From en.wiktionary.org:
[Kitty]
** English
*** Etymology 1
From [en]. Compare [nl].
**** Alternative forms
- [en]
- [en]
**** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
**** Noun
[en-noun]
1. [en] A kitten or young cat , or sometimes adult cat.
2. * {{ quote-text | en | year=2007 | author=Pam Johnson-Bennett | title=Starting from Scratch: How to Correct Behavior Problems in Your Adult Cat
|passage=Even how a child picks up and handles the cat can make the KITTY
begin to fear the very sight of the youngster.}}
1. [en] [A pet name for a cat.]
2. [en] [en] .
3. * {{ quote-book | en | year=2017 | author=CoCo Amoure | title=Promise Me Forever 2: Falling For A Young Boss | pageurl=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Promise_Me_Forever_2/DPTkDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22licking+her+kitty%22&pg=PT84&printsec=frontcover | page=unnumbered
|passage=The way Tariq was licking her KITTY had her clutching the sheets.}}
1. * {{ quote-book | en | year=2020 | author=Shanté Funches | title=Web of Desire | pageurl=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Web_of_Desire/el_TDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22licking+her+kitty%22&pg=PT141&printsec=frontcover | page=unnumbered
|passage=She'd heard most men didn't have the skills to make a girl lose her
mind by licking her KITTY.}}
1. * 2021 , [Latto] , " [Big Energy] ", single:
2. *: Can't skip foreplay, kill the KITTY cold case
3. * [en]
***** Derived terms
{{col3|en |kitty bar the door |kitty cat |kitty corner |kitty crack |kitty
cruise |kitty kiss |kitty party |kitty witty |kitty-cat |kitty-corner
|kitty-cornered |pet the kitty |tough titty said the kitty |kitty litter |dust
kitty |kitty's titties |kitty wants a corner }}
***** Related terms
{{col3|en |kitteh |kitten |kittenish |kittenlike }}
***** Translations
[informal: kitten, young cat]
- Arabic: [ar]
- Belarusian: [be] , [be]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Chinese:
- Danish: [da] , [da]
- Dutch: [nl] , [nl]
- Esperanto: [male] [eo] , [female] [eo] , [eo] , [eo]
- Estonian: [et]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr] , [fr]
- Georgian: [ka] , [ka]
- German: [de] , [de]
- Greek: [el]
- Hebrew: [he] , [he] , [he] , [he]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Ido: [io] , [io]
- Italian: [it] , [it] , [it] , [it]
- Japanese: [young] [ja] , [ja] ; [small] [ja] , [ja]
- Kayan: [pdu]
- Korean: [ko] , [ko] , [ko]
- Louisiana Creole French: [lou]
- Macedonian: [mk] , [mk]
- Norwegian: [no]
- Persian: [fa]
- Polish: [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru] , [ru] , [ru] , [ru] [kitten]
- Serbo-Croatian: [sh] , [sh]
- Spanish: [es] , [es] , [es] , [es]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Ukrainian: [uk]
- Volapük: [♂♀] [vo] , [♂] [vo] , [♀] [vo] , [diminutive ♂♀] [vo] , [diminutive ♂] [vo] , [diminutive ♀] [vo]
- Yiddish: [yi] , [yi]
[trans-bottom]
[childish: pet name for a cat]
- Belarusian: [be] , [be]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Italian: [it]
- Japanese: [ja] , [ja]
- Polish: [pl] , [pl] , [pl]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru] , [ru] , [ru] [male]
- Swedish: [sv] , [sv]
- Turkish: [tr]
- Ukrainian: [uk] , [uk] , [uk] [male] , [uk] [male] , [uk]
- Yiddish: [yi]
[trans-bottom]
[euphemism: pussy]
- Finnish: [fi]
[trans-bottom]
**** See also
- [en]
**** Further reading
- [cat]
*** Etymology 2
Hypothesized as related to [en] ("collection of items").
**** Noun
[en-noun]
1. A money pool used for a particular purpose, such as for a card game or for shared expenses.
2. * [en]
3. [en] In a home game, a small, specified amount taken from each pot to pay the host's expenses.
4. [en] A set of additional card s dealt face down in some games.
***** Synonyms
- [money pool] [en]
***** Translations
[pool of money]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- German: [de]
- Greek: [el]
- Irish: [ga]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Spanish: [es] , [es] , [es]
[trans-bottom]
[poker: in a home game, a specified amount to pay the host's expenses]
[trans-bottom]
[card games: set of additional cards dealt face down in some games]
- Finnish: [fi]
- Irish: [ga]
- Polish: [pl]
[trans-bottom]
[en]