noun · verb · 11 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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glŭv
/ɡlʌv/
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Northern-England:/ɡlʊv/
common, variant:/ɡləv/in Singapore
rhymes with -ʌv
CMU ARPABET:G L AH1 V
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
An item of clothing, covering all or part of the hand and fingers, but usually allowing independent movement of the fingers.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
I wore gloves to keep my hands warm.
The boxing champ laced on his gloves before the big bout.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A baseball mitt.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
The ability to catch a hit ball.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
9
noun
Meaning 9
the handwear used by fielders in playing baseball
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: baseball glove, baseball mitt, mitt
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: baseball equipment
10
noun
Meaning 10
boxing equipment consisting of big and padded coverings for the fists of the fighters; worn for the sport of boxing
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: boxing glove
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: boxing equipment
11
noun
Meaning 11
handwear: covers the hand and wrist
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: handwear, hand wear
Narrower terms: batting glove, gauntlet, gantlet, metal glove, golf glove, kid glove, suede glove, mitten
History
Etymology
From Middle English glove, glofe, from Old English glōf, *glōfe, *glōfa, ("glove"; weak forms attested only in plural form glōfan (“gloves”)), from Proto-Germanic *galōfô (“glove”), from Proto-Germanic *ga- (“collective and associative prefix”) + Proto-Germanic *lōfô (“flat of the hand, palm”), from Proto-Indo-European *lāp-, *lēp-, *lep- (“flat”). Cognate with Scots gluve, gluive (“glove”), Icelandic glófi (“glove”). Related to Middle English lofe, lufe (“palm of the hand”). More at loof.
Across languages
Translations
251 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
handskoen
— item of clothing
Ahtna:
lagetsʼ
— item of clothing
Albanian:
dorezë
— item of clothing
Albanian:
dorashkë
— item of clothing
Southern Altai:
меелей
(meeley)
— item of clothing
Southern Altai:
перчетке
(perčetke)
— item of clothing
Amharic:
ጓንት
(gwant)
— item of clothing
Arabic:
قُفَّاز
(quffāz)
— item of clothing
Arabic:
كَفّ
(kaff)
— item of clothing
Arabic:
جوانتي
(guwanti)
— item of clothing
Arabic:
جُوِنْتِي
(juwanti, juwinti)
— item of clothing
Arabic:
قُفَّاز
(quffāz, guffāz)
— item of clothing
Arabic:
ليڭة
(līga)
— item of clothing
Arabic:
كفّ
(kaff)
— item of clothing
Arabic:
كفوف
(kfuf)
— item of clothing
Arabic:
كفّ
(kaff)
— item of clothing
Arabic:
كفوف
(kfuf)
— item of clothing
Tunisian Arabic:
ڨواندوات
(gwanduwāt)
— item of clothing
Arapaho:
3ooxe
— item of clothing
Armenian:
ձեռնոց
(jeṙnocʻ)
— item of clothing
Old Armenian:
ձեռէք
(jeṙēkʻ)
— item of clothing
Aromanian:
mãnushi
— item of clothing
Assamese:
হাতমোজা
(hatmüza)
— item of clothing
Asturian:
guante
— item of clothing
Azerbaijani:
əlcək
— item of clothing
Azerbaijani:
əllik
— item of clothing
Bashkir:
бирсәткә
(birsətkə)
— item of clothing
Bashkir:
бейәләй
(beyələy)
— item of clothing
Basque:
eskularru
— item of clothing
Belarusian:
пальча́тка
(palʹčátka)
— item of clothing
Belarusian:
рукаві́ца
(rukavíca)
— item of clothing
Bengali:
দস্তানা
(dostana)
— item of clothing
Breton:
maneg
— item of clothing
Bulgarian:
ръкави́ца
(rǎkavíca)
— item of clothing
Burmese:
လက်အိတ်
(lak-it)
— item of clothing
Catalan:
guant
— item of clothing
Chechen:
кара
(kara)
— item of clothing
Chechen:
каранаш
(karanaš)
— item of clothing
Cherokee:
ᎠᎵᏰᏑᎶ
(aliyesulo)
— item of clothing
Cheyenne:
to'ha
— item of clothing
Chinese Cantonese:
手襪 /手袜
(sau2 mat6)
— item of clothing
Chinese Cantonese:
手套
(sau2 tou3)
— item of clothing
Eastern Min Chinese:
手套
(chiū-tó̤)
— item of clothing
Eastern Min Chinese:
手絡 /手络
(chiū-ló̤h)
— item of clothing
Chinese:
手囊
(zh-min-nan)
— item of clothing
Chinese:
手套
(zh-min-nan)
— item of clothing
Chinese Mandarin:
手套
(shǒutào)
— item of clothing
Northern Min Chinese:
手套
(siǔ-tâu)
— item of clothing
Wu Chinese:
手套
— item of clothing
Chuvash:
перчетке
(perč̬etke)
— item of clothing
West Circassian:
ӏэбыцу
(ʼɛbəcwu)
— item of clothing
West Circassian:
ӏэбычъу
(ʼɛbəćwu)
— item of clothing
Cornish:
manek
— item of clothing
Cree:
ᔨᔩᑲᐢᑎᐢ
(yiyiikastis)
— item of clothing
Montagnais:
ninikashtish
— item of clothing
Crimean Tatar:
qolçaq
— item of clothing
Crimean Tatar:
qolşaq
— item of clothing
Czech:
rukavice
— item of clothing
Dakota:
nąpį́kpa
— item of clothing
Danish:
handske
— item of clothing
Danish:
(mitten) vante
— item of clothing
Dutch:
handschoen
— item of clothing
Esperanto:
ganto
— item of clothing
Estonian:
sõrmik
— item of clothing
Faroese:
vøttur
— item of clothing
Faroese:
handski
— item of clothing
Faroese:
glógvi
— item of clothing
Fijian:
qaniliga
— item of clothing
Finnish:
hansikas
— item of clothing
Finnish:
hanska
— item of clothing
Finnish:
sormikas
— item of clothing
Fox:
menechîha
— item of clothing
French:
gant
— item of clothing
Old French:
gant
— item of clothing
Old French:
guant
— item of clothing
Saterland Frisian:
Wonte
— item of clothing
Saterland Frisian:
Hondske
— item of clothing
West-Frisian:
mof
— item of clothing
Galician:
luva
— item of clothing
Galician:
guante
— item of clothing
Gamilaraay:
marabin
— item of clothing
Georgian:
ხელთათმანი
(xeltatmani)
— item of clothing
Georgian:
ხელჯაგი
(xelǯagi)
— item of clothing
Georgian:
თათმანი
(tatmani)
— item of clothing
German:
Handschuh
— item of clothing
Greek:
γάντι
(gánti)
— item of clothing
Greek:
χειρόκτιο
(cheiróktio)
— item of clothing
Ancient Greek:
χειρίς
(kheirís)
— item of clothing
Greenlandic:
aaqqat
— item of clothing
Gutnish:
handsko
— item of clothing
Haitian Creole:
gan
— item of clothing
Hawaiian:
mikilima
— item of clothing
Hebrew:
כְּפָפָה
(kfafá)
— item of clothing
Hiligaynon:
gwantes
— item of clothing
Hindi:
दस्ताना
(dastānā)
— item of clothing
White Hmong:
hnab looj tes
— item of clothing
Hungarian:
kesztyű
— item of clothing
Icelandic:
hanski
— item of clothing
Icelandic:
glófi
— item of clothing
Ido:
ganto
— item of clothing
Ilocano:
guántes
— item of clothing
Indonesian:
sarung tangan
— item of clothing
Irish:
lámhainn
— item of clothing
Irish:
miotóg
— item of clothing
Italian:
guanto
— item of clothing
Japanese:
手袋
(tebukuro)
— item of clothing
Kanakanabu:
taramuca
— item of clothing
Karaim:
къолчакъ
(qolčaq)
— item of clothing
Karelian:
perčanku
— item of clothing
Kazakh:
қолғап
(qolğap)
— item of clothing
Kazakh:
биялай
(biälai)
— item of clothing
Khmer:
ស្រោមដៃ
(sraom day)
— item of clothing
Konkani:
हातांमेइ
(hātāmmei)
— item of clothing
Korean:
장갑
(janggap)
— item of clothing
Central Kurdish:
لەپک
(lepk)
— item of clothing
Central Kurdish:
دەستکێش
(destkêş)
— item of clothing
Northern Kurdish:
lepik
— item of clothing
Northern Kurdish:
destane
— item of clothing
Northern Kurdish:
destgork
— item of clothing
Kyrgyz:
колкап
(kolkap)
— item of clothing
Kyrgyz:
мээлей
(meeley)
— item of clothing
Lao:
ຖົງມື
(thong mư̄)
— item of clothing
Latgalian:
cymds
— item of clothing
Latin:
manica
— item of clothing
Latin:
chīrothēca
— item of clothing
Latin:
wantum
— item of clothing
Latin:
wantus
— item of clothing
Latvian:
cimds
— item of clothing
Lithuanian:
pirštinė
— item of clothing
Ludian:
kindaz
— item of clothing
Luxembourgish:
Händsch
— item of clothing
Macedonian:
ракавица
(rakavica)
— item of clothing
Malagasy:
fonon-tanany
— item of clothing
Malay:
sarung tangan
— item of clothing
Maltese:
ingwanta
— item of clothing
Manx:
lauean
— item of clothing
Māori:
karapu
— item of clothing
Māori:
komoringa
— item of clothing
Marathi:
हातमोजा
(hātmojā)
— item of clothing
Middle English:
glove
— item of clothing
Middle English:
myteyne
— item of clothing
Mongolian:
бээлий
(beelii)
— item of clothing
Mongolian:
ᠪᠡᠭᠡᠯᠡᠢ
(begelei)
— item of clothing
Classical Nahuatl:
māyēhuatl
— item of clothing
Navajo:
lájish
— item of clothing
Neapolitan:
guanto
— item of clothing
Nepali:
पन्जा
(panjā)
— item of clothing
Norman:
gant
— item of clothing
Norwegian Bokmål:
vante
— item of clothing
Norwegian Bokmål:
hanske
— item of clothing
Norwegian Nynorsk:
vante
— item of clothing
Norwegian Nynorsk:
hanske
— item of clothing
Occitan:
gant
— item of clothing
Odia:
ଦସ୍ତାନା
(dastānā)
— item of clothing
Ojibwe:
minjikaawan
— item of clothing
Old East Slavic:
пьрстатица
(pĭrstatica)
— item of clothing
Old East Slavic:
рѫкавица
(rǫkavica)
— item of clothing
Old East Slavic:
рукавица
(rukavica)
— item of clothing
Old English:
glōf
— item of clothing
Old Norse:
hanzki
— item of clothing
Old Norse:
vǫttr
— item of clothing
Pannonian Rusyn:
рукавица
(rukavica)
— item of clothing
Papiamentu:
anskun
— item of clothing
Papiamentu:
hanskun
— item of clothing
Papiamentu:
wante
— item of clothing
Pashto:
دستکش
(dəstkaš)
— item of clothing
Pashto:
دسکله
(dəskala)
— item of clothing
Pennsylvania German:
Hensching
— item of clothing
Dari:
دَسْتْکَش
(dastkaš)
— item of clothing
Iranian Persian:
دَسْتْکِش
(dastkeš)
— item of clothing
Iranian Persian:
دَسْتانِه
(dastâne)
— item of clothing
Piedmontese:
guant
— item of clothing
Polish:
rękawica
— item of clothing
Polish:
rękawiczka
— item of clothing
Portuguese:
luva
— item of clothing
Punjabi:
ਦਸਤਾਨਾ
(dastānā)
— item of clothing
Punjabi:
دَسْتانَہ
(dastānah)
— item of clothing
Romanian:
mănușă
— item of clothing
Russian:
перча́тка
(perčátka)
— item of clothing
Russian:
рукави́ца
(rukavíca)
— item of clothing
Northern Sami:
gistta
— item of clothing
Northern Sami:
fáhcca
— item of clothing
Scots:
gluve
— item of clothing
Scots:
glufe
— item of clothing
Scots:
gluif
— item of clothing
Scottish Gaelic:
dòrnag
— item of clothing
Scottish Gaelic:
làmhainn
— item of clothing
Scottish Gaelic:
miotag
— item of clothing
Serbo-Croatian:
рука̀вица
— item of clothing
Serbo-Croatian:
rukàvica
— item of clothing
Sicilian:
nguantu
— item of clothing
Silesian:
glazyjki
— item of clothing
Silesian:
glazyjka
— item of clothing
Silesian:
handszuy
— item of clothing
Slovak:
rukavica
— item of clothing
Slovene:
rokavica
— item of clothing
Lower Sorbian:
rukajca
— item of clothing
Upper Sorbian:
rukajca
— item of clothing
Spanish:
guante
— item of clothing
Spanish:
maniquete (fingerless)
— item of clothing
Swahili:
glavu
— item of clothing
Swedish:
vante
— item of clothing
Swedish:
handske
— item of clothing
Tagalog:
guwantes
— item of clothing
Tajik:
дасткаш
(dastkaš)
— item of clothing
Tajik:
дастпӯшак
(dastpüšak)
— item of clothing
Talysh:
alcəq
— item of clothing
Tamil:
கையுறை
(kaiyuṟai)
— item of clothing
Taos:
mą̂nmųną
— item of clothing
Tatar:
перчатка
(perçatqa)
— item of clothing
Tatar:
бияләй
(biyäläy)
— item of clothing
Thai:
ถุงมือ
(tǔng-mʉʉ)
— item of clothing
Tibetan:
ལག་ཤུབས
(lag shubs)
— item of clothing
Tigrinya:
ግዋንቲ
(gəwanti)
— item of clothing
Turkish:
eldiven
— item of clothing
Ottoman Turkish:
الدیون
(eldiven)
— item of clothing
Turkmen:
ellik
— item of clothing
Ukrainian:
рукави́чка
(rukavýčka)
— item of clothing
Ukrainian:
рукави́ця
(rukavýcja)
— item of clothing
Ukrainian:
перча́тка
(perčátka)
— item of clothing
Urdu:
دَسْتانَہ
(dastāna)
— item of clothing
Uyghur:
پەلەي
(peley)
— item of clothing
Uyghur:
قولقاپ
(qolqap)
— item of clothing
Uzbek:
qoʻlqop
— item of clothing
Venetan:
maneẑa
— item of clothing
Venetan:
guanto
— item of clothing
Veps:
sorʹmikod
— item of clothing
Veps:
kindaz
— item of clothing
Vietnamese:
găng tay
— item of clothing
Vietnamese:
bao tay
— item of clothing
Vilamovian:
haondski
— item of clothing
Volapük:
gluf
— item of clothing
Welsh:
maneg
— item of clothing
Winnebago:
nąąp horužųc
— item of clothing
Yiddish:
הענטשקע
(hentshke)
— item of clothing
Zhuang:
madfwngz
— item of clothing
Zulu:
igilavu
— item of clothing
Finnish:
räpylä
— baseball mitt
Polish:
rękawica do baseballa
— baseball mitt
Bulgarian:
хва́щане
(hváštane)
— baseball: ability to catch a hit ball
Finnish:
hanskakäsi
— baseball: ability to catch a hit ball
Polish:
rękawica
— baseball: ability to catch a hit ball
Finnish:
huppu
— idiomatic term for a condom
French:
capote
— idiomatic term for a condom
Polish:
gumka
— idiomatic term for a condom
Portuguese:
camisinha
— idiomatic term for a condom