French

Verb

ôter

1. to take away, remove
2. to take off, remove (clothes, etc.)
   • 1829, Victor Hugo, Le Dernier Jour d’un condamné

     Le guichetier de garde vient d’entrer dans mon cachot, il a ôté sa casquette, m’a salué, s’est excusé de me déranger et m’a demandé, en adoucissant de son mieux sa rude voix, ce que je désirais à déjeuner.

     The duty hatchman just came into my cell, took off his cap, gave me a salute, said he was sorry for bothering me and asked me, whispering as best he could with his rough voice, what I wanted for lunch.

3. to remove, cut (text etc.); to take away (in arithmetic)
4. to take (something) away from someone; to deprive
5. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to move oneself, get out of the way

Conjugation

Anagrams

• rote, roté, tore

Norman

Etymology

From Old French oster, from Latin obstō, obstāre, from ob ‎(“before, in front”) + stō, stāre ‎(“stand”).

Verb

ôter

1. (Jersey) to remove

Antonyms

• mettre ‎(“to put”)