English
Noun
Kitten (plural Kittens)
- A young cat. Diminutive: kitty.
- A young rabbit, rat, hedgehog, squirrel, fox, beaver or badger.
Related terms
Verb
Kitten (third-person singular simple present Kittens, present participle Kittening, simple past and past participle Kittened)
- To give birth to kittens.
Adjectives for Kitten
imaginary; striped; playful; impish.
Verbs for Kitten
pet—; stroke—; —amuses; —antics; — basks; —capers; —diverts; —frisks; — frolics; —gambols; —laps; —meows; — plays; —romps; —toys with.
Thesaurus
Cheshire cat, Chinchilla cat, Maltese cat, alley cat, bairn, be confined, bear, bear a child, bear young, birdling, blue cat, calf, calico cat, calve, cast, cat, catling, cherub, chick, chickling, chicky, child, chit, colt, cub, darling, dogie, drop, duckling, farrow, fawn, feline, fledgling, foal, fryer, gib, gib-cat, give birth, gosling, grimalkin, have, have a baby, have young, house cat, innocent, kid, kit, kitling, kitty, kitty-cat, labor, lamb, lambkin, lie in, litter, little bugger, little fellow, little guy, little innocent, little one, little tad, little tot, mite, mouser, nest, nestling, nipper, offspring, peewee, piglet, pigling, polliwog, pullet, pup, puppy, puss, pussy, pussycat, shaver, shoat, silver cat, tabby, tabby cat, tad, tadpole, throw, tiger cat, tom, tomcat, tortoise-shell cat, tot, travail, weaner, wee tot, whelp, yean, yeanling
Etymology
From Middle English kiton, kitoun, kyton (“kitten”), diminutive of cat (“cat”). First element probably from Middle English kiteling (“kitten, kit”), from Old Norse ketlingr (“kitten”). Compare Low German kitten (“kitten”). More at kitling, cat, -en.
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ɪtən
- SAMPA: /"ki?n=/
Translations
Noun
A young cat
- Afrikaans: katjie (af), katjies (af) pl.
- Armenian: կատվի ձագ (hy) (katvi jag), կատվաձագ (hy) (katvajag)
- Basque: katakume (eu)
- Breton: kazhig (br) m.
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 小猫 (cmn), 小猫 (cmn) (xiǎomāo)
- Czech: kotě (cs) n.
- Danish: killing (da) c.
- Dutch: katje (nl) n.
- Esperanto: (male or female) katido (eo), (male) virkatido (eo), (female) katidino (eo)
- Finnish: kissanpentu (fi)
- French: chaton (fr) m., chatonne (fr) f.
- Georgian: კნუტი (ka) (knuti)
- German: Kätzchen (de) n., Kätzlein (de) n., Katzenbaby (de) n., (Austrian, South German) Katzerl (de) n., (Swiss) Kätzli (de) n.
- Greek: γατάκι (el) (gatáki) n.
- Hebrew: חתלתול (he) (chataltul) m.
- Hungarian: kismacska (hu), kiscica (hu), cica (hu)
- Icelandic: kettlingur (is) m.
- Irish: piscín (ga) m., puisín (ga) m.
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- Italian: gattino (it) m., gattina (it) f., micia (it) f.
- Japanese: 子猫 (こねこ, koneko)
- Korean: 나비 (ko) (nabi)
- Latvian: kaķēns (lv) m.
- Macedonian: маче (mk) (máče) n.
- Maltese: ferħ (mt) m., ferħa (mt) f., mejxu (mt) m., mejxa (mt) f.
- Polish: kotek (pl) m., kociak (pl) m.
- Portuguese: gatinho (pt) m., gatinha (pt) f.
- Romanian: please add this translation if you can
- Russian: котёнок (ru) (kot'ónok) m.
- Scottish Gaelic: piseag (gd) f.
- Slovak: mača (sk) n., mačiatko (sk) n., mačička (sk) f., kocúrik (sk) m.
- Slovene: mucek (sl) m., mucka (sl) f.
- Spanish: gatito (es) m., minino (es) m.
- Swedish: kattunge (sv) c.
- Tagalog: kuting (tl)
- Turkish: please add this translation if you can
- Volapük: (male or female) katül (vo), (male) hikatül (vo), (female) jikatül (vo)
- Welsh: cath fach (cy) f.
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A young rabbit, rat, hedgehog, squirrel, fox or badger
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- Slovak: zajačik m., zajko m.
- Volapük: (male or female, rabbit) kroligül (vo), (male or female, rat) ratül (vo), (male or female, hedgehog) lüstridül (vo), (male or female, squirrel) yatül (vo), (male or female, young) renarül (vo), (male or female, badger) dafül (vo)
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