noot

See also: Noot

English

Pronoun

noot

  1. (Geordie) nothing

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Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch noot, from Middle Dutch note, from Old French note, from Latin nota.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nʊə̯t/

Noun

noot (plural note, diminutive nootjie)

  1. A musical note.
  2. A note, a reference.

Derived terms

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /noːt/
  • (Belgium) IPA(key): [noːt]
  • (Netherlands) IPA(key): [noʊ̯t]
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: noot
  • Rhymes: -oːt
  • Homophone: nood

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch nōte, from Old Dutch *nutu, from Proto-West Germanic *hnut, from Proto-Germanic *hnuts, from Proto-Indo-European *knew-.

Noun

noot f (plural noten, diminutive nootje n)

  1. nut
  2. (vulgar, chiefly plural) testicle, nut
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: neut
  • Jersey Dutch: nœüt, nût
  • Negerhollands: neet, noot
  • Skepi Creole Dutch: noot
  • Papiamentu: nechi, neetsje, neetsjie (from the diminutive)
  • Saramaccan: notò

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch note, from Old French note, from Latin nota.

Noun

noot f (plural noten, diminutive nootje n)

  1. note (musical note)
  2. note (brief remark)
  3. note (a commentary or reference appended to a text)
Derived terms
Descendants

Etymology 3

From Proto-Germanic *nautą (foredeal, profit, property, livestock).

Noun

noot n (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) cattle, livestock
  2. (archaic) cow, neat

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Middle English

Verb

noot

  1. Contraction of ne woot.

Descendants

Scots

Pronoun

noot

  1. nothing

Usage notes

A hypercorrection of nowt, used generally by the younger generation.

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