | katt; kat |
| Papiamento | pushi |
| Polish | kot |
| Portuguese | gato |
| Romanian | pisică; pisică |
| Saterland Frisian | Kat |
| Scottish Gaelic | cat |
| Spanish | gato |
| Sranan | puspusi |
| Swahili | paka |
| Swedish | katt |
| Tagalog | pusà |
| Thai | แมว |
| Turkish | kedı; kedi |
| Ukrainian | кіт |
| Welsh | cath |
| West Frisian | kat |
| Yiddish | קאַץ |