kitten

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• /ˈkɪtən̩/
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• [khɪtn̩]
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• [khɪʔn̩]
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From Middle English kitoun, kytton, kyton, keton (“kitten”), of obscure origin. Seemingly from, and usually explained as being from, unattested Anglo-Norman *kitoun, *ketun (compare Old French chitoun, cheton, chaton (“kitten”), diminutive of cat, chat (“cat”)); whence Modern French chaton (“kitten”). Similar words of Germanic origin may have reinforced this word; compare English kitling (“kit, kitten”), Low German Kitten (“kitten”), Icelandic kettlingur (“kitten”), Middle English chitte ("whelp, pup", see chit). The idea that kitoun, rather than being of Anglo-Norman origin, was in fact a purely Germanic derivation from one of these words is etymologically problematic, but cannot be definitively ruled out.

202 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: katjie — a young cat
• Afrikaans: katjies — a young cat
• Albanian: kotele — a young cat
• Arabic: قُطَيْط (quṭayṭ) — a young cat
• Arabic: قُطَيْطَة (quṭayṭa) — a young cat
• Arabic: هُرَيْر (hurayr) — a young cat
• Arabic: هُرَيْرَة (hurayra) — a young cat
• Armenian: կատվի ձագ (katvi jag) — a young cat
• Armenian: կատվաձագ (katvajag) — a young cat
• Armenian: կատվիկ (katvik) — a young cat
• Azerbaijani: bala pişik — a young cat
• Azerbaijani: mavrı — a young cat
• Basque: katakume — a young cat
• Belarusian: кацяня́ (kacjanjá) — a young cat
• Belarusian: кацянё (kacjanjó) — a young cat
• Bengali: বিড়ালছানা (biṛalchana) — a young cat
• Breton: kazhig — a young cat
• Bulgarian: ко́те (kóte) — a young cat
• Bulgarian: ко́тенце (kótence) — a young cat
• Burmese: ကြောင်ကလေး (kraungka.le:) — a young cat
• Catalan: moixet — a young cat
• Catalan: moixeta — a young cat
• Catalan: gatet — a young cat
• Catalan: gateta — a young cat
• Chinese Mandarin: 小貓 /小猫 (xiǎomāo) — a young cat
• Cornish: kathik — a young cat
• Montagnais: minushiss — a young cat
• Czech: kotě — a young cat
• Danish: killing — a young cat
• Dutch: katje — a young cat
• Dutch: kitten — a young cat
• Dutch: poesje — a young cat
• Esperanto: katido — a young cat
• Esperanto: virkatido — a young cat
• Esperanto: katidino — a young cat
• Estonian: kassipoeg — a young cat
• Finnish: kissanpentu — a young cat
• French: chaton — a young cat
• Saterland Frisian: Kitse — a young cat
• Georgian: კნუტი (ḳnuṭi) — a young cat
• Georgian: ცინდალი (cindali) — a young cat
• German: Kätzchen — a young cat
• German: Kätzlein — a young cat
• German: Katzenbaby — a young cat
• German: Katzerl — a young cat
• German: Kätzli — a young cat
• German: Katzenjunges — a young cat
• German: Katzenwelpe — a young cat
• Greek: γατάκι (gatáki) — a young cat
• Hebrew: חֲתַלְתּוּל (khataltúl) — a young cat
• Hindi: बिलौटा (bilauṭā) — a young cat
• Hungarian: kismacska — a young cat
• Hungarian: kiscica — a young cat
• Hungarian: cica — a young cat
• Icelandic: kettlingur — a young cat
• Interlingua: catton — a young cat
• Irish: piscín — a young cat
• Irish: puisín — a young cat
• Italian: gattino — a young cat
• Italian: gattina — a young cat
• Italian: micetto — a young cat
• Italian: micetta — a young cat
• Japanese: 子猫 (koneko) — a young cat
• Kapampangan: kuting — a young cat
• Kapampangan: muning — a young cat
• Karelian: kikki — a young cat
• Kazakh: марғау (marğau) — a young cat
• Kazakh: безек (bezek) — a young cat
• Khmer: កូនឆ្មា (koun chmaa) — a young cat
• Korean: 나비 자묘 아깽이 (jamyo) — a young cat
• Latgalian: kačāns — a young cat
• Latgalian: kačalāns — a young cat
• Latin: catulus felis — a young cat
• Latvian: kaķēns — a young cat
• Lithuanian: kačiukas — a young cat
• Luxembourgish: Kätzchen — a young cat
• Macedonian: маче (mače) — a young cat
• Malay: anak kucing — a young cat
• Maltese: ferħ — a young cat
• Maltese: ferħa — a young cat
• Maltese: mejxu — a young cat
• Maltese: mejxa — a young cat
• Manx: pishanagh — a young cat
• Manx: pishin — a young cat
• Māori: punua ngeru — a young cat
• Mi'kmaq: gajuewji'j — a young cat
• Mi'kmaq: gajue'wji'j — a young cat
• Navajo: mósí yázhí — a young cat
• Norman: caton — a young cat
• Norwegian: kattunge — a young cat
• Old English: unknown — a young cat
• Old English: as no term is attested — a young cat
• Old English: maybe *cathwelp — a young cat
• Pannonian Rusyn: маче (mače) — a young cat
• Pannonian Rusyn: мачатко (mačatko) — a young cat
• Pannonian Rusyn: мачичка (mačička) — a young cat
• Pannonian Rusyn: цица (cica) — a young cat
• Polish: kocię — a young cat
• Polish: kotek — a young cat
• Polish: kociak — a young cat
• Portuguese: gatinho — a young cat
• Portuguese: gatinha — a young cat
• Punjabi: ਬਲੂੰਗਾ (balūṅgā) — a young cat
• Punjabi: ਬਲੂੰਗੜਾ (balūṅgṛā) — a young cat
• Romanian: pisoi — a young cat
• Romanian: pisicuță — a young cat
• Romanian: pisic — a young cat
• Russian: котёнок (kotjónok) — a young cat
• Sanskrit: बिदालिका (bidālikā) — a young cat
• Scottish Gaelic: piseag — a young cat
• Serbo-Croatian: ма̏че — a young cat
• Serbo-Croatian: mȁče — a young cat
• Slovak: mača — a young cat
• Slovak: mačiatko — a young cat
• Slovak: mačička — a young cat
• Slovak: kocúrik — a young cat
• Slovene: mucek — a young cat
• Slovene: mucka — a young cat
• Spanish: gatito — a young cat
• Spanish: minino — a young cat
• Spanish: gatita — a young cat
• Sundanese: bilatung — a young cat
• Swahili: mtoto wa paka — a young cat
• Swedish: kattunge — a young cat
• Swedish: källing — a young cat
• Tagalog: kuting — a young cat
• Tamil: பூனைக்குட்டி (pūṉaikkuṭṭi) — a young cat
• Thai: ลูกแมว (lûuk-mɛɛo) — a young cat
• Tooro: akajangu class 12 — a young cat
• Turkish: kedicik — a young cat
• Turkish: kunu — a young cat
• Turkish: enik — a young cat
• Turkish: göcen — a young cat
• Ukrainian: кошеня́ (košenjá) — a young cat
• Uyghur: ئاسلان (aslan) — a young cat
• Vietnamese: mèo con — a young cat
• Vietnamese: miu — a young cat
• Vietnamese: miu con — a young cat
• Volapük: katül — a young cat
• Volapük: hikatül — a young cat
• Volapük: jikatül — a young cat
• Waray-Waray: kuying — a young cat
• Welsh: cath fach — a young cat
• Welsh: cathan — a young cat
• Yiddish: קעצל (ketsl) — a young cat
• Dutch: lamprei — a young rabbit, rat, hedgehog, squirrel, fox, badger, etc.
• French: blaireautin (badger) — a young rabbit, rat, hedgehog, squirrel, fox, badger, etc.
• French: hérissonneau (hedgehog) — a young rabbit, rat, hedgehog, squirrel, fox, badger, etc.
• French: lapereau — a young rabbit, rat, hedgehog, squirrel, fox, badger, etc.
• French: raton — a young rabbit, rat, hedgehog, squirrel, fox, badger, etc.
• French: renardeau — a young rabbit, rat, hedgehog, squirrel, fox, badger, etc.
• German: Kaninchenjunges — a young rabbit, rat, hedgehog, squirrel, fox, badger, etc.
• German: Rattenjunges — a young rabbit, rat, hedgehog, squirrel, fox, badger, etc.
• German: Igelbaby (hedgehog) — a young rabbit, rat, hedgehog, squirrel, fox, badger, etc.
• German: Igeljunges (hedgehog) — a young rabbit, rat, hedgehog, squirrel, fox, badger, etc.
• German: junges Eichhörnchen — a young rabbit, rat, hedgehog, squirrel, fox, badger, etc.
• German: Fuchsjunges — a young rabbit, rat, hedgehog, squirrel, fox, badger, etc.
• German: Dachsjunges (badger) — a young rabbit, rat, hedgehog, squirrel, fox, badger, etc.
• German: Luchsjunges (lynx) — a young rabbit, rat, hedgehog, squirrel, fox, badger, etc.
• Hungarian: kölyök — a young rabbit, rat, hedgehog, squirrel, fox, badger, etc.
• Macedonian: зајче (zajče) — a young rabbit, rat, hedgehog, squirrel, fox, badger, etc.
• Macedonian: стаорче (staorče) — a young rabbit, rat, hedgehog, squirrel, fox, badger, etc.
• Macedonian: еже (eže) — a young rabbit, rat, hedgehog, squirrel, fox, badger, etc.
• Macedonian: вервериче (ververiče) — a young rabbit, rat, hedgehog, squirrel, fox, badger, etc.
• Macedonian: лисиче (lisiče) — a young rabbit, rat, hedgehog, squirrel, fox, badger, etc.
• Macedonian: јазовче (jazovče) — a young rabbit, rat, hedgehog, squirrel, fox, badger, etc.
• Russian: крольчо́нок (krolʹčónok) — a young rabbit, rat, hedgehog, squirrel, fox, badger, etc.
• Russian: крысёнок (krysjónok) — a young rabbit, rat, hedgehog, squirrel, fox, badger, etc.
• Russian: ежо́нок (ježónok) — a young rabbit, rat, hedgehog, squirrel, fox, badger, etc.
• Russian: бельчо́нок (belʹčónok) — a young rabbit, rat, hedgehog, squirrel, fox, badger, etc.
• Russian: барсучо́нок (barsučónok) — a young rabbit, rat, hedgehog, squirrel, fox, badger, etc.
• Russian: лисёнок (lisjónok) — a young rabbit, rat, hedgehog, squirrel, fox, badger, etc.
• Russian: зайчо́нок (zajčónok) — a young rabbit, rat, hedgehog, squirrel, fox, badger, etc.
• Scottish Gaelic: isean — a young rabbit, rat, hedgehog, squirrel, fox, badger, etc.
• Slovak: zajačik — a young rabbit, rat, hedgehog, squirrel, fox, badger, etc.
• Slovak: zajko — a young rabbit, rat, hedgehog, squirrel, fox, badger, etc.
• Volapük: kroligül — a young rabbit, rat, hedgehog, squirrel, fox, badger, etc.
• Volapük: hikroligül — a young rabbit, rat, hedgehog, squirrel, fox, badger, etc.
• Volapük: jikroligül — a young rabbit, rat, hedgehog, squirrel, fox, badger, etc.
• Volapük: ratül — a young rabbit, rat, hedgehog, squirrel, fox, badger, etc.
• Volapük: hiratül — a young rabbit, rat, hedgehog, squirrel, fox, badger, etc.
• Volapük: jiratül — a young rabbit, rat, hedgehog, squirrel, fox, badger, etc.
• Volapük: lüstridül — a young rabbit, rat, hedgehog, squirrel, fox, badger, etc.
• Volapük: hilüstridül — a young rabbit, rat, hedgehog, squirrel, fox, badger, etc.
• Volapük: jilüstridül — a young rabbit, rat, hedgehog, squirrel, fox, badger, etc.
• Volapük: yatül — a young rabbit, rat, hedgehog, squirrel, fox, badger, etc.
• Volapük: hiyatül — a young rabbit, rat, hedgehog, squirrel, fox, badger, etc.
• Volapük: jiyatül — a young rabbit, rat, hedgehog, squirrel, fox, badger, etc.
• Volapük: renarül — a young rabbit, rat, hedgehog, squirrel, fox, badger, etc.
• Volapük: hirenarül — a young rabbit, rat, hedgehog, squirrel, fox, badger, etc.
• Volapük: jirenarül — a young rabbit, rat, hedgehog, squirrel, fox, badger, etc.
• Volapük: dafül — a young rabbit, rat, hedgehog, squirrel, fox, badger, etc.
• Volapük: hidafül — a young rabbit, rat, hedgehog, squirrel, fox, badger, etc.
• Volapük: jidafül — a young rabbit, rat, hedgehog, squirrel, fox, badger, etc.
• French: chaton — a term of endearment
• Hungarian: cica — a term of endearment
• Yiddish: קעצעלע (ketsele) — a term of endearment
• Yiddish: קאָטינקע (kotinke) — a term of endearment
• Czech: okotit se — to give birth to kittens
• Czech: kotit se — to give birth to kittens
• Polish: okocić się — to give birth to kittens
• Polish: kocić się — to give birth to kittens