mitan

See also: Mitan

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Originally a Gheg compound of mi (dialectal mbi) +‎ tanë (dialectal tërë) → literally “over(above) all”; meaning “pullover”.

Noun

mitan m (plural mitanë, definite mitani, definite plural mitanët)

  1. pullover, sweater, cardigan, jumper (with long sleves)
    mitan grash, mitan burrash
    woman's sweater, man’s sweater

Declension

Declension of mitan
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative mitan mitani mitanë mitanët
accusative mitanin
dative mitani mitanit mitanëve mitanëve
ablative mitanësh

Synonyms

  • pambukore f, pambukorja f
  • triko f, trikoja f
  • pulovër f, pulovri f

Derived terms

  • mitan burrash
  • mitan grash
  • mitan fëmijësh

Further reading

  • [2] noun "mitan / mitán" (engl.: pullover) - def. mitáni, pl. mitánë, def.pl. mitánët • "Fjalor Shqip" (Albanian Dictionary)

Esperanto

Adjective

mitan

  1. accusative singular of mita

Finnish

Noun

mitan

  1. genitive singular of mitta

Anagrams

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French mitan (middle, center)[1], from Latin medium tantum (middle, center).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mi.tɑ̃/
  • (Louisiana) IPA(key): [mitɑ̃], [mɑ̃tɑ̃], [mito]
  • Rhymes: -ɑ̃, -o

Noun

mitan m (plural mitans)

  1. (archaic or dialectal; Acadia, Louisiana) middle, center
    le mitan de la journée
    the middle of the day
    • 2020, “L'eau entre mes doigts”, in Un homme et son piano, performed by P'tit Belliveau:
      Moi quand j'étais jeune / Je voulais être plus vieux / Là asteur à mon âge / J'me trouve dans l'mitan de les deux...
      [loosely] Me, when I was little / I longed to grow old / Well now I'm at an age / Where I'm torn between the two [literally: I find myself in the middle of the two...]

Derived terms

  • poteau-mitan

Descendants

  • Louisiana Creole: mitan, miton

References

  1. ^ D. Godefroy, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle, (1888), vol. 5, p. 350, [1]

Further reading

Anagrams

Gothic

Romanization

mitan

  1. romanization of 𐌼𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French mitan (middle).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mitã/

Noun

mitan

  1. middle

Louisiana Creole

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Louisiana French mitan (middle, center). See there for more.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /miˈtɑ̃/
  • Rhymes: -ɑ̃

Noun

mitan

  1. (in the) middle, center
    mitan dolo
    in the middle of the water

Norman

Noun

mitan m (plural mitans)

  1. middle; centre

Occitan

Pronunciation

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Noun

mitan m (plural mitans) (Languedoc, Limousin)

  1. middle; center
  2. social circle; milieu

Derived terms

  • al mitan

Further reading

  • Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana[3], L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2025

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French mi-temps.

Noun

mitan n (plural mitanuri)

  1. (sports) half time

Declension

Declension of mitan
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative mitan mitanul mitanuri mitanurile
genitive-dative mitan mitanului mitanuri mitanurilor
vocative mitanule mitanurilor

References

  • mitan in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Thao

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *(i-)kita.

Pronoun

mitan

  1. we (inclusive of the person spoken to)