kitten

Etymology
From, , ,. Seemingly from, and usually explained as being from, unattested, (compare 🇨🇬, , , diminutive of , ); whence Modern 🇨🇬. Similar words of Germanic origin may have reinforced this word; compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 "whelp, pup", see. The idea that, 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.

Noun

 * 1) A young cat, especially before sexual maturity (reached at about seven months).
 * 2) A young rabbit, rat, hedgehog, squirrel, fox, beaver, badger, etc.
 * 3) * 2009, Kathryn Walker, See How Rabbits Grow, publ. by PowerKiDS press (The Rosen Publishing Group Inc.), page 10.
 * "en"
 * 1) A young rabbit, rat, hedgehog, squirrel, fox, beaver, badger, etc.
 * 2) * 2009, Kathryn Walker, See How Rabbits Grow, publ. by PowerKiDS press (The Rosen Publishing Group Inc.), page 10.
 * "en"
 * "en"

- Rabbit babies are called kittens or kits. The mother prepares a cosy nest for her kittens.


 * 1) A moth of the genus.
 * 2) * 1995, , "America the Beautiful" (season 2, episode 5):
 * Speak only when spoken to, kitten.
 * 1)  A girlfriend.
 * Speak only when spoken to, kitten.
 * 1)  A girlfriend.

Translations

 * Afrikaans: katjie, katjies
 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: قُطَيْط, قُطَيْطَة, هُرَيْر, هُرَيْرَة
 * Armenian: կատվի ձագ,
 * Basque:
 * Belarusian: кацяня́, кацянё
 * Bengali: বিড়ালছানা
 * Breton:
 * Bulgarian:, ко́тенце
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan: moixet, moixeta,, gateta
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Cornish: kathik
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Esperanto:,  ,
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian: კნუტი, ცინდალი
 * German:, , , Katzerl,  Kätzli, , Katzenwelpe
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Icelandic:
 * Interlingua: catton
 * Irish: piscín,
 * Italian:, , micetto, micetta
 * Japanese:
 * Kapampangan: kuting, muning
 * Karelian: kikki
 * Khmer: កូនឆ្មា
 * Korean: 자묘 아깽이
 * Latgalian: kačāns, kačalāns
 * Latin: catulus felis
 * Latvian:
 * Lithuanian: kačiukas
 * Luxembourgish: Kätzchen
 * Macedonian: маче
 * Malay: anak kucing
 * Maltese: ferħ, ferħa, mejxu, mejxa
 * Manx: pishanagh, pishin
 * Maori: punua ngeru
 * Mi'kmaq: gajuewji'j, gajue'wji'j
 * Montagnais: minushiss
 * Navajo: mósí yázhí
 * Norman: caton
 * Norwegian:
 * Old English: unknown, as no term is attested; maybe *cathwelp
 * Persian:
 * Polish:, ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Punjabi: ਬਲੂੰਗਾ,
 * Romanian:, ,
 * Russian:
 * Sanskrit:
 * Scottish Gaelic: piseag
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: ма̏че
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: mača, mačiatko, mačička, kocúrik
 * Slovene: mucek, mucka
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Swahili: mtoto wa paka
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tagalog:
 * Thai:
 * Tooro: akajangu
 * Turkish:, kedicik, kunu, ,
 * Ukrainian: кошеня́
 * Uyghur:
 * Vietnamese: mèo con,, miu con
 * Volapük: katül,  hikatül,  jikatül
 * Waray-Waray: kuying
 * Welsh:
 * Yiddish: קעצל


 * Dutch:
 * French:,  ,  ,  ,
 * German: Kaninchenjunges, Rattenjunges , Igelbaby , Igeljunges , junges Eichhörnchen , Fuchsjunges , Dachsjunges , Luchsjunges
 * Hungarian:
 * Macedonian: зајче, стаорче , еже , вервериче , лисиче , јазовче
 * Russian:,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: isean
 * Slovak: zajačik, zajko
 * Volapük: kroligül,  hikroligül,  jikroligül,  ratül,  hiratül,  jiratül,  lüstridül,  hilüstridül,  jilüstridül,  yatül,  hiyatül,  jiyatül,  renarül,  hirenarül,  jirenarül,  dafül,  hidafül,  jidafül


 * Hungarian:
 * Yiddish: קעצעלע, קאָטינקע

Verb

 * 1)  To give birth to kittens.

Translations

 * Czexh: okotit, kotit
 * Polish: okocić, kocić

Etymology 1
Borrowed from.

Noun

 * 1) a young cat;
 * 2) * 2015, Joubert Pignon, "Kittens", in Paul van der Steen (ed.), Negenenhalf leven. Nieuwe en klassieke kattenverhalen, Xander Uitgevers B.V. (publ.).
 * "nl"

- Telkens wanneer we in een huis kwamen wonen, zei ik tegen mijn vriendin dat dit geen huis voor kittens was, maar dat we ooit een huis zouden hebben dat geschikt is voor kittens. Ik hoopte dat we nooit in een huis zouden wonen dat geschikt is voor kittens.

Etymology 2
From.

Verb

 * 1)  to apply sealant to
 * 2) * 1996, dr. A.M. Soeterboek & drs. L.F. Stapper, Het geneesmiddel en zijn toepassing, Bohn Stafleu van Loghum (publ., 9th ed.), page 21.
 * "nl"

- Granulaten zijn poeders die tot kleine brokjes aan elkaar gekit zijn.

Verb

 * 1) to putty, to cement