mitt

See also: mítt

English

Etymology

Clipping of mitten.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɪt/
• Rhymes: -ɪt

Noun

mitt (plural mitts)

An oven mitt

1. A mitten
2. An oversized, protective glove such as an oven mitt or a baseball mitt.
3. (informal, especially in plural) A hand.

Derived terms

• catcher's mitt
• oven mitt

Related terms

• mitten

Translations

mitten — see mitten

oversized, protective glove

• Finnish: kinnas (fi), patakinnas; räpylä (fi) (baseball and similar)

hand

• Finnish: räpylä (fi), käpälä (fi)

See also

• glove

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Faroese

Adverb

mitt

1. mid, in the middle
   • mitt á vegnum

     midway

   • mitt í býnum

     in the middle of the town

2. just as
   • mitt meðni vit sótu og mjólkaðu

     just as we sat and milked

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Icelandic

Pronoun

mitt

1. (possessive) singular nominative/accusative neuter of minn
   • Þetta er barnið mitt.

     That's my child.

   • Ég elska barnið mitt.

     I love my child.

Declension

possessive pronouns
	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	minn	mín	mitt		mínir	mínar	mín
accusative	minn	mína	mitt		mína	mínar	mín
dative	mínum	minni	mínu		mínum	mínum	mínum
genitive	míns	minnar	míns		minna	minna	minna

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Maltese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɪt/
• IPA^(key): /mɪtt‿/ (before a vowel)

Numeral

mitt m or f

1. attributive form of mija (“hundred”)

Usage notes

• The attributive form is used before counted nouns.

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse mitt.

Determiner

mitt n

1. neuter singular of min

References

• “mitt” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse mitt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɪtː/ (example of pronunciation)
• Homophone: midt

Determiner

mitt

1. neuter singular of min

References

• “mitt” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Old Norse

Adjective

mitt

1. strong neuter nominative/accusative singular of miðr

Determiner

mitt n

1. neuter nominative/accusative singular of minn

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish mitt, from Old Norse miðr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɪtː/

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Noun

mitt c

1. middle; the middle point

Declension

Declension of mitt
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	mitt	mitten	—	—
Genitive	mitts	mittens	—	—

Pronoun

mitt

1. (possessive) my, mine (neuter gender, singular)

Declension

Swedish personal pronouns

Number	Person	Type	Nominative	Oblique	Possessive
					common	neuter	plural
singular	first	—	jag	mig, mej3	min	mitt	mina
	second	—	du	dig, dej3	din	ditt	dina
	third	masculine (person)	han	honom, han2	hans
		feminine (person)	hon	henne	hennes
		gender-neutral (person)1	hen	henom, hen2	hens
		common (noun)	den	den	dess
		neuter (noun)	det	det	dess
		indefinite	man or en4	en	ens
		reflexive	—	sig, sej3	sin	sitt	sina
plural	first	—	vi	oss	vår, våran2	vårt, vårat2	våra
	second	—	ni	er	er, eran2, ers5	ert, erat2	era
		archaic	I	eder	eder, eders5	edert	edra
	third	—	de, dom3	dem, dom3	deras
		reflexive	—	sig, sej3	sin	sitt	sina

¹Not universally accepted neologism.

²Informal

³Colloquial pronunciation spelling.

⁴Dialectal, also used lately as a gender-neutral alternative to man.

⁵Formal address