gantelet

French

Etymology

gant +‎ -elet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɑ̃.tlɛ/

Noun

gantelet m (plural gantelets)

1. gauntlet (armored glove)
2. gauntlet (falconer's glove)
3. gauntlet (challenge)

Derived terms

• envoyer son gantelet
• ramasser le gantelet

Further reading

• “gantelet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Old French

Alternative forms

• gauntlet

Etymology

First known attestation in the late 13th century in the plural gantelés. From gant +‎ -elet (no evidence of an intermediate *gantel).

Noun

gantelet oblique singular, m (oblique plural gantelez or ganteletz, nominative singular gantelez or ganteletz, nominative plural gantelet)

1. gauntlet (armored glove)

Descendants

• French: gauntlet, gantlet
• → Middle English: gauntelett, gantelett, gantlett, gawntlet, gantlet
  • English: gauntlet
• → Spanish: guantelete

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (gantelet, supplement)