Scots

English

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Etymology

Scots and Northern variant of Scottish.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /skɒts/
• Rhymes: -ɒts

Proper noun

Scots

1. A Germanic language closely related to English and descended from northern dialects of Middle English, spoken in parts of Scotland, now especially in the central, northeastern and southern regions of the country.

Synonyms

• Lallans

Translations

Lowland Scots language

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 低地蘇格蘭語 (cmn), 低地苏格兰语 (cmn) (dīdì Sūgélányǔ)

• Czech: skotština (cs) f
• Finnish: skotti (fi), skotin kieli (fi)
• French: écossais (fr) m
• Hindi: श्चोत्स् (Sikots)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: skotsk (nb) m

  Nynorsk: skotsk (nn) m

• Russian: шотландский (ru) (šotlandskij)
• Scottish Gaelic: Albais (gd)
• Slovak: škótština (sk) f
• Spanish: escocés (es) m

See also

• Wiktionary's coverage of Scots terms
• Ullans

Noun

Scots pl

1. Plural form of Scot

Adjective

Scots (not comparable)

1. Scottish

Translations

Scottish

• Czech: skotský (cs) m
• French: écossais (fr)
• Russian: шотландский (ru) (šotlandskij)

• Scottish Gaelic: Albannach (gd)
• Slovak: škótsky (sk) m

External links

• ISO 639-3 code sco (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Scots, sco
• Scots language on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Scots language
• Ulster Scots on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Ulster Scots

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