mitt

See also: mítt and Mitt

English

Etymology

Clipping of mitten.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɪt/
  • (file)
  • 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 the plural) A hand.
    Hey, get your cotton-picking mitts off my sandwich!

Derived terms

Translations

See also

Faroese

Adverb

mitt

  1. mid, in the middle
  2. just as

Icelandic

Pronoun

mitt

  1. (possessive) singular nominative/accusative neuter of minn

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

Maltese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɪt/
  • Rhymes: -ɪt

Etymology 1

Maltese numbers (edit)
100
10[a], [b]
    Cardinal: mija
    Attributive cardinal: mitt

Numeral

mitt m or f

  1. attributive form of mija (hundred)
Usage notes
  • The attributive form is used before counted nouns.

Verb

mitt

  1. first/second-person singular imperfect of miet

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse mitt.

Pronunciation

Determiner

mitt n

  1. neuter singular of min

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse mitt.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɪtː/
  • Homophone: midt

Determiner

mitt

  1. neuter singular of min

References

Old Norse

Adjective

mitt

  1. strong neuter nominative/accusative singular of miðr

Determiner

mitt n

  1. neuter nominative/accusative singular of minn

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish mitt, from Old Norse miðr.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɪtː/
  • (file)

Adverb

mitt (not comparable)

  1. in the middle (at or around the middle, spatially or more abstractly), (often) right
    Vi befann oss mitt emellan två städer
    We were at around the middle point (literally) / right between two cities
    De befann sig mitt i kaoset
    They were in the middle of (literally) / right in the chaos
    Det var mitt i natten
    It was the middle of the night
    Jag blev slagen mitt i nyllet
    I was punched right in ("in the middle of") the face

Derived terms

Noun

mitt c

  1. a middle (central point or area)

Declension

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

Pronoun

mitt

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

Declension

References

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