Meaning

1 senses

  1. To give birth to kittens.

    give birth to kittens

Examples

316 sentences

  1. The tiger cub looked like a large kitten.

    Тигреня виглядало як велике кошеня. — marko

    ruТигрёнок был похож на большого котёнка. — Balamax

    deDas Tigerjunge sah wie ein großes Kätzchen aus. — cost

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  2. The kitten couldn't get down from the tree.

    Кошеня не могло злізти з дерева. — deniko

    ruКотёнок не мог спуститься с дерева. — corvard

    deDas Kätzchen kam nicht mehr vom Baum herunter. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  3. The kitten was drinking milk under the table.

    Кошеня пило молоко під столом. — deniko

    ruКотёнок лакал молоко под столом. — ae5s

    deDas Kätzchen trank unter dem Tisch Milch. — pne

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  4. Tom sent Mary a picture of the kitten.

    Том відправив Мері фотографію кошеняти. — deniko

    deTom schickte Maria ein Bild von dem kleinen Kätzchen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  5. The kitten wants to sleep.

    Кошеня хоче спати. — deniko

    ruКотёнок хочет спать. — Aleksej

    deDas Kätzchen will schlafen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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Translations

1 languages

Origin

From Middle English kitoun, kytton, kyton, keton (“kitten”), of obscure origin. Seemingly

From Middle English kitoun, kytton, kyton, keton (“kitten”), of obscure origin. 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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Forms

kittens, kittening, kittened, kittened
Base formkitten · to kitten
3rd person singularkittens
Present participlekittening
Past simplekittened
Past participlekittened

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theykitten
he, she, itkittens

Past simpleLesson

all personskittened

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave kittened
he, she, ithas kittened

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill kitten

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
kiteA1kithkitschykittykiwikleenex
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