Cottage

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English

Proper noun

Cottage

  1. A township in Saline County, Illinois.
  2. An unincorporated community in Macon County, Missouri, United States.
  3. A village in Rivière du Rempart District, Mauritius.

German

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English cottage.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɔtɪtʃ/
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Noun

Cottage n (strong, genitive Cottage, plural Cottages)

  1. a country house, chiefly one in the British Isles; a cottage (in this sense)
    Synonyms: Landhaus, Kate

Usage notes

  • Usually neuter, sometimes feminine by analogy with other words in -age.

Declension

Further reading

  • Cottage” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • Cottage” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • Cottage” in Duden online