Kitten Definition
kĭtn
kittens
noun
kittens
A young cat.
Webster's New World
One of the young of various other small felines and of certain other mammals, such as beavers.
American Heritage
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verb
kittens
To give birth to (kittens)
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Kitten
Noun
Singular:
kitten
Plural:
kittensOrigin of Kitten
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From Middle English kiton, kitoun, kyton (“kitten”), diminutive of cat (“cat”). First element probably from Middle English kiteling (“kitten, kit”), from Old Norse ketlingr (“kitten”), or possibly from Anglo-Norman *kiton, Old French chiton, diminutive of cat, chat (“cat”), from Late Latin cattus. Compare Low German kitten (“kitten”). More at kitling, cat, -en.
From Wiktionary
Middle English kitoun probably from Old North French caton diminutive of cat cat from Late Latin cattus
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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