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tab·by  (tb)

n. pl. tab·bies

1. A rich watered silk.

2. A fabric of plain weave.

3.

a. A domestic cat with a striped or brindled coat of a gray or tawny color.

b. A domestic cat, especially a female.

4. A spinster.

5. A prying woman; a gossip.

6. South Atlantic U.S. A mixture of oyster shells, lime, sand, and water used as a building material.

adj.

1. Having light and dark striped markings: a tabby cat.

2. Made of or resembling watered silk.

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[French tabis, from Old French atabis, from Medieval Latin attab, from Arabic 'attb, after al-'Attbya, a suburb of Baghdad, Iraq.]

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tabby¹

n

(Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles) a fabric with a watered pattern, esp silk or taffeta

[from Old French tabis silk cloth, from Arabic al-`attabiya, literally: the quarter of (Prince) `Attab, the part of Baghdad where the fabric was first made]

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tabby²

adj

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) (esp of cats) brindled with dark stripes or wavy markings on a lighter background

2. having a wavy or striped pattern, particularly in colours of grey and brown

n pl -bies

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a tabby cat

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any female domestic cat

3. Brit informal a gossiping old woman

4. Austral slang any girl or woman

[from Tabby, pet form of the girl's name Tabitha, probably influenced by tabby¹]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	tabby - a cat with a grey or tawny coat mottled with black tabby cat domestic cat, Felis catus, Felis domesticus, house cat - any domesticated member of the genus Felis
	2.	tabby - female cat queen domestic cat, Felis catus, Felis domesticus, house cat - any domesticated member of the genus Felis
Adj.	1.	tabby - having a grey or brown streak or a pattern or a patchy coloring; used especially of the patterned fur of cats brinded, brindle, brindled patterned - having patterns (especially colorful patterns)

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tabby

adjective striped, banded, streaked, stripy, brindled A tabby cat shot out beside her feet.

Translations

tabby [ˈtæbɪ]

A. ADJ → atigrado

B. N (also tabby cat) → gato/a m/f atigrado/a

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tabby [ˈtæbi] n (also tabby cat) → chat(te) m/f tigré(e)
tab key n → touche f tabulation
to hit the tab key → appuyer sur la touche tabulation

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tabby

n

(also tabby cat) → getigerte Katze; (= female cat) → (weibliche) Katze

(inf, = old maid) → Tantchen nt (inf)

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tabby [ˈtæbɪ] n (also tabby cat) → (gatto/a) soriano/a, gatto/a tigrato/a

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tabby [ˈtæbɪ] n (also tabby cat) → (gatto/a) soriano/a, gatto/a tigrato/a

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tabby

n tabby [ˈtӕbi]

(also ˈtabby-cat) a usually grey or brown cat with darker stripes, especially a female one. gestreepte kat قِط رَمادي котка на сиви/кафяви ивици mourek stribet kat getigerte Katze γάτα με ραβδωτό τρίχωμα gato atigrado vöödiline (emane) kass گربه خاکستری با راه راه های تیره juovikas kissa chat tigré, chatte tigrée חָתוּל מְפוּספַּס धारीदार भूरी बिल्ली tigrasta, šarena mačka cirmos cica kucing loreng grá– eða gulbröndóttur köttur/læða (gatto tigrato) ぶち猫 얼룩고양이 rainė (svītrains) kaķis, kaķene kucing belang gestreepte poes stripet katt bury kot gato malhado pisică tigrată полосатая кошка strakatá mačka tigrasta mačka tigrasta mačka strimmig katt แมวลายสีน้ำตาลหรือสีเทา tekir kedi 斑貓；[]平紋 смугаста кішка بھورے اور گہرے براؤن رنگ کي بلي mèo mướp 斑猫