guanto

See also: Guanto and ĝuanto

Italian
un paio di guanti ― a pair of gloves

Etymology

From Old Occitan, from Old French guant, from Frankish *want, from Proto-Germanic *wantuz (“glove, mitten”), from Proto-Indo-European *wondʰnú- (“glove”), from the root *wendʰ- (“to wind, wrap”). Cognates include French gant, Catalan guant, Sicilian nguantu and Spanish guante.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɡwan.to/
  • Rhymes: -anto
  • Hyphenation: guàn‧to

Noun

guanto m (plural guanti)

  1. glove
  2. (slang) condom
    Synonyms: preservativo, profilattico

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → Arabic:
    • Hijazi Arabic: جونتي m (juwinti) (plural form)

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