kitten
Significado (Inglés)
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- A young cat, especially before sexual maturity (reached at about seven months).
- A young rabbit, rat, hedgehog, squirrel, fox, beaver, badger, etc.
- A moth of the genus Furcula.
- (colloquial) A term of endearment, especially for a woman.
- (colloquial) A term of endearment, especially for a woman.
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Frecuencia
Con guion como
kit‧ten
Pronunciado como (IPA)
/ˈkɪtən/
Etimología (Inglés)
In summary
From Middle English kitoun, kytton, kyton, keton (“kitten”). Seemingly from, and usually explained as being from, unattested Anglo-Norman *kitoun, *ketun (compare Old French chitoun, cheton, chaton (“kitten”), diminutive of cat, chat (“cat”)); whence Modern French chaton (“kitten”). Similar words of Germanic origin may have reinforced this word; compare English kitling (“kit, kitten”), Low German Kitten (“kitten”), Icelandic kettlingur (“kitten”), Middle English chitte ("whelp, pup", see chit). The idea that kitoun, rather than being of Anglo-Norman origin, was in fact a purely Germanic derivation from one of these words is etymologically problematic, but cannot be definitively ruled out.
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