pisică

See also: pisica

Romanian

Alternative forms

• писикэ (pisică) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling

Etymology

From pis (sound used to call a cat, of onomatopoetic origin) +‎ -ică. Also compare Sardinian pisittu (“cat”), Turkish pişik and Azerbaijani pişik.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /piˈsi.kə/

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Noun

pisică f (plural pisici)

1. cat

   Synonym: mâță

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	pisică	pisica		pisici	pisicile
genitive-dative	pisici	pisicii		pisici	pisicilor
vocative	pisică, pisico			pisicilor

Derived terms

• pisic
• pisicuță

See also

• cotoi
• motan
• motoc
• pisoi

Further reading

• pisică in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)