tabby
Having a wavy or watered appearanceHaving a wavy or watered appearance.
Recorded UK: Speaker: Vealhurl Recorder: Vealhurl, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Meaning
2 sensesHaving a wavy or watered appearance.
a tabby waistcoat
Brindled; diversified in color.
a tabby cat
- having a grey or brown streak or a pattern or a patchy coloring; used especially of the patterned fur of cats
Examples
11 sentencesI love tabby cats.
Я обожнюю смугастих котів. — deniko · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tom's cat is a tabby.
У Тома смугастий кіт. — deniko · CC BY 2.0 FR
Ziri has a cute orange tabby.
The tabby is lying on my foot.
There's a new golden tabby coming around our house.
Translations
5 languagesOrigin
Mid 17th century French tabis, from Arabic عَتَّابِيّ (ʕattābiyy), ultimately from ArabicMid 17th century French tabis, from Arabic عَتَّابِيّ (ʕattābiyy), ultimately from Arabic الْعَتَّابِيَّة (al-ʕattābiyya), a quarter of Baghdad (named for a Prince عَتَّاب (ʕattāb)) which is associated with the manufacture of a certain type of waved silk. See also taffeta, another type of silk whose name derives from the Persian تافته (tâfta, “woven cloth”) and shares a similar etymological origin.
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Forms
tabbier, tabbiestSynonyms
3 synonymsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
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