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kitling

kitling noun: any young animal; cub, whelp, kit.

Noun

kitling (plural kitlings)

  1. (archaic) Any young animal; cub, whelp, kit.
  2. (dialectal) A young cat; kitten.

kitling meaning in Tamil

kitling in Tamil

சிங்கக்குட்டி

Forms of kitling

pluralkitlings

Origin of kitling

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.

Questions about kitling

What does kitling mean?
Kitling means any young animal; cub, whelp, kit.
What is kitling in Tamil?
Kitling in Tamil is சிங்கக்குட்டி. See Kitling meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is kitling?
Kitling is a noun.
What is the plural of kitling?
The plural of kitling is kitlings.

Words near kitling in the dictionary

  1. Kitkehahkis
  2. Kitksan
  3. kitler
  4. kitless
  5. kitlike
  6. kitling
  7. kitlings
  8. Kitlope
  9. kitmagar
  10. kitmagars
  11. kitman

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: kitling (page history and authors); kitling (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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