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 and Spanish guante.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡwan.to/, [ˈɡwän̪t̪o̞]
  • Stress: guànto
  • Hyphenation: guan‧to

Noun

guanto m (plural guanti)

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

Derived terms

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