kitty-cat

See also: kittycat and kitty cat

English

Etymology

From kitty (“young cat”) +‎ cat.

Pronunciation

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Noun

kitty-cat (plural kitty-cats)

1. (colloquial, usually childish) A domestic cat (subspecies Felis silvestris catus).

Synonyms

• pussy, pussy-cat

Translations

cat

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 貓咪 / 猫咪 (zh) (māomī)

• Dutch: kattepoes
• Esperanto: kateto
• Finnish: kissimirri (fi)
• French: pôtichat (fr) m
• German: Miezekatze (de) f
• Hungarian: cicamica (hu)
• Korean: 야옹이 (ko) (yaong'i)
• Polish: kiciuś (pl)
• Swedish: kissekatt (sv) c, kissemiss (sv) c, kisse (sv) c, misse (sv)
• Yiddish: קעצעלע n (ketsele)