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Kot

Kot

See also: kot, kót, kòt, köt, and Appendix:Variations of "kot"

Chuukese

Proper noun

Kot

  1. God

German

Etymology

From Old High German quāt, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷuē- (excrement, dung). Cognate with Old English cwēad. See qued.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /koːt/
  • Rhymes: -oːt

Noun

Kot m (genitive Kots, plural Koten)

  1. (formal) feces
  2. (archaic) mud

Related terms


Hunsrik

Etymology

From Old High German got, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰuto-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔt/

Proper noun

Kot m

  1. God
    • Bible, Genesis 1:5
      Kot hot es licht "taach" kenënt un tii tunkelheet "naacht" kenënt.
      God called the light "day", and the darkness he called "night".
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Plautdietsch

Noun

Kot f (plural Kote)

  1. small, simple abode, hut, cottage, cabin

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See also: Kot, kót, kòt, köt, and Appendix:Variations of "kot"

Albanian

Adverb

kot

  1. worthlessly
  2. in vain

Adjective

kot

  1. worthless
  2. pointless

Etymology 2

From Proto-Albanian *kāta, close to Old Irish scáth ‘shadow’, Ancient Greek σκότος (skótos) ‘darknes’[2].

Noun

kot m

  1. darkness

References

  1. Orel, Vladimir (1998), kot”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, page 193
  2. Orel, Vladimir (1998), kot”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, page 193

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɔt

Etymology

From Middle Dutch cot, cote, from Old Dutch [Term?] cota (in place names), kota (little house), from Proto-Germanic *kutą.

Cognate to English cot, cote, German Kate.

Noun

kot n (plural kotten or koten, diminutive kotje n or kotteke n)

  1. bad, ramshackle housing
    In wat voor een kot woont die!(please add an English translation of this usage example)
  2. rudimentary building to store (garden) material
  3. student room
    Leuvense koten brandden vaak af in de jaren 90. ― Student rooms in Louvain burned down often in the nineties.

References


    Faroese

    Etymology

    From Old Norse surkot, syrkot, from Old French cote; surcote, from Frankish *kotta, *kotto, from Proto-Germanic *kuttô, from Proto-Indo-European *gudnó-, *gʷewd-. More at coat.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /kʰoːʰt/
    • Rhymes: -oːʰt

    Noun

    kot n (genitive singular kots, plural kot)

    1. coat (usually woollen)

    Declension

    n3 Singular Plural
    Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
    Nominative kot kotið kot kotini
    Accusative kot kotið kot kotini
    Dative koti kotinum kotum kotunum
    Genitive kots kotsins kota kotanna

    French

    Etymology

    Borrowed from Dutch kot.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /kɔt/

    Noun

    kot m (plural kots)

    1. (Belgium) student flat, student room

    Derived terms


    Lojban

    Rafsi

    kot

    1. rafsi of skoto.

    Lower Sorbian

    Noun

    kot (feminine equivalent kocka)

    1. Superseded spelling of kót.

    Declension


    Mauritian Creole

    Etymology

    From French côte.

    Adverb

    kot

    1. where

    Polish

    Etymology

    From Proto-Slavic *kotъ

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): [kɔt̪]

    Noun

    kot m anim (diminutive kotek, koteczek, augmentative kocur)

    1. cat, tomcat
    2. dust bunny

    Declension

    Derived terms

    • koci (m form) adjective feline
    • kociak (m) noun kitten
    • kocić się reflexive verb (of a cat) to give birth to kittens

    Serbo-Croatian

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /kɔt/

    Conjunction

    kot

    1. (archaic) (just) as, (just) like

    Slovene

    Etymology 1

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /kɔt/
    • Tonal orthography: kot

    Conjunction

    kot

    1. (just) as, (just) like

    Etymology 2

    From Proto-Slavic *kǫtъ.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈkòːt/
    • Tonal orthography: kọ́t

    Noun

    kót m inan (genitive kóta, nominative plural kóti)

    1. angle
    2. corner
    Declension

    Turkish

    Kot

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): [kɔt]

    Noun

    kot

    1. denim
    2. jeans

    Declension

    Synonyms

    • blucin
    • kot pantolon

    Tzotzil

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /kʰɔtʰ/

    Classifier

    kot (numeral classifier)

    1. any types of animals except for human being
      jkot chij / chon / mut - a sheep / snake / bird

    References