miton
French, noun\mi.tɔ̃\
miton is spelled M-I-T-O-N (5 letters) and appears about once in every 55 million words in written French, the 234,192nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Miton is a French masculine noun meaning “gauntlet (armour)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Mitaine, gant qui, ne couvrant que la moitié de la main, laisse les doigts découverts”.
What does miton mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinegauntlet (armour)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Mitaine, gant qui, ne couvrant que la moitié de la main, laisse les doigts découverts. 2. Gantelet d’une armure, ou partie du gantelet, qui ne recouvre que la moitié supérieur de la main, laissant les doigts découverts.
noun: 1. Panade à base de pain bouilli avec d’autres ingrédients.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of miton
- mitons plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce miton?
- \mi.tɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is miton in French?
miton appears about once in every 55 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).