snot

English

Etymology

From Old English gesnot, from the same base as snout.

Pronunciation

• enPR: snŏt, IPA: /snɒt/, X-SAMPA: /snQt/
• Rhymes: -ɒt

Noun

snot (countable and uncountable; plural snots)

1. (informal, uncountable) Mucus, especially mucus from the nose.
2. (slang, countable) Contemptible child.

   - You are a snot! You are a snot!

   - No I'm not!

Synonyms

• booger (US)

Derived terms

• snotball
• snot-nosed
• snotty
• snotnose
• eye-snot, eye snot
• snot rocket

Translations

mucus

• Arabic: مخاط (ar) (mukhaaT) m, مخاط الأنف (ar) (mukhaaT al-'anf) m
• Burmese: နှပ် (my) (hnat)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鼻涕 (cmn) (bíti), 鼻水 (cmn) (bíshuǐ), (vulgar) 鼻屎 (cmn) (bíshǐ)

• Czech: sopel (cs) m
• Dutch: snot (nl) n
• Finnish: räkä (fi)
• French: morve (fr) f
• Georgian: ჟღვლინტი (ka) (zhghvlinti), წვინტლი (ka) (tsvintli), ცინგლი (ka) (tsingli), კინკლი (ka) (kinkli)
• German: Rotz m, Rotze f, Schnodder m, Nasenschleim m (from nose only)
• Greek: μύξα (el) (míksa) f
• Hungarian: takony (hu)
• Icelandic: hor (is) n
• Japanese: 鼻水 (ja) (はなみず, hanamizu)

• Korean: 콧물 (konmul)
• Macedonian: мрсул (mk) (m'rsul) m
• Ngarrindjeri: nrugi
• Norwegian: snørr (no) f and n
• Polish: smark m, smarki pl f
• Portuguese: muco (pt) m
• Romanian: muci (ro) m pl
• Russian: сопля (ru) (sopljá) f, (usually plural) сопли (ru) (sópli) f pl
• Spanish: moco (es) m
• Swedish: snor (sv)
• Turkish: please add this translation if you can
• Turkmen: sümük (tk)
• Ukrainian: (slang) смаркаль (smarkal')

contemptible child

• Dutch: snotaap (nl)
• Finnish: räkänokka (fi)
• German: Rotz (de) m
• Hungarian: taknyos (hu)
• Macedonian: мрсулко (mk) (m'rsulko) m

• Norwegian: snørrunge (no) m
• Polish: smarkacz m, smark m
• Russian: сопляк (ru) (sopljak) m
• Swedish: snorunge (sv) c

Verb

snot (third-person singular simple present snots, present participle snotting, simple past and past participle snotted)

1. (transitive) To blow, wipe, or clear (the nose).

Translations

to blow, wipe or clear the nose

• Finniah: niistää (fi)

Anagrams

• NOTs
• tons

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch snotte.

Noun

snot n (uncountable)

1. snot, nasal mucus

Derived terms

• snotaap
• snotneus

Anagrams

• Sont