kitten

kitten
1. noun
a) A young cat. Diminutive: kitty.
2. verb
To give birth to kittens.

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  • Kitten — Kitten, verb. reg. act. mit Kitt verbinden. Zerbrochenes Porzellan kitten. Ein Glas kitten. So auch die Zusammensetzungen ankitten, aufkitten, einkitten. S. Kitt …   Grammatisch-kritisches Wörterbuch der Hochdeutschen Mundart

  • kitten — V. (Aufbaustufe) etw. mit Kitt verkleben Synonyme: kleben, verbinden Beispiel: Er hat den zerbrochenen Teller gekittet. Kollokation: die Ritzen kitten …   Extremes Deutsch

  • Kitten — Kit ten (k[i^]t t n), 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. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Kitten — Kit ten, v. 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. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Kitten — Kitten, die Felle der jungen Bisamratten …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Kitten — Le nom est rare et vient d Allemagne. Difficile d avoir une certitude. Il est cependant tentant d en faire une variante de Kittan, diminutif qui correspond au nom de baptême Christian, tout comme Kitto, qui pourrait être à l origine du patronyme… …   Noms de famille

  • kitten — (n.) late 14c., probably from an Anglo French variant of O.Fr. chitoun (O.N.Fr. caton) little cat, from chat cat, from L.L. cattus (see CAT (Cf. cat)). Applied playfully to a young girl, a sweetheart, from 1870 …   Etymology dictionary

  • kitten — ► NOUN 1) a young cat. 2) the young of certain other animals, such as the rabbit and beaver. ► VERB ▪ give birth to kittens. ● have kittens Cf. ↑have kittens ORIGIN Old Fre …   English terms dictionary

  • kitten — [kit′ n] n. [ME kitoun < OFr chitoun, var. of chaton, dim. of chat,CAT1] a young cat: occasionally applied to the young of some other small animals vi., vt. to give birth to (kittens) …   English World dictionary

  • Kitten — Kittens (Old English diminutive of cat ) are juvenile domesticated cats ( Felis catus ) that are not fully grown. [ Oxford English Dictionary , Second Edition (Oxford University Press, 1989)] The young of species in the genus Panthera and of some …   Wikipedia

  • kitten — reparieren; ausbessern; flicken; richten; instandsetzen; zurechtmachen (umgangssprachlich); schustern; basteln; flickschustern; herrichten; …   Universal-Lexikon

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