Meanings
nounkitty-cat (plural kitty-cats)
plural kitty-cats · alternative kittycat · alternative kittycat
- childishcolloquialusuallyA domestic cat (subspecies Felis silvestris catus).
Synonyms & antonyms
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nouninformal terms referring to a domestic cat
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Origin
From kitty (“young cat”) + cat.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 貓咪 /猫咪
- 貓咪 /猫咪 (māomī)cat
Dutch kattepoes
- kattepoescat
Esperanto kateto
- katetocat
Finnish kissimirri
- kissimirricat
French pôtichat, minou
- pôtichatcat
- minoucat
German Miezekatze
- Miezekatzecat
Hungarian cicamica
- cicamicacat
Korean 야옹이
- 야옹이 (yaong'i)cat
Polish kiciuś
- kiciuścat
Spanish gatito
- gatitocat
Swedish kissekatt, kissemiss
- kissekattcat
- kissemisscat
- kissecat
- missecat
Yiddish קעצעלע
- קעצעלע (ketsele)cat
Cite this entry
APA
kitty-cat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kitty-cat
MLA
“kitty-cat.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kitty-cat. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “kitty-cat,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kitty-cat.
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