Meanings
mitten1
present singular third person mittens · participle present mittening · participle past mittened · past mittened
- transitiveTo 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.
1911 August, Jack London, “[Smoke Bellew] 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
Mitten2
- informalThe Lower Peninsula of Michigan, United States.
- A flat-topped mountain near Mount Armytage, Antarctica.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe paw of a cat or dog that is of a different color from the main body.
Origin
mitten · noun, verb
- Old Frenchmitaine
- Middle Englishmyteyne
- Englishmitten
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.
More words from Middle English, Old French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans moffie
- moffietype of glove
Catalan manyopla
- manyoplatype of glove
Czech palcová rukavice, palčák
- palcová rukavicetype of glove
- palčáktype of glove
Danish luffe, vante
- luffetype of glove
- vantetype of glove
Dutch want
- wanttype of glove
Esperanto duonganto
- duongantotype of glove
Estonian käpik, labakinnas
- käpiktype of glove
- labakinnastype of glove
- labaktype of glove
Finnish lapanen, kinnas
- lapanentype of glove
- kinnastype of glove
- rukkanentype of glove
French moufle, mitaine
- moufletype of glove
- mitainetype of glove
German Fäustling, Fausthandschuh
- Fäustlingtype of glove
- Fausthandschuhtype of glove
Hungarian kikosarazás, kosár
- kikosarazás''(with "the" in English)'' a romantic rejection; dismissal of a lover
- kosár''(with "the" in English)'' a romantic rejection; dismissal of a lover
- egyujjas kesztyűtype of glove
Icelandic vettlingur, lúffa
- vettlingurtype of glove
- lúffatype of glove
Indonesian cempal, lampin
- cempaltype of glove
- lampintype of glove
- sarung masaktype of glove
Irish mitín
- mitíntype of glove
Italian muffola, guanto a manopola
- muffolatype of glove
- guanto a manopolatype of glove
- mezzoguantotype of glove
Japanese ミトン
- ミトン (miton)type of glove
Korean 벙어리 장갑
- 벙어리 장갑 (beong'eori janggap)type of glove
Latvian dūrainis, dūraiņi
- dūrainistype of glove
- dūraiņitype of glove
Māori pūāhuru ringa
- pūāhuru ringatype of glove
Norwegian Bokmål vott
- votttype of glove
Polish kosz, łapawica
- kosz''(with "the" in English)'' a romantic rejection; dismissal of a lover
- łapawicatype of glove
Portuguese fora
- fora''(with "the" in English)'' a romantic rejection; dismissal of a lover
Russian от воро́т поворо́т, ва́режка
- от воро́т поворо́т (ot vorót povorót)''(with "the" in English)'' a romantic rejection; dismissal of a lover
- ва́режка (várežka)type of glove
- рукави́ца (rukavíca)type of glove
Scottish Gaelic miotag
- miotagtype of glove
Spanish manopla, mitón
- manoplatype of glove
- mitóntype of glove
- lúatype of glove
Swedish vante, tumvante
- vantetype of glove
- tumvantetype of glove
- bälghandsketype of glove
Turkish kolçak
- kolçaktype of glove
Ukrainian гарбу́з, рукави́чка
- гарбу́з (harbúz)''(with "the" in English)'' a romantic rejection; dismissal of a lover
- рукави́чка (rukavýčka)type of glove
- рукави́ця (rukavýcja)type of glove
Welsh miten, mitens
- mitentype of glove
- mitenstype of glove
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with mitten
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Cite this entry
mitten. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mitten
“mitten.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mitten. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mitten,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mitten.
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