Why does catnip make cats loopy?
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Catnip
//ˈkætnɪp//
Synonyms for "catnip" (4 found)
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Noun(1 words)
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Related words (2)
Noun(2 words)
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1 entriesdbpedia genus
1 entriesderived
2 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
5 entriesused for
1 entriesTranslations
108 translations across 46 languages.
Ancient Greek
4 entries- καλαμίνθη noun (plant of the genus Nepeta)
- καλαμίνθη noun (specific species which causes intoxication among cats)
- νέπετος noun (plant of the genus Nepeta)
- νέπετος noun (specific species which causes intoxication among cats)
Armenian
1 entries- կատվադաղձ noun (plant of the genus Nepeta)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- adi pişiknanəsi noun (specific species which causes intoxication among cats)
- pişiknanəsi noun (plant of the genus Nepeta)
Basque
1 entries- katu-belar noun (specific species which causes intoxication among cats)
Belarusian
1 entries- кацямятка noun (plant of the genus Nepeta)
Bulgarian
1 entries- коча трева noun (specific species which causes intoxication among cats)
Catalan
3 entries- herba gatera noun (plant of the genus Nepeta)
- herba gatera noun (specific species which causes intoxication among cats)
- nepta noun (specific species which causes intoxication among cats)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 貓薄荷 /猫薄荷 noun (plant of the genus Nepeta)
- 貓薄荷 /猫薄荷 noun (specific species which causes intoxication among cats)
Chuvash
1 entries- кушак пӳсӗр курӑкӗ noun (specific species which causes intoxication among cats)
Czech
1 entries- šanta kočičí noun (specific species which causes intoxication among cats)
Danish
3 entries- almindelig katteurt noun (specific species which causes intoxication among cats)
- katteurt noun (plant of the genus Nepeta)
- katteurt noun (specific species which causes intoxication among cats)
Dutch
4 entries- Nepeta noun (plant of the genus Nepeta)
- kattenkruid noun (plant of the genus Nepeta)
- kattenkruid noun (specific species which causes intoxication among cats)
- wild kattenkruid noun (specific species which causes intoxication among cats)
Esperanto
4 entries- katario noun (specific species which causes intoxication among cats)
- katherbo noun (plant of the genus Nepeta)
- katherbo noun (specific species which causes intoxication among cats)
- katmento noun (plant of the genus Nepeta)
Finnish
4 entries- aitokissanminttu noun (specific species which causes intoxication among cats)
- isokissanminttu noun (specific species which causes intoxication among cats)
- kissanminttu noun (plant of the genus Nepeta)
- kollinminttu noun (specific species which causes intoxication among cats)
French
4 entries- cataire noun (specific species which causes intoxication among cats)
- chataire noun (specific species which causes intoxication among cats)
- herbe aux chats noun (specific species which causes intoxication among cats)
- herbe à chat noun (specific species which causes intoxication among cats)
Galician
1 entries- herba gateira noun (specific species which causes intoxication among cats)
Georgian
1 entries- კატაპიტნა noun (plant of the genus Nepeta)
German
4 entries- Echte Katzenminze noun (specific species which causes intoxication among cats)
- Faszination noun (something that causes excitement or interest)
- Katzenminze noun (plant of the genus Nepeta)
- Katzenminze noun (specific species which causes intoxication among cats)
Hungarian
2 entries- illatos macskamenta noun (specific species which causes intoxication among cats)
- macskamenta noun (plant of the genus Nepeta)
Icelandic
1 entries- kattarminta noun (plant of the genus Nepeta)
Irish
2 entries- miontas cait noun (plant of the genus Nepeta)
- mismín cait noun (plant of the genus Nepeta)
Italian
1 entries- erba gatta noun (specific species which causes intoxication among cats)
Japanese
2 entries- イヌハッカ noun (specific species which causes intoxication among cats)
- イヌハッカ属 noun (plant of the genus Nepeta)
Kazakh
1 entries- көкжалбыз noun (plant of the genus Nepeta)
Korean
1 entries- 개박하 noun (specific species which causes intoxication among cats)
Latin
1 entries- nepeta noun (plant of the genus Nepeta)
Lithuanian
2 entries- katžolė noun (plant of the genus Nepeta)
- paprastoji katžolė noun (specific species which causes intoxication among cats)
Macedonian
3 entries- мачкино нане noun (plant of the genus Nepeta)
- мачкино нане noun (specific species which causes intoxication among cats)
- непе́та noun (plant of the genus Nepeta)
Norwegian
2 entries- kattemynte noun (specific species which causes intoxication among cats)
- kattemynter noun (plant of the genus Nepeta)
Old English
2 entries- cattes minte noun (plant of the genus Nepeta)
- nepte noun (plant of the genus Nepeta)
Persian
2 entries- نعناع گربهای noun (specific species which causes intoxication among cats)
- پونهسا noun (plant of the genus Nepeta)
Picard
1 entries- iérpe-éd-cat noun (specific species which causes intoxication among cats)
Polish
2 entries- kocimiętka noun (plant of the genus Nepeta)
- kocimiętka właściwa noun (specific species which causes intoxication among cats)
Portuguese
3 entries- erva-de-gato noun (plant of the genus Nepeta)
- erva-de-gato noun (specific species which causes intoxication among cats)
- nêbeda noun (plant of the genus Nepeta)
Romanian
4 entries- cătușnică noun (plant of the genus Nepeta)
- cătușnică noun (specific species which causes intoxication among cats)
- iarba-mâței noun (plant of the genus Nepeta)
- iarba-mâței noun (specific species which causes intoxication among cats)
Russian
3 entries- кото́вник коша́чий noun (specific species which causes intoxication among cats)
- коша́чья мя́та noun (plant of the genus Nepeta)
- коша́чья мя́та noun (specific species which causes intoxication among cats)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- macina metvica noun (specific species which causes intoxication among cats)
- macina trava noun (specific species which causes intoxication among cats)
- mačija metvica noun (specific species which causes intoxication among cats)
- mačija trava noun (specific species which causes intoxication among cats)
Slovak
1 entries- kocúrnik obyčajný noun (specific species which causes intoxication among cats)
Slovene
2 entries- mačja meta noun (specific species which causes intoxication among cats)
- máčja méta noun (plant of the genus Nepeta)
Spanish
4 entries- albahaca de gatos noun (specific species which causes intoxication among cats)
- gataria noun (specific species which causes intoxication among cats)
- gatera noun (specific species which causes intoxication among cats)
- hierba gatera noun (plant of the genus Nepeta)
Swedish
2 entries- kattmynta noun (specific species which causes intoxication among cats)
- nepetasläktet noun (plant of the genus Nepeta)
Turkish
1 entries- kedi nanesi noun (plant of the genus Nepeta)
Ukrainian
1 entries- кото́вник noun (plant of the genus Nepeta)
Upper Sorbian
1 entries- prawy kocornik noun (specific species which causes intoxication among cats)
Vietnamese
2 entries- bạc hà mèo noun (specific species which causes intoxication among cats)
- cỏ mèo noun (specific species which causes intoxication among cats)
Welsh
2 entries- mint y gath noun (plant of the genus Nepeta)
- mintys y gath noun (specific species which causes intoxication among cats)
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
My cat loves catnip.
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Why does catnip drive cats nuts?
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Cats like catnip.
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