kot

Albanian

Etymology 1

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”).

Adverb

kot

1. worthlessly
2. in vain

Adjective

kot

1. worthless
2. pointless

Etymology 2

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.

Noun

kot m

1. darkness

References

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kotъ.

Noun

kot m anim (feminine kočka)

1. (dialectal) cat, tomcat

Declension

Further reading

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

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch cot, cote, from Old Dutch 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.

Cognate to English cot, cote, German Kate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔt/

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• Hyphenation: kot
• Rhymes: -ɔt

Noun

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.

Related terms

• coterie
• keuter

Descendants

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

References

Faroese

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰoːʰt/
• Rhymes: -oːʰt

Noun

kot n (genitive singular kots, plural kot)

1. coat (usually woollen)

Declension

Finnish

Etymology

Onomatopoeic

Pronunciation

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

Interjection

kot

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

Further reading

• “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

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch kot.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔt/

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Noun

kot m (plural kots)

1. (Belgium) student flat, student room

Derived terms

• koter
• kot-à-projet

Hungarian

Etymology

An onomatopoeia.

Pronunciation

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

Interjection

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!

See also

• kotkodácsol
• kotkodál

Icelandic

Noun

kot n (genitive singular kots, nominative plural kot)

1. small farm

Declension

Further reading

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

Lower Sorbian

Noun

kot (feminine kocka)

1. Superseded spelling of kót.

Declension

Malay

Etymology 1

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

Adverb

kot

1. Alternative form of kut

Etymology 2

Alternative form of ikut.

Preposition

kot

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

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

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French côte.

Adverb

kot

1. where

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

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

1. (pre-2012) alternative form of kott

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kutą

Noun

kot n

1. cottage, hut

Declension

Descendants

• Norwegian Nynorsk: kott
• Norwegian Bokmål: kott

References

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

Polish

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Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kotъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔt/

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

Noun

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

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

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

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔt/

Conjunction

kot

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

Slovene

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔt/

Conjunction

kot

1. (just) as, (just) like

Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *kǫtъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kòːt/

Noun

kọ́t m inan

1. angle
2. corner

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Further reading

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

Tocharian B

Etymology

A form of kos.

Pronoun

kot

1. as many/much as

Further reading

• 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

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English court.

Noun

kot

1. court (of Justice)

Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Noun

kot

1. denim
2. jeans

Declension

Synonyms

• blucin
• kot pantolon

Tzotzil

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰɔtʰ/

Classifier

kot (numeral classifier)

1. any types of animals except for human being

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

References

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

Zou

Noun

kot

1. door

References

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