noun, masculine/ɡɑ̃/plural: gants
glove
Related: aller comme un gant, boîte à gants, déganter, gant de boxe, gant de toilette, gantelet, ganter, ganterie, gantier, jeter le gant
Inherited from Old French guant, from Frankish *want (compare Middle Dutch want, Old High German wantus), from Proto-Germanic *wantuz (“glove”). Cognate with Italian guanto, Spanish guante, and Catalan guant.