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guant

Pronunciation: [ˈɡwan]

“guant” is a Catalan word. Its meaning in English:

noun

  1. glove (clothing)

In Catalan

  1. Peça que cobreix la mà i de vegades part del braç, emprat com a vestimenta o com a protecció de la pell.
  2. Guant d'acer, guantellet.
  3. Bossa de cuir amb didals d'una cesta, situada a l'extrem superior i subjectada al canell, dintre la qual el jugador introdueix la mà per sostenir la cesta.

Etymology

From Frankish *want, from whence also French gant, Italian guanto, Dutch want, German Low German wante; from Proto-Germanic *wantuz, from Proto-Indo-European *wondʰnú- (“glove”), from *wendʰ- (“to wind, wrap”).

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