mitten
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English
Etymology
From Middle English myteyne, from Old French mitaine (Modern French mitaine), of unclear origin; possibly from mite, miste (“playful name for cat”) + -aine. Alternatively, mitaine may be from Old High German mittamo (“half”), superlative of mitti (“midpoint”), from Proto-Germanic *midjô, *midją (“middle, center”), from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos (“between, in the middle, center”). Compare Catalan mitana, Medieval Latin mitta, mitana, and Occitan mitana.
Pronunciation
- (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmɪtn̩/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (Southern England, Western New England) 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 or dog's paw that is a different colour from the main body.
- Synonym: sock
- (colloquial, dated, as "the mitten") A romantic rejection; dismissal of a lover.
- to give someone the mitten; to get the mitten
- (slang, chiefly in the plural) A boxing glove.
Derived terms
Translations
type of glove
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(with "the" in English) a romantic rejection; dismissal of a lover — see also rejection
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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.
- 1911 August, Jack London, “ Tale Three: The Stampede to Squaw Creek”, in Cosmopolitan, volume LI, number 3, New York, N.Y.: International Magazine Company, section II, page 361, column 1:
- He mittened his hand and beat it violently for a minute before exposing it to the frost to strike a match.
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German
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Adverb
mitten
- In the middle.
- Mitten auf der Straße lag ein toter Hund.
- In the middle of the street lay a dead dog.
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