kitty

See also Kitty

English

Feline kitten.

Etymology

A diminutive of kitten by adding -y.

Pronunciation

• 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. a less vulgar slang term for female genitals

Alternative forms

• kittie

Related terms

• kitteh
• kitten
• kittenish, kittenlike
• kitty litter

Synonyms

• (money pool): pot

See also

• pussy

Translations

kitten, small cat

Chinese: Mandarin: 猫咪 (māomī) Danish: kattekilling (da) Dutch: katje (nl), kattenjong (nl) Esperanto: (male) kaĉjo (eo), (female) kanjo (eo) Estonian: kiisu (et) French: minet (fr) m. German: Kätzchen (de) n. Greek: ψιψίνα (el) (psipsína) f. Hebrew: חתלתול (he) (chataltul) m. Hungarian: cica (hu)

Italian: gattino (it) Japanese: (young) 仔猫 (ja), 子猫 (ja) (こねこ, koneko); (small) 小猫 (ja) (こねこ, koneko) Korean: 나비 (ko) (nabi) Norwegian: kattunge (no) Polish: kotek (pl) m. Portuguese: gatinho (pt) Russian: кошка (ru) (kóška) f., киса (ru) (kísa) f. Spanish: gatito (es), minino (es) m. Swedish: kisse (sv) Volapük: (male or female) katül (vo), (male) hikatül (vo), (female) jikatül (vo), (male or female, diminutive) katil (vo), (male, diminutive) hikatil (vo), (female, diminutive) jikatil (vo)

pool of money

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

External links

Wikipedia article on Cats