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Meaning of Mitten | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
ˈmɪtn̩

Definitions

  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 Lower Peninsula of Michigan, United States.
    informal
  3. The paw of a cat or dog that is of a different color from the main body.
  4. A flat-topped mountain near Mount Armytage, Antarctica.
  5. A romantic rejection; dismissal of a lover.
    colloquial, dated
  6. A boxing glove.
    in-plural, slang

Equivalents

Afrikaans moffie
العربية القفّاز
Беларуская пальчатка
Bosanski рукавица
Català manyopla
Dansk luffe vante
Deutsch Fausthandschuh Fäustling
Español lúa manopla mitón
Eesti käpik
Suomi kinnas lapanen rukkanen
Français mitaine moufle
Gàidhlig miotag
Hrvatski рукавица
Magyar egyujjas kesztyű kosár
Հայերեն թաթպան
Íslenska lúffa vettlingur
Italiano guanto a manopola mezzoguanto muffola
日本語 ミトン 手袋
ქართული თათმანი
한국어 벙어리 장갑
Kurdî kapik
Кыргызча мээлей
Lëtzebuergesch Moul
Nederlands want
Polski mitenka palica rękawica
Português fora
Русский варежка от воро́т поворо́т рукавица
Slovenščina palčnik
Српски рукавица
Svenska tumvante vante
Türkçe kolçak
Українська гарбуз рукавиця рукавичка

Examples

“to give someone the mitten; to get the mitten”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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See also

mittenful Mittenpunkt Mittens Mittenwald mitter Mitterrandism

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