black cat

See also: Black Cat

English

Pronunciation

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Noun

Many cultures have superstitions about black cats, often ascribing either "good luck" or "bad luck" to them.

black cat (plural black cats)

1. A fisher, North American marten that has thick brown fur (Pekania pennanti, syn. Martes pennanti).
2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see black,‎ cat.

Translations

Martes pennanti — see fisher

black-furred cat

• Afrikaans: swart kat
• Arabic: القطة السوداء
• Armenian: սև կատու (hy) (sew katu)
• Assamese: ক‌’লা মেকুৰী (köla mekuri)
• Asturian: gatu negru m
• Azerbaijani: qara pişik
• Basque: katu beltz
• Bengali: কালো বিড়াল (kalō biṛal)
• Bulgarian: че́рна ко́тка f (čérna kótka)
• Catalan: gat negre m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 黑貓 / 黑猫 (zh) (hēimāo)

• Dutch: zwarte kat m or f
• Esperanto: nigra kato
• Finnish: musta kissa
• French: chat noir m
• German: schwarze Katze f
• Greek: μαύρη γάτα (mávri gáta)
• Hebrew: חתול שחור m (khatúl shakhór)
• Hindi: काली बिल्ली f (kālī billī), काला बिल्ला m (kālā billā)
• Indonesian: kucing hitam
• Italian: gatto nero m
• Japanese: 黒猫 (ja) (くろねこ, kuro neko)
• Korean: 검은 고양이 (geomeun goyang'i)
• Norwegian: svart katt m or f
• Occitan: gat negre m
• Okinawan: 黒猫 (くるまやー, kurumayā)
• Polish: czarny kot m, czarnego kota f
• Portuguese: gato preto m
• Russian: чёрный кот m (čórnyj kot), чёрная кошка f (čórnaja koška)
• Spanish: gato negro
• Thai: แมวดำ (mɛɛo dam)
• Turkish: kara kedi
• Ukrainian: чорний кіт m (čornyj kit)
• Vietnamese: mèo mun (vi), mèo đen
• Yiddish: שװאַרצע קאַץ f (shvartse kats)

Verb

black cat (third-person singular simple present black cats, present participle black catting, simple past and past participle black catted)

1. (nautical slang) To do better than another in some respect; to one up.
   • (Can we date this quote?), (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎^[1]:

     The team name derives from the Lynx wildcat of 702 Naval Air Squadron’s badge and also the naval slang of “Black Catting” which implies having done or owned something better than anyone else.

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