cote

See also coté, côte, and côté

English

Pronunciation

• X-SAMPA: /"kot/
• IPA: /ˈkot/

Etymology 1

From the Old English cote, the feminine form of cot "small house." Cognate to Dutch kot.

Noun

cote (plural cotes)

1. A cottage or hut.
2. A small structure built to contain domesticated animals such as sheep, pigs or pigeons.
   • Milton

     Watching where shepherds pen their flocks, at eve, / In hurdled cotes.

Related terms

• dovecote
• sheepcote

Synonyms

• shed

Etymology 2

See quote.

Verb

cote (third-person singular simple present cotes, present participle coting, simple past and past participle coted)

1. (obsolete) To quote.

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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

Anagrams

• Ceto

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French

Verb

cote

1. first-person singular present indicative of coter
2. third-person singular present indicative of coter
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of coter
4. first-person singular present subjunctive of coter
5. second-person singular imperative of coter

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Latin

Noun

cōte

1. ablative singular of cōs

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Middle English

Noun

cote (plural cotes)

1. coat

Descendants

• English: coat