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kit·ten
(kĭt′n)n.
1. A young cat.
2. One of the young of various other small felines and of certain other mammals, such as beavers.
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
(ˈkɪtən)n
1. (Animals) a young cat
2. have kittens have a canary informal Brit to react with disapproval, anxiety, etc: she had kittens when she got the bill. US equivalent: have a cow
vb
(of cats) to give birth to (young)
[C14: from Old Northern French caton, from cat1; probably influenced by Middle English kiteling]
ˈkitten-ˌlike adj
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kit•ten
(ˈkɪt n)n.
1. a young cat.
v.i. 2. (of a cat) to give birth.
[1350–1400; Middle English kitoun, appar. b. kiteling young kitten and Middle French chitoun, variant of chaton, diminutive of chat cat]
kit′ten•like`, adj.
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kitten
Past participle: kittenned
Gerund: kittenning
| Imperative |
|---|
| kitten |
| kitten |
| Present |
|---|
| I kitten |
| you kitten |
| he/she/it kittens |
| we kitten |
| you kitten |
| they kitten |
| Preterite |
|---|
| I kittenned |
| you kittenned |
| he/she/it kittenned |
| we kittenned |
| you kittenned |
| they kittenned |
| Present Continuous |
|---|
| I am kittenning |
| you are kittenning |
| he/she/it is kittenning |
| we are kittenning |
| you are kittenning |
| they are kittenning |
| Present Perfect |
|---|
| I have kittenned |
| you have kittenned |
| he/she/it has kittenned |
| we have kittenned |
| you have kittenned |
| they have kittenned |
| Past Continuous |
|---|
| I was kittenning |
| you were kittenning |
| he/she/it was kittenning |
| we were kittenning |
| you were kittenning |
| they were kittenning |
| Past Perfect |
|---|
| I had kittenned |
| you had kittenned |
| he/she/it had kittenned |
| we had kittenned |
| you had kittenned |
| they had kittenned |
| Future |
|---|
| I will kitten |
| you will kitten |
| he/she/it will kitten |
| we will kitten |
| you will kitten |
| they will kitten |
| Future Perfect |
|---|
| I will have kittenned |
| you will have kittenned |
| he/she/it will have kittenned |
| we will have kittenned |
| you will have kittenned |
| they will have kittenned |
| Future Continuous |
|---|
| I will be kittenning |
| you will be kittenning |
| he/she/it will be kittenning |
| we will be kittenning |
| you will be kittenning |
| they will be kittenning |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I have been kittenning |
| you have been kittenning |
| he/she/it has been kittenning |
| we have been kittenning |
| you have been kittenning |
| they have been kittenning |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I will have been kittenning |
| you will have been kittenning |
| he/she/it will have been kittenning |
| we will have been kittenning |
| you will have been kittenning |
| they will have been kittenning |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I had been kittenning |
| you had been kittenning |
| he/she/it had been kittenning |
| we had been kittenning |
| you had been kittenning |
| they had been kittenning |
| Conditional |
|---|
| I would kitten |
| you would kitten |
| he/she/it would kitten |
| we would kitten |
| you would kitten |
| they would kitten |
| Past Conditional |
|---|
| I would have kittenned |
| you would have kittenned |
| he/she/it would have kittenned |
| we would have kittenned |
| you would have kittenned |
| they would have kittenned |
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Noun 1. [画像:kitten - young domestic cat]kitten - young domestic cat
young mammal - any immature mammal
Verb 1. kitten - have kittens; "our cat kittened again this year"
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Translations
هِرَّةٌ صَغِيرَةٌ هُرَيْرَه، قُطَيْطَه
kotě
killingkattekilling
kissanpentu
mače
cicakiscicakismacska
kettlingur
子猫
새끼고양이
kačiukas
kaķēns
mačiatko
mucka
kattunge
ลูกแมว
mèo con
kitten
[ˈkɪtn] N → gatito/a m/fto have kittens I nearly had kittens when I saw it → casi me da un ataque (de nervios) cuando lo vi
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kitten
(ˈkitn) noun a young cat. The cat had five kittens last week. katjie هُرَيْرَه، قُطَيْطَه котенце gatinho kotě das Kätzchen killing γατάκι gatito kassipoeg بچه گربه kissanpentu chaton חתלתול बिल्ली का बच्चा mačić cica anak kucing kettlingur gattino 子ネコ 새끼 고양이 kačiukas kaķēns anak kucing katje kattunge kocię دپيشوبچى gatinho pisoi котёнок mačiatko mucka mače kattunge ลูกแมว kedi yavrusu 小貓 кошеня, котеня بلی کا بچہ mèo con 小猫
ˈkittenish adjective playful. dartelend لَعوب игрив brincalhão hravý verspielt legesyg παιχνιδιάρης juguetón vallatu بازیگوش leikkisä enjoué מִשתוֹבֵב כְּחֲתַלתוּל चुलबुला, नखरेबाज zaigran játékos suka bermain-main fjörugur giocoso じゃれる 고양이 새끼 같은 išdykėliškas, žaismingas rotaļīgs nakal speels leken som en kattunge psotny شوخ،بى پامه brincalhão jucăuş игривый hravý igriv veseo lekfull [som en kattunge] ขี้เล่น oyuncu, oynak, civelek 嬉耍的 грайливий, як кошеня شوخ چشم ham chơi 嬉耍的
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kitten
→ هِرَّةٌ صَغِيرَةٌ kotě kattekilling Kätzchen γατάκι gatito kissanpentu chaton mače micino 子猫 새끼고양이 poesje kattunge kociak gatinho котенок kattunge ลูกแมว kedi yavrusu mèo con 小猫Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009