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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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

	subject	object	possessive
singular	full	full	common	neuter	plural
1st person	jag	mig, mej3	min	mitt	mina
2nd person	du	dig, dej2	din	ditt	dina
3rd person masculine	han	honom, han2	hans
3rd person feminine	hon	henne	hennes
3rd person gender-neutral	hen1	hen1, henom1	hens1
3rd person common	den	den	dess
3rd person neuter	det	det	dess
3rd person indefinite	man or en6	en	ens
3rd person reflexive	—	sig, sej3	sin	sitt	sina
plural
1st person	vi	oss	vår, våran2	vårt, vårat2	våra
2nd person	ni	er, eder5	er, eran2, eder5	ert, erat2, edert5	era, edra5
3rd person	de, dom4	dem, dom4	deras
3rd person reflexive	—	sig, sej3	sin	sitt	sina

¹Not universally accepted.

²Informal

³Colloquial pronunciation spelling sometimes found in colloquial texts.

⁴Informal pronunciation spelling found very often in informal writings.

⁵Dated

⁶Dialectal, also used lately as a gender-neutral alternative to man.