mitten
See also: Mitten
English
Etymology
From Middle English myten, mitaine, from Old French mitan, miton, mitaine (“mitten”, literally “half-glove”) (Modern French mitaine), from Frankish *mitamo, *mittamo (“half”), superlative of *mitti (“midpoint”), from Proto-Germanic *midjô, *midją (“middle, center”), from Proto-Indo-European *medʰy- (“between, in the middle, center”). Cognate with Old High German mittamo, metemo (“half, in the middle”), Old Dutch medemest (“midmost”), Old English medeme (“middling, average, median”, literally “midmost, in the middle”). More at mid, middle.
Pronunciation
- (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmɪtn̩/.
- (Cockney) IPA(key): /ˈmɪʔn̩/
- Rhymes: -ɪtən
Noun
mitten (plural mittens)
- A type of glove or garment that covers a hand with a separate sheath for the thumb, but not for other fingers, which are either enclosed in a single section or left uncovered.
- A cat's paw that is a different colour from the main body.
- (colloquial, dated, as "the mitten") A romantic rejection; dismissal of a lover.
- to give someone the mitten; to get the mitten
Translations
type of glove
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Verb
mitten (third-person singular simple present mittens, present participle mittening, simple past and past participle mittened)
- (transitive) To dress in mittens; to put a mitten on.
Anagrams
- titmen
German
Adverb
mitten
- In the middle.
- Mitten auf der Straße lag ein toter Hund.
- In the middle of the street lay a dead dog.
Related terms
- inmitten
- zumitten
Further reading
- mitten in Duden online
Swedish
Noun
mitten
- definite singular of mitt