pot

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Derived terms 1.2.1.2 Translations 1.2.2 Verb 1.2.2.1 Translations 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Noun 1.3.1.1 Synonyms 1.3.1.2 Derived terms 1.3.1.3 Translations 1.4 References 1.5 Anagrams 2 Basque 2.1 Noun 3 Croatian 3.1 Noun 4 Czech 4.1 Pronunciation 4.2 Noun 4.2.1 Declension 4.2.2 Related terms 5 Dutch 5.1 Pronunciation 5.2 Noun 5.2.1 Derived terms 6 French 6.1 Etymology 6.2 Pronunciation 6.3 Noun 6.3.1 Derived terms 6.3.2 References 7 Polish 7.1 Etymology 7.2 Noun 7.2.1 Declension 7.2.2 Derived terms 8 Romanian 8.1 Pronunciation 8.2 Verb 9 Slovene 9.1 Noun 9.2 Noun 10 Tatar 10.1 Noun 10.1.1 Declension 10.1.2 See also

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Wikipedia

[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: pŏt, IPA: /pɒt/, SAMPA: /pQt/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}

  Rhymes: -ɒt

[edit] Etymology 1

Old English pott.

[edit] Noun

pot (plural pots)

1. A vessel used for cooking or storing food.
2. (poker) The money wagered in poker or similar games.
3. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) (poker) A round in a poker game.
4. A trap for catching lobsters, crabs, or fish.
5. (archaic) An iron hat with a broad brim.
   • 1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 12:

     The pot is an iron hat with broad brims: there are many under the denomination in the Tower, said to have been taken from the French; one of them is represented in plat 7, fig. 1 and 2.

6. (Australian) A glass of beer. Size varies regionally but is normally 10 fl oz (285 ml).
7. A potshot
8. (slang) A protruding belly; a paunch.
9. (slang) Ruin or deterioration.
   • His prospect went to pot.
10. (sports, billiards, snooker, pool) The act of causing a ball to fall into a pocket.
11. (slang) A potentiometer.
12. (rail transport) a non-conducting, usually ceramic, stand that supports the third rail while keeping it electrically insulated from the ground.

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to pot (third-person singular simple present pots, present participle potting, simple past and past participle potted)

1. To put (something) into a pot.
2. To preserve by bottling or canning, e.g. potted meat
3. (snooker, billiards, pool, etc.) To cause a ball to fall into a pocket.
4. (British) To send someone to gaol, expeditiously.

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[edit] Etymology 2

Possibly a shortened form of Mexican Spanish potiguaya (“‘marijuana leaves’”) or potaguaya (“‘cannabis leaves’”) or potación de guaya literally ‘drink of grief’, supposedly denoting a drink of wine or brandy in which marijuana buds were steeped.

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pot (uncountable)

1. (slang, uncountable) The drug marijuana.

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• See also Wikisaurus:marijuana

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• pothead

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[edit] References

• “pot” in the Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, 1974 edition.
• “pot” in the Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper, 2001

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: opt
• otp
• PTO
• top
• TPO

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pot

1. kiss

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[edit] Croatian

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pot m.

1. sweat

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[edit] Czech

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /pot/

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pot m., inanimate

1. sweat

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• potit se

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[edit] Noun

pot m. (plural potten, diminutive potje, diminutive plural potjes)

1. jar, pot, vase
2. (pejorative) dyke (lesbian)

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• potplant
• bloempot
• oppotten
• verpotten

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[edit] French

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From Vulgar Latin pottum (“‘pot, jar’”).

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• IPA: /po/
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[edit] Noun

pot m. (plural pots)

1. (common, original sense) pot, jar, vase (often specified after its intended content which follows after à -, e.g. pot à fleurs 'flower pot')
2. cooking pot; (culinary) dish
3. (colloquial) drink, jar, bevvy
4. (colloquial) do (UK), bash, drinks party
5. pot, kitty, pool (of money staked at cards etc.)
6. ancient measure, containing two pintes
7. paper size, about 40 by 31 cm
8. (slang, vulgar) arse, bum, backside

[edit] Derived terms

avoir du pot découvrir le pot aux roses en avoir plein le pot faire son pot potage

potager pot-au-feu pot catalytique pot d'échappement pot de colle

pot-de-vin, pot-de-vinier potée poterie; potier pot pourri se manier le pot tourner autour du pot

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• Nouveau Petit Larousse illustré. Dictionnaire encyclopédique. Paris, Librairie Larousse, 1952, 146th edition

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[edit] Polish

Wikipedia ^pl

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From Proto-Slavic *potъ

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pot m.

1. sweat

[edit] Declension

	Singular	Plural
Nominative	pot	(poty)
Genitive	potu	(potów)
Dative	potowi	(potom)
Accusative	pot	(poty)
Instrumental	potem	(potami)
Locative	pocie	(potach)
Vocative	pocie	(poty)

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• pocić się

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[edit] Romanian

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• IPA: [pot]

[edit] Verb

pot

1. first-person singular present tense form of putea.

   te pot vedea, prostule.

   I can see you, idiot.

2. first-person singular subjunctive form of putea.

   am să pot să merg cu tine mâine dimineaţă

   I'll be able to go with you tomorrow morning.

3. third-person plural present tense form of putea.

   calmează-te, nu pot să-ţi străbată gândul.

   calm down, they can't read your mind.

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pot mf

1. way, road

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pot m.

1. sweat

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[edit] Tatar

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pot

1. (archaic) A unit of volume: 1 pot, the volume of 16 kg of water.
2. (archaic) A unit of weight: 1 pot = 40 qadaq = 16.380 kg .

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• Obsolete Tatar units of measurement on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Obsolete Tatar units of measurement