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Webster 1913 Edition

Kitten

Kit′ten

(kĭt′t’n)

Noun.

[OE.

kiton

, a dim. of

cat

; cf. G.

kitze

a young cat, also a female cat, and F.

chaton

, dim. of

chat

cat, also E.

kitling

. See

Cat

A young cat.

Kit′ten

Verb.

[

imp. & p. p.

Kittened

;

p. pr. & vb. n.

Kittening

To bring forth young, as a cat; to bring forth, as kittens.

Shak.

H. Spencer.

Webster 1828 Edition

Kitten

KIT'TEN

Noun.

kit'n. A young cat, or the young of the cat.

KIT'TEN

Verb.

kit'n. To bring forth young, as a cat.

Definition 2024

Kitten

See also: kitten

German

Noun

Kitten m

dative plural of Kitt

kitten

See also: Kitten

English

Two kittens

Noun

kitten ‎(plural kittens)

A young cat, especially before sexual maturity (reached at about seven months).
- 2011 December 14, Steven Morris, “Devon woman jailed for 168 days for killing kitten in microwave”, in Guardian:
  Jailing her on Wednesday, magistrate Liz Clyne told Robins: "You have shown little remorse either for the death of the kitten or the trauma to your former friend Sarah Knutton." She was also banned from keeping animals for 10 years.
A young rabbit, rat, hedgehog, squirrel, fox, beaver or badger.

Synonyms

(young cat): kitty, kitty cat

Derived terms

Terms derived from kitten

Translations

a young cat

Afrikaans: katjie, katjies pl
Arabic: هُرَيْرَة f ‎(hurayra)
Armenian: կատվի ձագ ‎(katvi jag), կատվաձագ (hy) ‎(katvajag)
Basque: katakume (eu)
Belarusian: кацяня́ n ‎(kacjanjá)
Breton: kazhig (br) m
Catalan: moixet m, moixeta f, gatet m, gateta f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 小貓 (zh), 小猫 (zh) ‎(xiǎomāo)
Czech: kotě (cs) n
Danish: killing (da) c
Dutch: katje (nl) n, kitten (nl) m, poesje (nl) n
Esperanto: (♂♀) katido, (♂) virkatido, (♀) katidino
Finnish: kissanpentu (fi)
French: chaton (fr) m
Georgian: კნუტი ‎(ḳnuṭi)
German: Kätzchen (de) n, Kätzlein n, Katzenbaby n, (Austrian, South German) Katzerl n, (Swiss) Kätzli n, Katzenjunges (de) n, Katzenwelpe m
Greek: γατάκι (el) n ‎(gatáki)
Hebrew: חֲתַלְתּוּל (he) m ‎(khataltúl)
Hungarian: kismacska, kiscica (hu), cica (hu)
Icelandic: kettlingur (is) m
Irish: piscín m, puisín (ga) m
Italian: gattino (it) m, gattina (it) f, micetto m, micetta f
Japanese: 子猫 ‎(こねこ, koneko)
Norman: caton m
Khmer: កូនឆ្មា ‎(konchhma)
Korean: 나비 (ko) ‎(nabi)
Latgalian: kačāns m, kačalāns m

Latin:
Latvian: kaķēns (lv) m
Lithuanian:
Luxembourgish: Kätzchen f
Macedonian: маче n ‎(mače)
Malay: anak kucing
Maltese: ferħ m, ferħa f, mejxu m, mejxa f
Montagnais: minushiss
Navajo: mósí yázhí
Norwegian: kattunge (no) m
Novial: (♂♀) katyune sg, (♂♀) katyunes pl, (♂) katyuno sg, (♂) katyunos pl, (♀) katyuna sg, (♀) katyunas pl
Polish: kocię (pl) n, kotek (pl) m, kociak (pl) m
Portuguese: gatinho (pt) m, gatinha (pt) f
Romanian: pisoi (ro) m, pisicuță (ro) f, pisic (ro) m
Russian: котёнок (ru) m ‎(kotjónok)
Scottish Gaelic: piseag f
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: маче n

Roman: mače (sh) n
Slovak: mača n, mačiatko n, mačička f, kocúrik m
Slovene: mucek m, mucka f
Spanish: gatito m, minino (es) m, gatita f
Swedish: kattunge (sv) c, (dialectal) källing (sv) c
Tagalog: kuting (tl)
Turkish: ^{(please verify)}kedi yavrusu , kedicik, kunu, enik (tr), göcen (tr)
Ukrainian: кошеня́ n ‎(košenjá)
Vietnamese: mèo con, miu (vi), miu con
Volapük: (♂♀) katül, (♂) hikatül, (♀) jikatül
Welsh: cath fach (cy) f

a young rabbit, rat, hedgehog, squirrel, fox or badger

Dutch: lamprei (nl) (of a rabbit)
French: lapereau (fr) m (rabbit), raton (fr) m (rat), renardeau (fr) m (fox)
Hungarian: kölyök (hu)
Macedonian: зајче n ‎(zajče) (rabbit), стаорче n ‎(staorče) (rat), еже n ‎(eže) (hedgehog), вервериче n ‎(ververiče) (squirrel), лисиче n ‎(lisiče) (fox), јазовче n ‎(jazovče)
Russian: крольчо́нок (ru) m ‎(krolʹčónok) (of a rabbit), крысёнок (ru) m ‎(krysjónok) (of a rat), ежо́нок (ru) m ‎(ježónok) (of a hedgehog), бельчо́нок (ru) m ‎(belʹčónok) (of a squirrel), барсучо́нок (ru) m ‎(barsučónok) (of a badger), лисёнок (ru) m ‎(lisjónok) (of a fox), зайчо́нок (ru) m ‎(zajčónok) (of a hare)

Scottish Gaelic: isean m (rabbit)
Slovak: zajačik m, zajko m
Volapük: (♂♀ rabbit) kroligül, (♂ rabbit) hikroligül, (♀ rabbit) jikroligül, (♂♀ rat) ratül, (♂ rat) hiratül, (♀ rat) jiratül, (♂♀ hedgehog) lüstridül, (♂ hedgehog) hilüstridül, (♀ hedgehog) jilüstridül, (♂♀ squirrel) yatül, (♂ squirrel) hiyatül, (♀ squirrel) jiyatül, (♂♀ fox) renarül, (♂ fox) hirenarül, (♀ fox) jirenarül, (♂♀ badger) dafül, (♂ badger) hidafül, (♀ badger) jidafül

**Kittens by age**
3 months	4 months	5 months
6 months	8 months	11 months

Verb

kitten ‎(third-person singular simple present kittens, present participle kittening, simple past and past participle kittened)

To give birth to kittens.

Dutch

Etymology 1

Borrowing from English kitten