Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cats

/kæts/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.46 in modern English

Syllables: cats
IPA: /kæts/

6

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of cat

noun

noun

name

Initialism of Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme.

British usage

name

Initialism of Charlotte Area Transportation System.

noun

A credit under the CAT Scheme above.

British usage; Informal

Example Sentences

"The grieving family is now demanding change, citing a “lack of visible or effective security” on the Charlotte Area Transportation System Blue Line. CNN has reached out to CATS for comment."
"We only have 45 allocated CATS for next year, so we've got to pick another 5 modules to make 120."

Usage

British usage
Informal

Inflected Forms

CAT (singular)

Derived Forms

Catsian

Homonyms

Cats kats Katz khats qats qhats

Rhymes With

that's stats rats congrats hats bats flats fats mats katz chats pats

Questions

How do you pronounce cats?: The recorded pronunciation is /kæts/.
What does cats mean?: plural of cat

How to pronounce cats

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