kitty

See also Kitty

English

Feline kitten.

Alternative forms

• kittie

Etymology

A diminutive of kitten by adding -y.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈkɪti/
• (US, Canada) IPA: /ˈkɪɾi/
• (US, Canada) Homophones: kiddie, kiddy
• Rhymes: -ɪti

Noun

kitty (plural kitties)

1. A kitten or young cat.
2. A pet name for a cat.
3. A money pool, as for a card game, or for shared expenses.
4. (poker, slang) In a home game, a small, specified amount taken from each pot to pay the host's expenses.
5. (slang) Female genitals. (less vulgar)
6. (card games) A set of additional cards dealt face down in some games.

Related terms

• kitteh
• kitten
• kittenish, kittenlike
• kitty litter

Synonyms

• (money pool): pot

Translations

kitten, small cat

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 貓咪 (cmn), 猫咪 (cmn) (māomī)

• Danish: kattekilling (da), killing (da)
• Dutch: katje (nl), kattenjong (nl)
• Esperanto: (male) kaĉjo (eo), (female) kanjo (eo)
• Estonian: kiisu (et)
• French: minet (fr) m
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Kätzchen (de) n, Mieze (de) f
• Greek: ψιψίνα (el) (psipsína) f
• Hebrew: חֲתַלְתּוּל (he) (khataltúl) m, חֲתַלְתּוּלָה (he) (khataltulá) f, גּוּר חֲתוּלִים (he) (gúr khatulím) m, גּוּרַת חֲתוּלִים (he) (gurát khatulím) f
• Hungarian: cica (hu)

• Italian: gattino (it)
• Japanese: (young) 仔猫 (ja) (こねこ, koneko), 子猫 (ja) (こねこ, koneko); (small) 小猫 (ja) (こねこ, koneko)
• Korean: 나비 (ko) (nabi), 냐옹 (ko) (nyaong), 고양이 (ko) (goyang-i)
• Macedonian: маче (mk) (máče) n, маченце (mk) (máčence) n
• Norwegian: kattunge (no)
• Polish: kotek (pl) m
• Portuguese: gatinho (pt)
• Russian: кошка (ru) (kóška) f, кошечка (ru) (kóšečka) m, киса (ru) (kísa) f, киска (ru) (kíska) f
• Serbo-Croatian: маца (sh) (maca) f
• Spanish: gatito (es), minino (es) m
• Swedish: kisse (sv)
• Volapük: (♂♀) katül (vo), (♂) hikatül (vo), (♀) jikatül (vo), (diminutive ♂♀) katil (vo), (diminutive ♂) hikatil (vo), (diminutive ♀) jikatil (vo)

pool of money

• Greek: κοινό ταμείο (el) (koinó tameío) n

See also

• pussy

External links

• cat on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:cat