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Etymology [edit]
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 [edit]
Wikipedia
kitten (plural kittens)
- A young cat. Diminutive: kitty.
- 2011 December 14, Steven Morris, “Devon woman jailed for 168 days for killing kitten in microwave”, Guardian:
- Jailing her on Wednesday, magistrate Liz Clyne told Robins: "You have shown little remorse either for the death of the kitten or the trauma to your former friend Sarah Knutton." She was also banned from keeping animals for 10 years.
- A young rabbit, rat, hedgehog, squirrel, fox, beaver or badger.
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Translations [edit]
A young cat
- Afrikaans: katjie (af), katjies (af) pl
- Arabic: هريرة (ar) (hurayra) f
- Armenian: կատվի ձագ (hy) (katvi jag), կատվաձագ (hy) (katvajag)
- Basque: katakume (eu)
- Belarusian: кацяня (be) (kacjanjá) n
- 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, kitten (nl) m, poesje (nl) n
- Esperanto: (♂♀) katido (eo), (♂) virkatido (eo), (♀) 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: חֲתַלְתּוּל (he) (khataltúl) m
- Hungarian: kismacska (hu), kiscica (hu), cica (hu)
- Icelandic: kettlingur (is) m
- Irish: piscín (ga) m, puisín (ga) m
- Italian: gattino (it) m, gattina (it) f, micetto (it) m, micetta (it) f
- Japanese: 子猫 (ja) (こねこ, koneko)
- Jèrriais: caton m
- Korean: 나비 (ko) (nabi)
- Latgalian: kačāns m, kačalāns m
- Latvian: kaķēns (lv) m
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- Luxembourgish: Kätzchen (lb) f
- Macedonian: маче (mk) (máče) n
- Malay: anak kucing (ms)
- Maltese: ferħ (mt) m, ferħa (mt) f, mejxu (mt) m, mejxa (mt) f
- Montagnais: minushiss
- Navajo: mósí yázhí
- Norwegian: kattunge (no) m
- Novial: (♂♀) katyune sg, (♂♀) katyunes pl, (♂) katyuno sg, (♂) katyunos pl, (♀) katyuna sg, (♀) katyunas pl
- Polish: kocię (pl) n, kotek (pl) m, kociak (pl) m
- Portuguese: gatinho (pt) m, gatinha (pt) f
- Romanian: pisoi (ro), pisicuță (ro)
- Russian: котёнок (ru) (kotjónok) m
- Scottish Gaelic: piseag (gd) f
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: маче (sh) n
- Roman: mače (sh) n
- 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, gatita (es) f
- Swedish: kattunge (sv) c, (dialectal) källing (sv) c
- Tagalog: kuting (tl)
- Turkish: kedi yavrusu (tr)
- Ukrainian: кошеня (uk) (košenjá) n
- Vietnamese: mèo con (vi)
- Volapük: (♂♀) katül (vo), (♂) hikatül (vo), (♀) jikatül (vo)
- Welsh: cath fach (cy) f
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A young rabbit, rat, hedgehog, squirrel, fox or badger
- Dutch: lamprei (nl) (of a rabbit)
- French: lapereau (fr) m (rabbit), raton (fr) m (rat), renardeau (fr) m (fox)
- Hungarian: kölyök (hu)
- Macedonian: зајче (mk) (zájče) n (rabbit), стаорче (mk) (stáorče) n (rat), еже (mk) (éže) n (hedgehog), вервериче (mk) (vervériče) n (squirrel), лисиче (mk) (lísiče) n (fox), јазовче (mk) (jázovče) n
- Russian: крольчонок (ru) (krolʹčónok) m (of a rabbit), крысёнок (ru) (krysjónok) m (of a rat), ежонок (ru) (ježónok) m (of a hedgehog), бельчонок (ru) (belʹčónok) m (of a squirrel), барсучонок (ru) (barsučónok) m (of a badger), лисёнок (ru) (lisjónok) m (of a fox), зайчонок (ru) (zajčónok) m (of a hare)
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- Scottish Gaelic: isean (gd) m (rabbit)
- Slovak: zajačik (sk) m, zajko (sk) m
- Volapük: (♂♀ rabbit) kroligül (vo), (♂ rabbit) hikroligül (vo), (♀ rabbit) jikroligül (vo), (♂♀ rat) ratül (vo), (♂ rat) hiratül (vo), (♀ rat) jiratül (vo), (♂♀ hedgehog) lüstridül (vo), (♂ hedgehog) hilüstridül (vo), (♀ hedgehog) jilüstridül (vo), (♂♀ squirrel) yatül (vo), (♂ squirrel) hiyatül (vo), (♀ squirrel) jiyatül (vo), (♂♀ fox) renarül (vo), (♂ fox) hirenarül (vo), (♀ fox) jirenarül (vo), (♂♀ badger) dafül (vo), (♂ badger) hidafül (vo), (♀ badger) jidafül (vo)
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kitten (third-person singular simple present kittens, present participle kittening, simple past and past participle kittened)
- To give birth to kittens.
Etymology 1 [edit]
kitten m (plural kittens, diminutive kittentje)
- a young cat; kitten
Synonyms [edit]
Etymology 2 [edit]
From kit (“sealant”).
kitten
- to apply sealant to
Conjugation [edit]
Conjugation of kitten (weak)
Derived terms [edit]
Etymology 3 [edit]
kitten
- plural form of kit
