mitten
/ˈmɪtən/
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mitten noun: 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.
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.
- The paw of a cat or dog that is of a different color from the main body.
- Synonyms:
- sock
- A romantic rejection; dismissal of a lover.
- to give someone the mitten; to get the mitten
- A boxing glove.
Verb
mitten (third-person singular simple present mittens, present participle mittening, simple past and past participle mittened)
- 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.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
Proper noun capitalized: Mitten
the Mitten
- The Lower Peninsula of Michigan, United States.
- A flat-topped mountain near Mount Armytage, Antarctica.
mitten meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Kannada and Indonesian
mitten in Tamil
- கட்டைவிரலை மட்டும் மூடும் கையுறை
mitten in Urdu
- بےانگلی کا دستانہ
mitten in Kannada
- ತ್ಯಾಜ್ಯ
mitten in Indonesian
- type of glove
- cempal, lampin, sarung masak
Examples of mitten in a sentence
- I blocked the mittens by wetting them and pinning them to a shaped piece of cardboard.
- A tiny paw pokes out, an itty-bitty murder mitten tipped with filthy sharp claws.
- Mittens shouted into the vent near the ceiling from her upper bunk, “They loose-lipped.
Synonyms of mitten
Forms of mitten
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | mittens |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | mittens |
| present participle | mittening |
| past participle | mittened |
| past | mittened |
Origin of mitten
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.
From the mitten-like shape.
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Questions about mitten
- What does mitten mean?
- Mitten means 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.
- What is mitten in Tamil?
- Mitten in Tamil is கட்டைவிரலை மட்டும் மூடும் கையுறை. See Mitten meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is mitten?
- Mitten can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce mitten?
- Mitten is pronounced /ˈmɪtən/.
- What is the plural of mitten?
- The plural of mitten is mittens.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: mitten (page history and authors); Mitten (page history and authors); mitten (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); mitten (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); mitten (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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