kitty

C2+ Topic:Money & Finance

US /ˈkɪti/ UK /ˈkɪti/ See IPA manual

noun

Meanings

1

noun
a pool of money contributed by a group; informally, a kitten or cat

Everyone chipped in to the kitty for the office party.

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1 noun · a pool of money contributed... pool pot fund stake bank kitten cat

Word family

Related forms kit cat kitten

Etymology

In the sense of a pool of money, perhaps from kit ('set, collection'); in the sense of a cat, a pet form of kitten with the diminutive suffix -y.

kitten Middle English

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Money & Finance Word Formation & Derivatives

# kitty

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** ˈkɪti
**IPA (UK):** ˈkɪti

## Meanings
1. a pool of money contributed by a group; informally, a kitten or cat

## Examples
- Everyone chipped in to the kitty for the office party.

## Synonyms
- pool
- pot
- fund
- stake
- bank
- kitten
- cat

## Related Forms
- kit
- cat
- kitten

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: kitten

## Etymology
In the sense of a pool of money, perhaps from kit ('set, collection'); in the sense of a cat, a pet form of kitten with the diminutive suffix -y.

## AI Etymology
Kitty has more than one etymological strand: in the sense of a pool of money, perhaps from kit ('set, collection'); in the sense of a cat, a pet form of kitten with the diminutive suffix -y. The historical trail runs through Middle English kitten. The later sense follows a semantic development already present in the word's history. In modern use it means a pool of money contributed by a group; informally, a kitten or cat. Related forms include kit, cat, kitten.

## Topics
- Money & Finance
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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