overwordExplorer
FRENCH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

chaton.

kitten, kitty (baby cat)

6 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/ʃa.tɔ̃/
  1. kitten, kitty (baby cat)

    masculine
  2. catkin

    masculine
Where this word comes from

First attested in the 1530s in Middle French; by surface analysis, chat (“cat”) + -on (forming diminutives). Compare English catkin.

noun/ʃa.tɔ̃/
  1. collet, bezel (around a jewel, on a ring)

    masculine
  2. the jewel itself (around which the collet is, on a ring)

    broadly · masculine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle French chaton, chaston, from Old French chastun (“the projecting part of a ring embedded with a stone”), from Frankish *kastō (“box, case”), from Proto-Germanic *kastô, *kasô, *kasą, *kazą (“vessel, container, pitcher, barrel”). Cognate with Old High German kasto (“box, case”) (Modern German Kasten), Dutch kast (“cupboard, case”), Old English castenere (“cabinet, chest”), Old Norse kass, kassi (“basket”), Gothic 𐌺𐌰𐍃 (kas, “vessel, container”), Old High German char (“vessel, bowl, tray, trough”), Middle Low German kar (“vessel, basket”), Old Norse ker (“vessel, container”).

FROM WORD TO NAME

Try it on your idea.

chaton has 6 characters. Say it out loud, try it alongside a description of your project, and see whether its meaning fits what you want to create.

chaton studiochaton workshello, chaton

These are naming prompts. Meanings and pronunciation can vary; existing brand and domain uses have not been checked.

Explore the name generator

A word with a source.

Definitions, grammatical labels, IPA, etymology and examples: Wiktionary contributors, extracted by Kaikki / Wiktextract. Adapted under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected fields and authored examples are shown; third-party quotations and audio are omitted. See contributor history.

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