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
Noun
guant m (plural guants)
- glove (clothing)
Derived terms
- guant blanc
- guant d'acer
- guant de boxa
- guant de goma
- guant de pell
- guantellet
- guanter
- guantera
- llançar el guant
Further reading
- “guant”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “guant”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
- “guant” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “guant” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
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)
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 singular, m (oblique plural guanz or guantz, nominative singular guanz or guantz, nominative plural guant)
- glove (clothing)
Descendants
Piedmontese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡwaŋt/
Noun
guant m