cotón

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See also: coton

Galician

Alternative forms

cotom (reintegrationist)
cotão (reintegrationist)

Etymology

Ultimately from Arabic قُطْن (quṭn); see cotton for more. Doublet of algodón.

Pronunciation

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Noun

cotón m (plural cotóns)

(uncountable) fur, fluff, fuzz
(uncountable) lint
rags used for cleaning one's hands
(uncountable) dust bunny

References

Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “coton”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cotón”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “cotón”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cotón”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /koˈton/
Rhymes: -on
Syllabification: co‧tón

Noun

cotón m (plural cotones)

printed cotton fabric
(Mexico) shirt, blouse

Descendants

→ Copala Triqui: cotoó
→ Western Juxtlahuaca Mixtec: kotóo
→ Zacatlán-Ahuacatlán-Tepetzintla Nahuatl: coton

Further reading

“cotón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

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