guant

Catalan

Etymology

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).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [ˈɡwan]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈɡwant]
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Noun

guant m (plural guants)

  1. glove (clothing)

Derived terms

Further reading

Ladin

Etymology

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).

Noun

guant f (plural guanc)

  1. (gherdëina, badiot, fascian) dress, gown, clothes
    Cumpré n guant.
    To buy a dress.

Usage notes

  • Unlike related Romance languages such as Catalan, French or Italian, the word guant does not mean glove in Ladin, the word for which is manëcia.

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

    From Frankish *want, from Proto-Germanic *wantuz, from Proto-Indo-European *wondʰnú- (glove), from *wendʰ- (to wind, wrap).

    Noun

    guant oblique singularm (oblique plural guanz or guantz, nominative singular guanz or guantz, nominative plural guant)

    1. glove (clothing)

    Descendants

    • French: gant
      • Greek: γάντι (gánti)

    Piedmontese

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ɡwaŋt/

    Noun

    guant m

    1. glove