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The French language contains a large number of phrases, expressions with the lexeme cat. The cat has been the favorite domestic animal of the French for a very long time and many authors of French francophone literature offer us, among others, aphorisms and maxims and give an important place to cat(s) in their writings. Many sayings refer to this animal. In the limited context of this text it is impossible to make an exhaustive survey of all the cat occurrences contained in the language, but the various examples that are selected and presented allow having an idea of the symbols, to which the cat is associated, and emotions that it arouses.