Hyphenation
tom·catTurkish pronunciation
tämkätPronunciation
/ˈtämˌkat/ /ˈtɑːmˌkæt/
Etymology
[ 'täm-"kat ] (noun.) 1789. From a story by an anonymous author published in 1760 called The Life and Adventures of a Cat in which the male cat, then known as a ram cat, was called Tom. (Reference: Desmond Morris, Catwatching.)