Pet

//pɛt//

Synonyms for "pet" (160 found)

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16 relation types

Translations

279 translations across 65 languages.

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Afrikaans

1 entries
  • troeteldier noun (an animal kept as a companion)

Albanian

2 entries
  • kafshë shtëpie noun (an animal kept as a companion)
  • manar noun (an animal kept as a companion)

Arabic

2 entries
  • حَيَوَان أَلِيف noun (an animal kept as a companion)
  • حَيَوَان مَنْزَلِيّ noun (an animal kept as a companion)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • гадава́нец noun (an animal kept as a companion)
  • жывёла-кампаньён noun (an animal kept as a companion)
  • любі́мец noun (an animal kept as a companion)
  • сво́йскі гадава́нец noun (an animal kept as a companion)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • домашен adj (kept or treated as a pet)
  • любим adj (favourite; cherished)
  • дома́шен люби́мец noun (an animal kept as a companion)
  • любимец noun (one who is excessively loyal to a superior and receives preferential treatment)

Catalan

4 entries
  • animal de companyia noun (an animal kept as a companion)
  • mascota noun (an animal kept as a companion)
  • amanyagar verb (fondle (an animal))
  • fer moixaines verb (fondle (an animal))

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 寵物 /宠物 noun (an animal kept as a companion)
  • 跟屁蟲 /跟屁虫 noun (one who is excessively loyal to a superior and receives preferential treatment)
  • 撫摸 /抚摸 verb (fondle (an animal))

Czech

4 entries
  • domácí mazlíček noun (an animal kept as a companion)
  • domácí zvíře noun (an animal kept as a companion)
  • hladit verb (fondle (an animal))
  • hladit verb (fondle (another person) amorously)

Danish

3 entries
  • kæledyr noun (an animal kept as a companion)
  • kæle verb (fondle (an animal))
  • kæle verb (fondle (another person) amorously)

Dutch

4 entries
  • huisdier noun (an animal kept as a companion)
  • lievelingetje noun (one who is excessively loyal to a superior and receives preferential treatment)
  • troeteldier noun (an animal kept as a companion)
  • aaien verb (fondle (an animal))

Esperanto

4 entries
  • dombesto noun (an animal kept as a companion)
  • dorlotbesto noun (an animal kept as a companion)
  • hejmbesto noun (an animal kept as a companion)
  • karulo noun (person or animal especially cherished)

Estonian

1 entries
  • lemmikloom noun (an animal kept as a companion)

Finnish

4 entries
  • lellikki noun (one who is excessively loyal to a superior and receives preferential treatment)
  • lemmikki noun (an animal kept as a companion)
  • lemmikkieläin noun (an animal kept as a companion)
  • hyväillä verb (fondle (another person) amorously)

French

4 entries
  • de compagnie adj (kept or treated as a pet)
  • fétiche adj (favourite; cherished)
  • animal de compagnie noun (an animal kept as a companion)
  • animal domestique noun (an animal kept as a companion)

Galician

4 entries
  • animal de compaña noun (an animal kept as a companion)
  • animal de compañía noun (an animal kept as a companion)
  • animal doméstico noun (an animal kept as a companion)
  • mascota noun (an animal kept as a companion)

Georgian

2 entries
  • მოშინაურებული ცხოველი noun (an animal kept as a companion)
  • შინაური ცხოველი noun (an animal kept as a companion)

German

4 entries
  • Haustier noun (an animal kept as a companion)
  • Heimtier noun (an animal kept as a companion)
  • Liebling noun (one who is excessively loyal to a superior and receives preferential treatment)
  • Liebling noun (person or animal especially cherished)

Greek

1 entries
  • κατοικίδιο noun (an animal kept as a companion)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • חיית מחמד \ חַיַּת מַחְמָד noun (an animal kept as a companion)
  • ליטף verb (fondle (an animal))

Hindi

1 entries
  • पालतू पशु noun (an animal kept as a companion)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • házi adj (kept or treated as a pet)
  • imádott adj (favourite; cherished)
  • szeretett adj (favourite; cherished)
  • drága noun (person or animal especially cherished)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • gæludýr noun (an animal kept as a companion)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • hewan peliharaan noun (an animal kept as a companion)

Ingrian

2 entries
  • ellään noun (an animal kept as a companion)
  • lakoittaa verb (fondle (an animal))

Irish

3 entries
  • peata noun (an animal kept as a companion)
  • déan peataireacht verb (fondle (an animal))
  • muirnigh verb (fondle (an animal))

Italian

4 entries
  • animale d'affezione noun (an animal kept as a companion)
  • animale da compagnia noun (an animal kept as a companion)
  • animale domestico noun (an animal kept as a companion)
  • beniamino noun (person or animal especially cherished)

Japanese

4 entries
  • ペット noun (an animal kept as a companion)
  • 愛玩動物 noun (an animal kept as a companion)
  • 愛撫する verb (fondle (another person) amorously)
  • 撫でる verb (fondle (an animal))

Khmer

1 entries
  • សត្វចិញ្ចឹម noun (an animal kept as a companion)

Korean

3 entries
  • 반려동물 noun (an animal kept as a companion)
  • 애완동물 noun (an animal kept as a companion)
  • noun (an animal kept as a companion)

Lao

1 entries
  • ສັດລ້ຽງ noun (an animal kept as a companion)

Latin

4 entries
  • animal domesticum noun (an animal kept as a companion)
  • animal familiāre noun (an animal kept as a companion)
  • animal mānsuētum noun (an animal kept as a companion)
  • dēliciae noun (person or animal especially cherished)

Latvian

1 entries
  • mājdzīvnieks noun (an animal kept as a companion)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • augintinis noun (an animal kept as a companion)

Macedonian

4 entries
  • домашен миленик noun (an animal kept as a companion)
  • домашно милениче noun (an animal kept as a companion)
  • мињо́н noun (one who is excessively loyal to a superior and receives preferential treatment)
  • љуби́мец noun (one who is excessively loyal to a superior and receives preferential treatment)

Malay

2 entries
  • binatang manja noun (an animal kept as a companion)
  • haiwan peliharaan noun (an animal kept as a companion)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • тэжээвэр амьтан noun (an animal kept as a companion)

Māori

4 entries
  • maimoa noun (an animal kept as a companion)
  • mōkai noun (an animal kept as a companion)
  • takawairore noun (person or animal especially cherished)
  • hokomirimiri verb (fondle (an animal))

Navajo

1 entries
  • łį́į́ʼ noun (an animal kept as a companion)

Northwestern Ojibwa

1 entries
  • bami'aagaans noun (an animal kept as a companion)

Norwegian

4 entries
  • kjæle verb (fondle (an animal))
  • kjæle verb (fondle (another person) amorously)
  • kjærtegne verb (fondle (another person) amorously)
  • kose med verb (fondle (another person) amorously)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • kjæledyr noun (an animal kept as a companion)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • kjæledyr noun (an animal kept as a companion)

Pannonian Rusyn

1 entries
  • любимец noun (an animal kept as a companion)

Persian

2 entries
  • حیوان خانگی noun (an animal kept as a companion)
  • خانگی noun (an animal kept as a companion)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Hustia noun (an animal kept as a companion)

Polish

2 entries
  • zwierzę domowe noun (an animal kept as a companion)
  • głaskać verb (fondle (an animal))

Portuguese

4 entries
  • de estimação adj (kept or treated as a pet)
  • animal de companhia noun (an animal kept as a companion)
  • animal de estimação noun (an animal kept as a companion)
  • animal doméstico noun (an animal kept as a companion)

Romanian

3 entries
  • animal de companie noun (an animal kept as a companion)
  • mângâia verb (fondle (an animal))
  • mângâia verb (fondle (another person) amorously)

Russian

4 entries
  • дома́шнее живо́тное noun (an animal kept as a companion)
  • живо́тное-компаньо́н noun (an animal kept as a companion)
  • люби́мец noun (an animal kept as a companion)
  • люби́мец noun (person or animal especially cherished)

Sardinian

4 entries
  • animale ammasedadu noun (an animal kept as a companion)
  • animale de cumpagnia noun (an animal kept as a companion)
  • animale de domo noun (an animal kept as a companion)
  • animale masedu noun (an animal kept as a companion)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • ljubimac noun (an animal kept as a companion)
  • ljubimac noun (one who is excessively loyal to a superior and receives preferential treatment)
  • mezimac noun (an animal kept as a companion)
  • mezimac noun (one who is excessively loyal to a superior and receives preferential treatment)

Slovak

1 entries
  • domáce zviera noun (an animal kept as a companion)

Slovene

2 entries
  • domača žival noun (an animal kept as a companion)
  • hišni ljubljenček noun (an animal kept as a companion)

Spanish

4 entries
  • favorido (disused) adj (favourite; cherished)
  • personal adj (favourite; cherished)
  • animal acompañador noun (an animal kept as a companion)
  • animal acompañante noun (an animal kept as a companion)

Swahili

1 entries
  • mnyama wa nyumbani noun (an animal kept as a companion)

Swedish

4 entries
  • gullegris noun (person or animal especially cherished)
  • husdjur noun (an animal kept as a companion)
  • keldjur noun (an animal kept as a companion)
  • kelgris noun (person or animal especially cherished)

Tamil

3 entries
  • செல்லப்பிராணி noun (an animal kept as a companion)
  • செல்லம் noun (person or animal especially cherished)
  • வளர்ப்பு விலங்கு noun (an animal kept as a companion)

Thai

1 entries
  • สัตว์เลี้ยง noun (an animal kept as a companion)

Turkish

2 entries
  • evcil hayvan noun (an animal kept as a companion)
  • sevmek verb (fondle (an animal))

Turkmen

1 entries
  • öý haýwanlary noun (an animal kept as a companion)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • вихова́нець noun (an animal kept as a companion)
  • дома́шня твари́на noun (an animal kept as a companion)
  • пито́мець noun (an animal kept as a companion)
  • сві́йська твари́на noun (an animal kept as a companion)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • thú cưng noun (an animal kept as a companion)
  • vật cưng noun (an animal kept as a companion)

Volapük

1 entries
  • nimül noun (an animal kept as a companion)

Welsh

4 entries
  • anwes adj (kept or treated as a pet)
  • anifail anwes noun (an animal kept as a companion)
  • anwylo verb (fondle (an animal))
  • mwytho verb (fondle (an animal))

Zulu

3 entries
  • isilwane sasekhaya noun (an animal kept as a companion)
  • ukunto noun (an animal kept as a companion)
  • ukuntoko noun (an animal kept as a companion)

Sample sentences

36 total sentences available.

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I buried my dog at the pet cemetery.

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Being in a room full of smokers is my pet peeve.

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We keep a collie as a pet.

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How often is it necessary to feed your pet?

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.