Mitt — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb

the handwear used by fielders in playing baseball

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/mˈɪt/

🇬🇧British English

/mˈɪt/

🇮🇳Indian English

/mˈɪt/

1 syllable Say it as /mˈɪt/.

Examples

he had the hands of a surgeon
he extended his mitt

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

glove manus baseball mitt hand baseball glove paw

Parts of Speech

noun	the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb “he had the hands of a surgeon”
noun	the handwear used by fielders in playing baseball

Word Forms

hand	verb	place into the hands or custody of
paw	verb	touch clumsily

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Fausthandschuh

das (Greif-)Ende der oberen Extremität

🇫🇷French

gant

l'extrémité (préhensile) du membre supérieur

🇪🇸Spanish

guante

la extremidad (prensil) del miembro superior

🇮🇹Italian

guanto

l'estremità (prensile) dell'arto superiore

🇳🇱Dutch

handschoen

het (grijp)uiteinde van het bovenste ledemaat

🇵🇹Portuguese

luva

a extremidade (preênsil) do membro superior

🇷🇺Russian

рукавица

(цепкая) оконечность верхней конечности

India

🇮🇳Hindi

एक प्रकार का दस्ताना

ऊपरी अंग का (प्रहेंसाइल) सिरा

🇧🇩Bengali

মিট

উচ্চতর অঙ্গের (প্রিহেনসিল) প্রান্ত

🇮🇳Tamil

மிட்

உயர்ந்த மூட்டுகளின் (முன்கூட்டிய) முனை

🇮🇳Telugu

మిట్

ఉన్నతమైన అవయవం యొక్క (ప్రీహెన్సిల్) అంత్యభాగం

🇮🇳Gujarati

મીટ

બહેતર અંગનો (પ્રીહેન્સિલ) છેડો

🇮🇳Kannada

ಮಿಟ್

ಉನ್ನತ ಅಂಗದ (ಪ್ರಿಹೆನ್ಸಿಲ್) ತುದಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

മിറ്റ്

മുകളിലെ അവയവത്തിൻ്റെ (പ്രെഹെൻസൈൽ) അറ്റം

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

手套

上肢的（可抓握的）肢体

🇯🇵Japanese

ミット

上肢の（つかみやすい）端

🇰🇷Korean

미트

상지의 (잡을 수 있는) 말단

🇻🇳Vietnamese

găng tay

cực (có thể cầm được) của chi trên

🇹🇭Thai

นวม

แขนขา (จับได้) ของแขนขาที่เหนือกว่า

🇮🇩Indonesian

sarung tangan

ekstremitas (yang dapat dipegang) dari ekstremitas superior

🇲🇾Malay

sarung tangan

bahagian (prehensil) bahagian atas anggota badan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

قفاز

الطرف العلوي (القابل للإمساك بشىء).

🇮🇷Persian

دستکش

اندام (پیشگیر) اندام فوقانی

🇹🇷Turkish

eldiven

üst ekstremitenin (kavrayabilen) ekstremite

🇮🇱Hebrew

כְּסָיָה

הקיצוניות (החסנית) של האיבר העליון

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