coton

Inherited from Old French cotoun, coton, from Italian cotone, from Arabic قُطُن (quṭun), variants of Arabic قُطْن (quṭn); see cotton for more.

• IPA^(key): /kɔ.tɔ̃/

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coton m (plural cotons)

1. cotton (material)

• avoir les jambes en coton
• coton hydrophile
• coton ouaté
• cotonner
• cotonneux
• cotonnier
• filer du mauvais coton
• filer un mauvais coton

• “coton”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• cotun, cotoun
• (late) coteyn, cotton, cotyn, kotyn

From Old French cotoun, from Italian cotone, from Arabic قُطْن (quṭn, “cotton”). Compare aketon.

• IPA^(key): /kɔˈtuːn/, /ˈkɔtun/

coton (uncountable)

1. cotton (fiber of Gossypium spp.)
2. (Late Middle English) cotton fabric
3. (rare) cotton plant (Gossypium spp.)

• English: cotton
• → Irish: cotún
• Scots: cotton, catton
• → Welsh: cotwm

• “cotǒun, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Borrowed from French coton.

coton n (uncountable)

1. cotton (string)

Borrowed from Spanish cotón, from French coton, from Italian cotone, from Arabic قُطُن (quṭun).

Compare Highland Puebla Nahuatl coto̱n, Morelos Nahuatl koton, Tetelcingo Nahuatl icotu.

coton

1. Shirt.

• Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C. (2006) “Tlen ica se motlaquentia”, in Pequeño diccionario ilustrado: Náhuatl de los municipios de Zacatlán, Tepetzintla y Ahuacatlán‎, segunda edición edition, Tlalpan, D.F. México: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 19