kot

Theoretically from Proto-Albanian *kākta, of uncertain origin; potentially akin to Lithuanian koktùs (“disgusting”) via Proto-Indo-European. An older hypothesis connects it to Ancient Greek κότος (kótos, “rancor, grudge”).[1]

kot

1. worthlessly
2. in vain

kot

1. worthless
2. pointless

From Proto-Albanian *kāta, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kHtos (“shade, shadow, darkness”). Compare Old Irish scáth (“shadow”), Ancient Greek σκότος (skótos, “darkness”), Sanskrit छत्त्र (chattra, “umbrella”), English shadow.[2]

kot m

1. darkness

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kotъ.

kot m anim (feminine kočka)

1. (dialectal) cat, tomcat

• kot in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• kot in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

From Middle Dutch cot, cote, from Old Dutch [Term?] cota (in place names), kota (“little house”), from Proto-Germanic *kutą, *kutan (“shed”), probably of non-Indo-European origin, but possibly borrowed from Uralic; compare Finnish kota (“hut, house”) and Hungarian ház (“house”), both from Proto-Finno-Ugric/Proto-Uralic *kota. However, compare Dutch and English hut.[1]

Cognate to English cot, cote, German Kate.

• IPA^(key): /kɔt/

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• Hyphenation: kot
• Rhymes: -ɔt

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

1. bad, ramshackle housing

   In wat voor een kot woont die! ― What a shack she lives in!

2. rudimentary building to store (garden) material
3. (Belgium) student room

   Synonyms: kamer, studentenkamer, studentenkot

   Leuvense koten brandden vaak af in de jaren 90. ― Student rooms in Louvain burned down often in the nineties.

• coterie
• keuter

• Negerhollands: kot, cot
  • → Virgin Islands Creole: kot (dated)

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.

• IPA^(key): /kʰoːʰt/
• Rhymes: -oːʰt

kot n (genitive singular kots, plural kot)

1. coat (usually woollen)

Onomatopoeic

• IPA^(key): /ˈkot/, [ˈko̞t̪]
• Rhymes: -ot
• Syllabification^(key): kot

kot

1. (onomatopoeia, usually repeated) cluck (sound made by hen)

• “kot”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

Borrowed from Dutch kot.

• IPA^(key): /kɔt/

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kot m (plural kots)

1. (Belgium) student flat, student room

• koter
• kot-à-projet

An onomatopoeia.

• IPA^(key): [ˈkot]
• Hyphenation: kot
• Rhymes: -ot

kot

1. cluck (imitative of the sound made by a hen, especially when brooding, or calling her chicks; can be used repetitively)

   Synonym: kotkodács

   Kot-kot-kot-kot-kotkodács, minden napra egy tojás! (nursery rhyme) ― Cluck, cluck, an egg for every day!

• kotkodácsol
• kotkodál

kot n (genitive singular kots, nominative plural kot)

1. small farm

• “kot” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

kot (feminine kocka)

1. Superseded spelling of kót.

Same word as kut, spelling reflecting the southern Malaysian pronunciation.

kot

1. Alternative form of kut

Alternative form of ikut.

kot

1. (informal) via (prepositioning the path taken by one to reach a destination)

   Dia lalu kot jauh. ― He went via the far route.

From French côte.

kot

1. where

kot n (definite singular kotet, indefinite plural kot, definite plural kota or koti)

1. (pre-2012) alternative form of kott

From Proto-Germanic *kutą

kot n

1. cottage, hut

• Norwegian Nynorsk: kott
• Norwegian Bokmål: kott

• “kot”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kotъ.

• IPA^(key): /kɔt/

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• Rhymes: -ɔt
• Syllabification: kot
• Homophone: kod

kot m animal (female equivalent kocica or kotka, diminutive kotek, augmentative kocur, related adjective koci)

1. cat, tomcat
2. dust bunny
3. (military slang) rookie
4. (hunting slang) hare
   • 1834, Adam Mickiewicz, chapter IV, in Pan Tadeusz, page 189, lines 934–935:

     W istocie, kot czuł s tyłu myśliwych i psiarnie,
     Rwał w pole, słuchy wytknął jak dwa różki sarnie

     In very truth, the hare felt behind it the hunters and the pack; it was making for the field; it stretched out behind it its ears like two deer's horns [transl. by George Rapall Noyes]

• kot in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• kot in Polish dictionaries at PWN

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): /kɔt/

kot

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

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• IPA^(key): /kɔt/

kot

1. (just) as, (just) like

From Proto-Slavic *kǫtъ.

• IPA^(key): /kòːt/

kọ́t m inan

1. angle
2. corner

• “kot”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “kot”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references

A form of kos.

kot

1. as many/much as

• Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “kot”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 215

From English court.

kot

1. court (of Justice)

• IPA^(key): [ˈkot]

kot

1. denim
2. jeans

• blucin
• kot pantolon

• IPA^(key): /kʰɔtʰ/

kot (numeral classifier)

1. any types of animals except for human being

   jkot chij / chon / mut - a sheep / snake / bird

• Laughlin, Robert M. (1975) The Great Tzotzil Dictionary of San Lorenzo Zinacantán. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press.

kot

1. door

• http://www.languageinindia.com/feb2013/zouphonologyfinal.pdf