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kitling.

Any young animal; cub, whelp, kit.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun

  1. Any young animal; cub, whelp, kit.

    archaic

  2. A young cat; kitten.

    dialectal
Where this word comes from

From Middle English kiteling (“kitten, kit”), from Old Norse ketlingr (“kitten”), diminutive of kǫttr (“cat”), equivalent to cat + -ling. Cognate with Icelandic kettlingur (“kitten”), Faroese kettlingur (“kitten”), Norwegian ketling (“kitten”), Swedish källing (“kitten”), Danish killing (“kitten”). Compare English catling, of similar formation. See also kitten.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.