"kitling" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: kitlings [plural]
Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|kiteling|t=kitten, kit}} Middle English kiteling (“kitten, kit”), {{der|en|non|ketlingr|t=kitten}} Old Norse ketlingr (“kitten”), {{suf|en|cat|ling|id2=diminutive}} cat + -ling, {{cog|is|kettlingur|t=kitten}} Icelandic kettlingur (“kitten”), {{cog|fo|kettlingur|t=kitten}} Faroese kettlingur (“kitten”), {{cog|no|ketling|t=kitten}} Norwegian ketling (“kitten”), {{cog|sv|källing|t=kitten}} Swedish källing (“kitten”), {{cog|da|killing|t=kitten}} Danish killing (“kitten”), {{noncog|en|catling}} English catling Head templates: {{en-noun}} kitling (plural kitlings)
  1. (archaic) Any young animal; cub, whelp, kit. Tags: archaic Categories (lifeform): Baby animals
    Sense id: en-kitling-en-noun-6PHEWwqw Disambiguation of Baby animals: 65 35 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ling (diminutive), Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 90 10 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ling (diminutive): 79 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 81 19 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 91 9
  2. (now dialectal) A young cat; kitten. Tags: dialectal
    Sense id: en-kitling-en-noun-HO3TCe2A
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: kittle

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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