🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

小猫

Pronunciation / Transliteration: xiǎo māo

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Kitten/ˈkɪt.ən/
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"这只小猫喜欢在草地上跑来跑去。"

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1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    A very young cat.

    "The playful kitten chased a ball of yarn across the floor."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'kitten' originates from the Middle English 'kitten', which is a diminutive form of 'kit', meaning 'young cat'. The term has evolved through Old French 'kitten', which itself comes from the Latin 'catta', referring to a cat. The usage has remained consistent in referring to a young domestic cat.

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