"kitty-cat" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: kitty-cats [plural]
Etymology: From kitty (“young cat”) + cat. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|kitty|cat|t1=young cat}} kitty (“young cat”) + cat Head templates: {{en-noun}} kitty-cat (plural kitty-cats)
  1. (colloquial, usually childish) A domestic cat (subspecies Felis silvestris catus). Tags: childish, colloquial, usually Categories (lifeform): Cats Synonyms: pussy, pussy-cat Translations (cat): 貓咪 (Chinese Mandarin), 猫咪 (māomī) (Chinese Mandarin), kattepoes (Dutch), kateto (Esperanto), kissimirri (Finnish), pôtichat [masculine] (French), Miezekatze [feminine] (German), cicamica (Hungarian), 야옹이 (yaong'i) (Korean), kiciuś (Polish), kissekatt [common-gender] (Swedish), kissemiss [common-gender] (Swedish), kisse [common-gender] (Swedish), misse (Swedish), קעצעלע (ketsele) [neuter] (Yiddish)

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