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mitten¹

  • /ˈmɪtən/
  • [ˈmɪtn̩]
  • [ˈmɪʔn̩]
  • /ˈmətən/ New Zealand
  • [ˈmətn̩] New Zealand

Rhymes with -ɪtən

Where it comes from

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.

noun mittens

  1. 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.
  2. The paw of a cat or dog that is of a different color from the main body.

    Similar: sock

  3. colloquial, dated, as "the mitten" A romantic rejection; dismissal of a lover. to give someone the mitten; to get the mitten
  4. in plural, slang A boxing glove.

verb mittens · mittening · mittened

  1. transitive To dress in mittens; to put a mitten on. He mittened his hand and beat it violently for a minute before exposing it to the frost to strike a match.

Mitten²

Where it comes from

From the mitten-like shape.

proper noun the Mitten

  1. informal The Lower Peninsula of Michigan, United States.
  2. A flat-topped mountain near Mount Armytage, Antarctica.

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noun ''(with "the" in English)'' a romantic rejection; dismissal of a lover

Portuguêsfora
Русскийот воро́т поворо́т ot vorót povorót

noun type of glove

Españolmanopla, mitón, lúa
한국어벙어리 장갑 beong'eori janggap
日本語ミトン miton
Françaismoufle, mitaine
DeutschFäustling, Fausthandschuh
Italianomuffola, guanto a manopola, mezzoguanto
Русскийва́режка várežka, рукави́ца rukavíca

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@misc{mitten_2026,
  title = {mitten},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mitten},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}