kitty

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• /ˈkɪti/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkɪti/
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• Canada, General-American: /ˈkɪti/
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• Canada, General-American: [ˈkhɪɾi]
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• New-Zealand: [ˈkhɘ.ɾiː]
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• homophone: kiddie
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• homophone: kiddy (US, Canada, New Zealand)
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• rhymes with -ɪti
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• CMU ARPABET: K IH1 T IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Clipping of Katherine and related names + -y (diminutive suffix).

From kitty.

From kitt(en) + -y (diminutive suffix). Compare Dutch katje (“kitty”). Etymology 1 sense 2 (“vulva and/or vagina”) is probably modelled after the use of pussy to refer to the body part, from the appearance of an unshaven vulva.

Origin uncertain; etymology 2 sense 2 (relating to card games) is possibly from kit (“collection of items”) + -y (diminutive suffix).

Origin uncertain, possibly a clipping of kid(cote) (“lockup, prison”) (UK, dialectal, obsolete) + -y (diminutive suffix).

From Kitty (“diminutive of the female given name Katherine”).

Clipping of kitt(iwake) + -y (diminutive suffix).

111 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: هُرَيْرَة (hurayra) — (informal) young cat — see also kitten
• Armenian: կատվիկ (katvik) — (informal) young cat — see also kitten
• Belarusian: кацяня́ (kacjanjá) — (informal) young cat — see also kitten
• Belarusian: кацянё (kacjanjó) — (informal) young cat — see also kitten
• Bulgarian: котенце (kotence) — (informal) young cat — see also kitten
• Catalan: mix — (informal) young cat — see also kitten
• Chinese Cantonese: 貓仔 /猫仔 (maau1 zai2) — (informal) young cat — see also kitten
• Chinese Mandarin: 貓咪 /猫咪 (māomī) — (informal) young cat — see also kitten
• Danish: kattekilling — (informal) young cat — see also kitten
• Danish: killing — (informal) young cat — see also kitten
• Dutch: katje — (informal) young cat — see also kitten
• Dutch: kattenjong — (informal) young cat — see also kitten
• Esperanto: kaĉjo — (informal) young cat — see also kitten
• Esperanto: kanjo — (informal) young cat — see also kitten
• Esperanto: kateto — (informal) young cat — see also kitten
• Esperanto: katido — (informal) young cat — see also kitten
• Estonian: kiisu — (informal) young cat — see also kitten
• Finnish: kisu — (informal) young cat — see also kitten
• French: chaton — (informal) young cat — see also kitten
• French: minet — (informal) young cat — see also kitten
• Georgian: ფისო (piso) — (informal) young cat — see also kitten
• Georgian: ფისუნია (pisunia) — (informal) young cat — see also kitten
• German: Kätzchen — (informal) young cat — see also kitten
• German: Mieze — (informal) young cat — see also kitten
• Greek: ψιψίνα (psipsína) — (informal) young cat — see also kitten
• Hebrew: גּוּרַת חֲתוּלִים (gurát khatulím) — (informal) young cat — see also kitten
• Hebrew: גּוּר חֲתוּלִים (gúr khatulím) — (informal) young cat — see also kitten
• Hebrew: חֲתַלְתּוּל (khataltúl) — (informal) young cat — see also kitten
• Hebrew: חֲתַלְתּוּלָה (khataltulá) — (informal) young cat — see also kitten
• Hungarian: cica — (informal) young cat — see also kitten
• Ido: kateto — (informal) young cat — see also kitten
• Ido: katyuno — (informal) young cat — see also kitten
• Italian: gattino — (informal) young cat — see also kitten
• Italian: micetto — (informal) young cat — see also kitten
• Italian: micino — (informal) young cat — see also kitten
• Italian: micio — (informal) young cat — see also kitten
• Japanese: 仔猫 — (informal) young cat — see also kitten
• Japanese: 子猫 (koneko) — (informal) young cat — see also kitten
• Japanese: 小猫 — (informal) young cat — see also kitten
• Japanese: 子ネコ (koneko) — (informal) young cat — see also kitten
• Kayan: kittaou class ar — (informal) young cat — see also kitten
• Korean: 고양이 (goyang'i) — (informal) young cat — see also kitten
• Korean: 나비 (nabi) — (informal) young cat — see also kitten
• Korean: 냐옹 (nyaong) — (informal) young cat — see also kitten
• Louisiana Creole: minou — (informal) young cat — see also kitten
• Macedonian: маче (mače) — (informal) young cat — see also kitten
• Macedonian: маченце (mačence) — (informal) young cat — see also kitten
• Norwegian: kattunge — (informal) young cat — see also kitten
• Persian: پیشی (piši) — (informal) young cat — see also kitten
• Polish: kicia — (informal) young cat — see also kitten
• Polish: kotek — (informal) young cat — see also kitten
• Portuguese: gatinho — (informal) young cat — see also kitten
• Russian: ки́са (kísa) — (informal) young cat — see also kitten
• Russian: ки́ска (kíska) — (informal) young cat — see also kitten
• Russian: ко́шечка (kóšečka) — (informal) young cat — see also kitten
• Russian: ко́шка (kóška) — (informal) young cat — see also kitten
• Russian: котёнок (kotjónok) — (informal) young cat — see also kitten
• Serbo-Croatian: маца — (informal) young cat — see also kitten
• Serbo-Croatian: maca — (informal) young cat — see also kitten
• Spanish: gatito — (informal) young cat — see also kitten
• Spanish: minino — (informal) young cat — see also kitten
• Spanish: gatico — (informal) young cat — see also kitten
• Spanish: michi — (informal) young cat — see also kitten
• Swedish: kisse — (informal) young cat — see also kitten
• Ukrainian: кошеня́ (košenjá) — (informal) young cat — see also kitten
• Volapük: hikatil — (informal) young cat — see also kitten
• Volapük: hikatül — (informal) young cat — see also kitten
• Volapük: jikatil — (informal) young cat — see also kitten
• Volapük: jikatül — (informal) young cat — see also kitten
• Volapük: katil — (informal) young cat — see also kitten
• Volapük: katül — (informal) young cat — see also kitten
• Yiddish: קעצעלע (ketsele) — (informal) young cat — see also kitten
• Yiddish: קעצל (ketsl) — (informal) young cat — see also kitten
• Belarusian: кі́са (kísa) — pet name for a cat of any age
• Belarusian: кі́ска (kíska) — pet name for a cat of any age
• Esperanto: kateto — pet name for a cat of any age
• Finnish: kisu — pet name for a cat of any age
• French: mimi — pet name for a cat of any age
• Hungarian: cica — pet name for a cat of any age
• Italian: micio — pet name for a cat of any age
• Japanese: ネコちゃん (neko-chan) — pet name for a cat of any age
• Japanese: ニャンコ (nyanko) — pet name for a cat of any age
• Polish: kiciuś — pet name for a cat of any age
• Polish: kicia — pet name for a cat of any age
• Polish: kotek — pet name for a cat of any age
• Russian: ки́са (kísa) — pet name for a cat of any age
• Russian: ки́ска (kíska) — pet name for a cat of any age
• Russian: ко́шечка (kóšečka) — pet name for a cat of any age
• Russian: ко́тик (kótik) — pet name for a cat of any age
• Swedish: kisse — pet name for a cat of any age
• Swedish: misse — pet name for a cat of any age
• Thai: แมวเหมียว — pet name for a cat of any age
• Thai: เจ้าเหมียว — pet name for a cat of any age
• Turkish: pisi — pet name for a cat of any age
• Ukrainian: кі́тка (kítka) — pet name for a cat of any age
• Ukrainian: кото́к (kotók) — pet name for a cat of any age
• Ukrainian: ко́тик (kótyk) — pet name for a cat of any age
• Ukrainian: ки́ця (kýcja) — pet name for a cat of any age
• Ukrainian: ки́цька (kýcʹka) — pet name for a cat of any age
• Yiddish: קעצעלע (ketsele) — pet name for a cat of any age
• Finnish: mirri — synonym of pussy (vulva and/or vagina) — see also pussy
• Bulgarian: банка (banka) — pool of money to which card players contribute, which is used for paying shared expenses; any pool of money to which people contribute for shared expenses or other joint purposes; any fund of liquid assets set aside for future use
• Finnish: kassa — pool of money to which card players contribute, which is used for paying shared expenses; any pool of money to which people contribute for shared expenses or other joint purposes; any fund of liquid assets set aside for future use
• French: cagnotte — pool of money to which card players contribute, which is used for paying shared expenses; any pool of money to which people contribute for shared expenses or other joint purposes; any fund of liquid assets set aside for future use
• German: Spielkasse — pool of money to which card players contribute, which is used for paying shared expenses; any pool of money to which people contribute for shared expenses or other joint purposes; any fund of liquid assets set aside for future use
• Greek: κοινό ταμείο (koinó tameío) — pool of money to which card players contribute, which is used for paying shared expenses; any pool of money to which people contribute for shared expenses or other joint purposes; any fund of liquid assets set aside for future use
• Irish: leac — pool of money to which card players contribute, which is used for paying shared expenses; any pool of money to which people contribute for shared expenses or other joint purposes; any fund of liquid assets set aside for future use
• Portuguese: vaquinha — pool of money to which card players contribute, which is used for paying shared expenses; any pool of money to which people contribute for shared expenses or other joint purposes; any fund of liquid assets set aside for future use
• Spanish: bote — pool of money to which card players contribute, which is used for paying shared expenses; any pool of money to which people contribute for shared expenses or other joint purposes; any fund of liquid assets set aside for future use
• Spanish: pozo — pool of money to which card players contribute, which is used for paying shared expenses; any pool of money to which people contribute for shared expenses or other joint purposes; any fund of liquid assets set aside for future use
• Spanish: vaquita — pool of money to which card players contribute, which is used for paying shared expenses; any pool of money to which people contribute for shared expenses or other joint purposes; any fund of liquid assets set aside for future use