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mitten
(mɪtən)
Word forms: plural mittens
countable noun [usually plural]
Mittens are gloves which have one section that covers your thumb and another section that covers your four fingers together.
mitten in British English
(ˈmɪtən)
noun
1.
a glove having one section for the thumb and a single section for the other fingers
Sometimes shortened to: mitt2. slang
a boxing glove
Word origin
C14: from Old French mitaine, of uncertain originmitten in American English
(ˈmɪtən)
noun
1.
a glovelike covering for the hand, with a thumb but no separately divided fingers
2. Obsolete
mitt (sense 1)
Idioms:
give (or get) the mitten
Word origin
ME mytten < OFr mitaine < mite (in same sense), prob. orig. metaphorical use of mite, catImage ofmitten
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articles of clothing, articles of clothingIn other languagesmitten
British English: mitten /ˈmɪtn/ NOUN
Mittens are gloves which have one section that covers your thumb and another section that covers your four fingers together.
- American English: mitten
- Arabic: قَفَّازٌ بِدُونِ أَصَابِعٍ
- Brazilian Portuguese: mitene
- Chinese: 连指手套
- Croatian: rukavica
- Czech: palčák rukavice
- Danish: vante
- Dutch: want
- European Spanish: mitón
- Finnish: lapanen
- French: moufle
- German: Fausthandschuh
- Greek: γάντι χωρίς δάχτυλα
- Italian: muffola
- Japanese: ミトン
- Korean: 벙어리 장갑
- Norwegian: vott
- Polish: rękawica jednopalcowa
- European Portuguese: luva
- Romanian: mănușă
- Russian: варежка
- Latin American Spanish: mitón
- Swedish: vante
- Thai: ถุงมือแบบมีสี่นิ้วรวมกันแต่นิ้วโป้งแยกออก
- Turkish: parmaksız eldiven
- Ukrainian: мітенки
- Vietnamese: găng tay hở ngón
Chinese translation of 'mitten'
mitten
(ˈmɪtn)
n (c)
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连(連)指手套
(liánzhǐ shǒutào) (双(雙), shuāng)