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kit⋅ten
[kit-n] 
n
–noun
| 1. | a young cat. |
–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
| 2. | (of cats) to give birth; bear. |
Related forms:
kit⋅ten⋅like, adjective
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| kit·ten (kĭt'n) n. A young cat. intr.v. kit·tened, kit·ten·ing, kit·tens To bear kittens. [Middle English kitoun, probably from Old North French *caton, diminutive of cat, cat, from Late Latin cattus.] |
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Kitten
Kit"ten\, n. [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.
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Language Translation for : Kitten
Spanish:
gatito,
German:
das Kätzchen,
Japanese:
子ネコ
kitten
1377, probably from an Anglo-Fr. variant of O.Fr. chitoun (O.N.Fr. caton) "little cat," from chat "cat," from L.L. cattus (see cat). Applied playfully to a young girl, a sweetheart, from 1870.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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kitten
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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