Cats are beloved pets worldwide, and it’s fascinating to see how the word for “kitty” varies across different languages and cultures. Here’s a comprehensive list of how to say “kitty” in 70 different languages:
- Albanian (🇦🇱) – Këlysh | Pronunciation: Kê-lysh
- Arabic (🇸🇦) – قطة (Qittah) | Pronunciation: Kit-tah
- Armenian (🇦🇲) – Կատու (Katu) | Pronunciation: Kah-too
- Azerbaijani (🇦🇿) – Pişik | Pronunciation: Pee-sheek
- Basque (🇪🇸) – Katua | Pronunciation: Kah-too-ah
- Belarusian (🇧🇾) – Кошка (Koshka) | Pronunciation: Kosh-kah
- Bengali (🇧🇩) – বিড়াল (Biṛāl) | Pronunciation: Bee-ral
- Bosnian (🇧🇦) – Mačka | Pronunciation: Mach-kah
- Bulgarian (🇧🇬) – Котка (Kotka) | Pronunciation: Kot-kah
- Catalan (🇪🇸 – Catalonia) – Gat | Pronunciation: Ghat
- Czech (🇨🇿) – Kočka | Pronunciation: Koh-chka
- Danish (🇩🇰) – Kat | Pronunciation: Kat
- Dutch (🇳🇱) – Kat | Pronunciation: Kat
- English (🇺🇸 / 🇬🇧) – Kitty | Pronunciation: Ki-tee
- Estonian (🇪🇪) – Kass | Pronunciation: Kass
- Farsi (🇮🇷) – گربه (Gorbe) | Pronunciation: Gor-beh
- Finnish (🇫🇮) – Kissa | Pronunciation: Kis-sa
- French (🇫🇷) – Chaton | Pronunciation: Sha-ton
- Georgian (🇬🇪) – კატა (Kata) | Pronunciation: Kah-tah
- German (🇩🇪) – Kätzchen | Pronunciation: Kets-chen
- Greek (🇬🇷) – Γατάκι (Gataki) | Pronunciation: Gah-tah-kee
- Hebrew (🇮🇱) – חתלתול (Chatul) | Pronunciation: Cha-tul
- Hindi (🇮🇳) – बिल्ली (Billi) | Pronunciation: Bil-lee
- Hungarian (🇭🇺) – Cica | Pronunciation: Tseet-sa
- Icelandic (🇮🇸) – Köttur | Pronunciation: Keu-tur
- Indonesian (🇮🇩) – Kucing | Pronunciation: Koo-ching
- Irish Gaelic (🇮🇪) – Piseog | Pronunciation: Pish-og
- Italian (🇮🇹) – Gattino | Pronunciation: Gat-tee-no
- Japanese (🇯🇵) – 子猫 (Koneko) | Pronunciation: Koh-neh-ko
- Kazakh (🇰🇿) – Мысық (Mysyk) | Pronunciation: Mii-sik
- Khmer (🇰🇭) – ឆ្មា (Chhma) | Pronunciation: Chh-mah
- Korean (🇰🇷) – 새끼 고양이 (Saekki Goyang-i) | Pronunciation: Sek-kee Go-yang-ee
- Kurdish (🇮🇶 / 🇸🇾 / 🇹🇷 / 🇮🇷) – Pişik | Pronunciation: Pish-eek
- Kyrgyz (🇰🇬) – Мышык (Myshyk) | Pronunciation: My-shyk
- Lao (🇱🇦) – ແມວນ້ອຍ (Maew Noy) | Pronunciation: Meh-now
- Latvian (🇱🇻) – Kaķēns | Pronunciation: Ka-chens
- Lithuanian (🇱🇹) – Kačiukas | Pronunciation: Ka-chiu-kas
- Luxembourgish (🇱🇺) – Miezekaatz | Pronunciation: Mee-ze-kahtz
- Macedonian (🇲🇰) – Маче (Mache) | Pronunciation: Mah-che
- Malay (🇲🇾 / 🇮🇩) – Anak Kucing | Pronunciation: Ah-nak Koo-ching
- Maltese (🇲🇹) – Qattus | Pronunciation: Khat-toos
- Mandarin Chinese (🇨🇳) – 小猫 (Xiǎo Māo) | Pronunciation: Shiao-mao
- Marathi (🇮🇳) – मांजराचे पिल्लू (Mānjarāce pillū) | Pronunciation: Man-ja-ray-cha Pil-loo
- Mongolian (🇲🇳) – Муурын зулзага (Muuriin zulzaga) | Pronunciation: Moo-reen Zul-za-ga
- Nepali (🇳🇵) – बिरालो (Birālo) | Pronunciation: Bee-rah-lo
- Norwegian (🇳🇴) – Kattunge | Pronunciation: Kaht-oon-geh
- Pashto (🇦🇫) – پیشوګی (Pishoogi) | Pronunciation: Pee-shoo-gee
- Polish (🇵🇱) – Kotka | Pronunciation: Kot-ka
- Portuguese (🇵🇹 / 🇧🇷) – Gatinho | Pronunciation: Ga-teen-yo
- Romanian (🇷🇴) – Pisoi | Pronunciation: Pee-soy
- Russian (🇷🇺) – Котёнок (Kotyonok) | Pronunciation: Ko-tyo-nok
- Serbian (🇷🇸) – Маче (Mače) | Pronunciation: Mah-che
- Sinhala (🇱🇰) – පුස (Pusa) | Pronunciation: Poo-sa
- Slovak (🇸🇰) – Mačiatko | Pronunciation: Ma-chi-at-ko
- Slovenian (🇸🇮) – Mucek | Pronunciation: Moo-tsek
- Somali (🇸🇴) – Bisad | Pronunciation: Bi-saad
- Spanish (🇪🇸) – Gatito | Pronunciation: Ga-tee-to
- Swahili (🇰🇪 / 🇹🇿) – Paka mdogo | Pronunciation: Pa-ka m-doh-go
- Swedish (🇸🇪) – Kattunge | Pronunciation: Kat-oon-geh
- Tajik (🇹🇯) – Гурбача (Gurbacha) | Pronunciation: Gur-ba-cha
- Tamil (🇮🇳) – பூனைக்குட்டி (Pūṉaikkuṭṭi) | Pronunciation: Poo-nai-kut-tee
- Telugu (🇮🇳) – పిల్లి (Pilli) | Pronunciation: Pil-lee
- Thai (🇹🇭) – ลูกแมว (Lūk mǣw) | Pronunciation: Look-maew
- Turkish (🇹🇷) – Yavru Kedi | Pronunciation: Yah-vroo Ke-dee
- Ukrainian (🇺🇦) – Кошеня (Koshenya) | Pronunciation: Ko-she-nya
- Urdu (🇵🇰) – بلی کا بچہ (Billi ka bachcha) | Pronunciation: Bil-lee ka bach-cha
- Uzbek (🇺🇿) – Mushukcha | Pronunciation: Moo-shook-cha
- Vietnamese (🇻🇳) – Mèo con | Pronunciation: Meow-kon
- Welsh (🇬🇧 – Wales) – Cath fach | Pronunciation: Kath-vach
- Yiddish (🇮🇱) – קאַץ קינד (Katz Kind) | Pronunciation: Kats-kind