mit·ten

(mĭt′n)

A covering for the hand that encases the thumb separately and the four fingers together.

[Middle English mitaine, from Old French (from mite, mitten, probably from mite, term of endearment for a female cat (a mitten being so called in reference to the cat's soft fur); akin to French minet, cat) and Provençal mino, female cat, of imitative origin.]

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mitten

(ˈmɪtən)

1. (Clothing & Fashion) a glove having one section for the thumb and a single section for the other fingers. Sometimes shortened to: mitt

2. (Boxing) slang a boxing glove

[C14: from Old French mitaine, of uncertain origin]

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

mit•ten

(ˈmɪt n)

n.

1. a hand covering enclosing the four fingers together and the thumb separately.

2. mitt (def. 5).

[1350–1400; < Middle French, Old French mitaine=mite mitten + -aine -an¹]

mit′ten•like`, adj.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

mitten - glove that encases the thumb separately and the other four fingers together

glove - handwear: covers the hand and wrist

Translations

قَفَّازٌ بِدُونِ أَصَابِعٍقُفّاز بلا أصابِعكَف جِلْد

palčákpalcová rukavicerukavice s polovičními prsty

vantehalvhandske

Fausthandschuh Fäustling Halbhandschuh

γάντι χωρίς δάχτυλα

mitón

lapanenrukkanenkinnas

mitaine moufle gant

rukavica

egyujjas kesztyûegyujjas kesztyűfélujjas kesztyû

griplavettlingur

muffola

ミトン

벙어리 장갑

kumštinė pirštinėpuspirštinė

dūrainispuspirkstainis

want

vott halvhanske

rękawica jednopalcowa

luva mitene

варежка варежки рукавица

palčiakrukavica s polovičnými prstami

palčnik

vante

parmaksız eldiventorba eldivenyarım parmaklı eldiven

găng tay hở ngón

连指手套露指手套

mitten

[ˈmɪtn] N

1. (= glove) → mitón m, manopla f

2. (Boxing) → guante mpl de boxeo

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

mitten

[ˈmɪt^ən] n → moufle f

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mitten

→ Fausthandschuh m, → Fäustling m; (with bare fingers) → Handschuh m → ohne Finger or mit halben Fingern

mittens pl (Boxing) → Boxhandschuhe pl

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mitten

(ˈmitn) noun

(also mitt (mit) ).

1. a kind of glove with two sections, one for the thumb and the other for the fingers. a pair of mittens.

2. a type of glove with separate sections for each finger, reaching only to halfway down the fingers.

mitten

→ قَفَّازٌ بِدُونِ أَصَابِعٍ palčák vante Fausthandschuh γάντι χωρίς δάχτυλα mitón lapanen moufle rukavica muffola ミトン 벙어리 장갑 want vott rękawica jednopalcowa luva, mitene варежка vante ถุงมือแบบมีสี่นิ้วรวมกันแต่นิ้วโป้งแยกออก parmaksız eldiven găng tay hở ngón 连指手套

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Mauki came in for the largest share of the mitten. Never a day passed without a caress from it.

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Presently my man sat me down by a tank of hot water, drenched me well, gloved his hand with a coarse mitten, and began to polish me all over with it.

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"But, see here," said Dorothy, "you don't need mittens in this warm weather."

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Having put his boots on again, Nikita drew his feet into the sledge, put on his mittens and took up the reins, and directed the horse along the side of the ravine.

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She generally wore mittens, and she now laid down her work, and smoothed those mittens.

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Shimerda, wearing his rabbit-skin cap and collar, and new mittens his wife had knitted.

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On the largest table, in the middle of the room, stood a smart Bible, placed exactly in the centre on a red and yellow woollen mat and at the side of the table nearest to the window, with a little knitting-basket on her lap, and a wheezing, blear-eyed old spaniel crouched at her feet, there sat an elderly woman, wearing a black net cap and a black silk gown, and having slate-coloured mittens on her hands.

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"They would shine through the mittens of an Esquimau."

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Rabbit was a widow; she earned her living by knitting rabbit-wool mittens and muffetees (I once bought a pair at a bazaar).

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Though stoutly mittened, my fingers were cold, and they pained from the grip on the steering- oar.

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The feeble fingers were never idle, and one of her pleasures was to make little things for the school children daily passing to and fro, to drop a pair of mittens from her window for a pair of purple hands, a needlebook for some small mother of many dolls, penwipers for young penmen toiling through forests of pothooks, scrapbooks for picture-loving eyes, and all manner of pleasant devices, till the reluctant climbers of the ladder of learning found their way strewn with flowers, as it were, and came to regard the gentle giver as a sort of fairy godmother, who sat above there, and showered down gifts miraculously suited to their tastes and needs.

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However recklessly the whale may sometimes serve us, said humorous Stubb one day, he can never be truly said to handle us without mittens. For all these reasons, then, any way you may look at it, you must needs conclude that the great Leviathan is that one creature in the world which must remain unpainted to the last.

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