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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.
T.
&
I.
[
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.
I.
kit'n. To bring forth young, as a cat.

Definition 2024


Kitten

Kitten

See also: kitten

German

Noun

Kitten m

  1. dative plural of Kitt

kitten

kitten

See also: Kitten

English

Two kittens

Noun

kitten (plural kittens)

  1. 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.
  2. A young rabbit, rat, hedgehog, squirrel, fox, beaver or badger.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

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

  1. To give birth to kittens.

Dutch

Etymology 1

Borrowing from English kitten

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /'kɪtən/
  • Rhymes: -ɪtən
  • Hyphenation: kit‧ten

Noun

kitten m (plural kittens, diminutive kittentje n)

  1. a young cat; kitten
Synonyms

Etymology 2

From kit (sealant).

Verb

kitten

  1. to apply sealant to
Inflection
Inflection of kitten (weak)
infinitive kitten
past singular kitte
past participle gekit
infinitive kitten
gerund kitten n
verbal noun
present tense past tense
1st person singular kit kitte
2nd person sing. (jij) kit kitte
2nd person sing. (u) kit kitte
2nd person sing. (gij) kit kitte
3rd person singular kit kitte
plural kitten kitten
subjunctive sing.1 kitte kitte
subjunctive plur.1 kitten kitten
imperative sing. kit
imperative plur.1 kit
participles kittend gekit
1) Archaic.
Derived terms
  • afkitten
  • dichtkitten

Etymology 3

Noun

kitten

  1. Plural form of kit