guant

glove (clothing)

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈɡwan]

Etymology

Cognate with French: gant

Cognate with Italian: guanto

Cognate with Dutch: want

In summary

From Frankish *want, from whence also French gant, Italian guanto, Dutch want, German Low German wante; from Proto-Germanic *wantuz, from Proto-Indo-European *wondʰnú- (“glove”), from *wendʰ- (“to wind, wrap”).

Concepts

glove

mitt

mitten

baseball glove

baseball mitt

Translations

gant

guante

guanto

luva

Handschuh

γάντι

rękawica

handschoen

rękawiczka

eldiven

χειρόκτιο

want

قفاز

mezzoguanto

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