kitty-cat

See also: kittycat and kitty cat

English

Etymology

From kitty (“young cat”) +‎ cat.

Noun

kitty-cat (plural kitty-cats)

(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)

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