kitties
- 1Plural of kitty.
The shelter had three kitties ready for adoption this week.
The office used to have separate coffee kitties for each floor.
Note
The y gives way to -ies after a consonant, as in puppies and cities, so the form is never kittys. One plural carries every meaning, cats and cash alike: a shelter can have three kitties up for adoption, and a card club that pays for the room from one pool and the drinks from another keeps two kitties.
- 2Plural of kittie.
The barn kitties had their eyes open by the end of the second week.
She fostered two orphaned kitties until they were old enough to be adopted.
Note
Two singular spellings meet in one plural here: the -ie of kittie simply takes an s. So kitties on its own never shows whether a writer spells a single young cat kitty or kittie. The spelling kittie belongs to the young cat only; the money and card-table meanings are always written kitty.
kitties is a form of kitty
kitty, noun: An informal or affectionate word for a cat, especially a pet cat or a kitten; often used by or to children. Full entry
- Forms
- kittykitties plural
- Spelling
- kitty → kitties: change y to i, add -es
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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