escote

From Old French escot (“payment”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *skutą (“that which is thrown, shot, projectile, bullet, missile”).

• IPA^(key): /esˈkɔte̝/

escote m (plural escotes)

1. individual share or part of a payment (i.e. the portion held by one person of a financial commitment that was made jointly with others)

• a escote

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *skutą (“that which is thrown, shot, projectile, bullet, missile”); cognate with English shoot.

• IPA^(key): /esˈkɔte̝/

escote m (plural escotes)

1. shoot, sprout

Deverbal from escotar (“to prune”).

• IPA^(key): /esˈkɔte̝/

escote m (plural escotes)

1. cleavage, neckline

escote m (plural escotes)

1. a cut fragment of wood

   Synonym: escoto

escote

1. inflection of escotar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “escotar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “escot”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “escote”, 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), “escote (do vestido)”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (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), “escote”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “escote”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

• IPA^(key): /esˈkote/
• Rhymes: -ote
• Syllabification: es‧co‧te

Deverbal from escotar, from cota, or borrowed from Old French escot, from Frankish.

escote m (plural escotes)

1. neckline
2. cleavage

   Synonym: canalillo

escote

1. inflection of escotar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

• “escote”, 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