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Etymology
From Frankish *want, from whence also French gant, Italian guanto, Dutch want, German Low German wante; from Proto-Germanic *wantuz, from Proto-Indo-European *wondʰnú- (“glove”), from *wendʰ- (“to wind, wrap”).
Pronunciation
Noun
guant m (plural guants)
- glove (clothing)
Derived terms
Further reading
Ladin
Etymology
From Frankish *want, from whence also French gant, Italian guanto, Dutch want, German Low German wante; from Proto-Germanic *wantuz, from Proto-Indo-European *wondʰnú- (“glove”), from *wendʰ- (“to wind, wrap”).
Noun
guant f (plural guanc)
- (gherdëina, badiot, fascian) dress, gown, clothes
Cumpré n guant.- To buy a dress.
Usage notes
- Unlike related Romance languages such as Catalan, French or Italian, the word guant does not mean glove in Ladin, the word for which is manëcia.
Old French
Etymology
From Frankish *want, from Proto-Germanic *wantuz, from Proto-Indo-European *wondʰnú- (“glove”), from *wendʰ- (“to wind, wrap”).
Noun
guant oblique singular, m (oblique plural guanz or guantz, nominative singular guanz or guantz, nominative plural guant)
- glove (clothing)
Descendants
Piedmontese
Pronunciation
Noun
guant m
- glove