cot

See also cốt, cót, and çot

Translingual

Symbol

cot

1. A symbol of the trigonometric function cotangent.

Synonyms

• ctn

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English

Etymology

From Hindi खाट (khāṭ)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /kɒt/
• (US) IPA: /kɑt/
• (US-Northern Cities Vowel Shift) IPA: /kat/

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• Rhymes: -ɒt

Noun

cot (plural cots)

1. (US) A simple bed, especially one for portable or temporary purposes; a camp bed.
2. (nautical) A wooden bed frame, slung by its corners from a beam, in which officers slept before the introduction of bunks.
3. A crib (child's bed).
4. A finger cover used to prevent static discharge.
5. (archaic) A cottage or small homestead.
   • 1898 Ethna Carbery. Roddy McCorley (poem).

     Oh, see the fleet-foot hosts of men who speed with faces wan / From farmstead and from thresher's cot along the banks of Ban

Translations

folding bed — see camp

portable or temporary bed

• Bulgarian: походно легло (bg) (pohódno legló) n 
• Finnish: varavuode (fi); heteka (fi), pukkisänky (fi) (specific types); lisävuode (fi) (hotel); kenttävuode (fi) (military)
• French: lit de camp (fr) m

• German: Feldbett (de) n
• Italian: branda (it), lettino da campo (it)
• Russian: койка (ru) (kójka) f , раскладушка (ru) (raskladúška) f  (folding bed)
• Volapük: flegülabed (vo)

nautical:wooden bed frame

• Bulgarian: койка (bg) (kójka) f 

• Russian: койка (ru) (kójka) f , подвесная постель (ru) (podvesnája postélʹ) f  (suspense bed)

bed for children

• Bulgarian: детско креватче (bg) (détsko krevátče) n 
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 嬰兒床 (cmn), 婴儿床 (cmn) (yīng'ér chuáng), 娃娃床 (cmn) (wáwa chuáng)

• Dutch: kinderbed (nl), ledikantje (nl) m, wieg (nl) m
• Finnish: lastensänky (fi), vauvasänky (fi); pinnasänky (fi)
• French: lit de bébé (fr) m, huche (fr) f
• German: Kinderbett (de) n
• Greek: κούνια (el) (kúnia) f 
• Italian: greppia (it) f, presepe (it) m

• Japanese: ベビーベッド (ja) (bebībeddo)
• Korean: 어린이 침대 (ko) (eorini chimdae)
• Norwegian: barneseng (no), sprinkelseng (no)
• Russian: (детская) кроватка (ru) (krovatka) ((détskaja) krovátka) f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: креветац (sh) m, дечји креветац (sh) m, дјечји креветац (sh) m

  Roman: krevetac (sh) m, dečji krevetac (sh) m, dječji krevetac (sh) m

• Spanish: cuna (es) f, pesebre (es) m
• Welsh: preseb (cy)

finger cover

• Italian: ditale (it) m

homestead

• Bulgarian: колиба (bg) (kolíba) f 
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 小屋 (cmn) (xiǎowū)

• Finnish: mökki (fi)
• Italian: casolare (it), capanna (it) f, casupola (it) f

• Japanese: 小屋 (ja) (こや, koya)
• Manx: cott (gv)
• Russian: усадьба (ru) (usádʹba) f  (farmstead OR mansion), хижина (ru) (xížina) f  (hut), лачуга (ru) (lačúga) f  (hut)

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• Spanish: catre m, cama plegable f

Anagrams

• CTO
• Oct, Oct.
• OTC
• TCO
• TOC

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Aromanian

Alternative forms

• cotu

Etymology

From Latin cubitum. Compare Daco-Romanian cot.

Noun

cot

1. elbow

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Old English

Noun

cot n (nominative plural cotas)

1. cottage

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Romanian

Etymology

From Latin cubitum.

Noun

cot n (plural coate)

1. elbow
2. (m, plural coturi) corner
3. (n, plural coți) old unit of length, approx. 2 feet

Derived terms

• coti