glitten

== English == === Etymology 1 === Blend of glove +‎ mitten. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈɡlɪtn̩/ Rhymes: -ɪtən Hyphenation: glit‧ten ==== Noun ==== glitten (plural glittens) A cross between a glove and a mitten, often in the form of a fingerless glove with an attached mitten-like flap that can be used to cover the fingers. === Etymology 2 === From Middle English glitenen, from Old English glitnian, perhaps from Proto-Germanic *glitinōną, from a root cognate with Old Norse glitra + Proto-Germanic *-inōną. Ultimately from *ǵʰel- (“to shine, shimmer, glow”). Related to Old English glisnian (“to glisten”), Old English glīdan (“to glide”). Largely displaced by glitter. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈɡlɪtn̩/ Rhymes: -ɪtən Hyphenation: glit‧ten ==== Verb ==== glitten (third-person singular simple present glittens, present participle glittening, simple past and past participle glittened) (archaic, dialecical) to glisten, to reflect, to shimmer. === Anagrams === ettling, letting == German == === Pronunciation === === Verb === glitten inflection of gleiten: first/third-person plural preterite first/third-person plural subjunctive II