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]

Noun

guant m (plural guants)

1. glove (clothing)

Further reading

• “guant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “guant”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “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.

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Old French

Alternative forms

• gant
• gaunt (late Anglo-Norman)

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)

1. glove (clothing)

Descendants

• French: gant