Scot

See also: scot and Scot.

English

Etymology

From Old English Scottas (“people from Ireland, Irishmen”), from Late Latin Scotti (see Scōtī for more).

See Scoti.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈskɒt/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈskɑt/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /ˈskɔʔ/
• Rhymes: -ɒt
• Homophone: Scott

Noun

Scot (plural Scots)

1. A person born in or native to Scotland.

   Synonyms: Scotsman, Scotchman

Usage notes

• See Scottish and Scotch.

Hyponyms

• Lowlander, Highlander

Derived terms

• Scotch
• Scotizing
• Scots' Gap
• Scottish

 

Translations

a person born in or native to Scotland

• Armenian: Շոտլանդացի (Šotlandacʻi)
• Bulgarian: шотландец m (šotlandec), шотландка f (šotlandka)
• Catalan: escocès (ca) m, escocesa (ca) f, (archaic) escot (ca) m, (archaic) escota (ca) f

  Valencian: escocés (ca) m, escocesa (ca) f

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 蘇格蘭人／苏格兰人 (zh) (sūgélánrén)

• Czech: Skot (cs) m, Skotka (cs) f
• Danish: skotte (da) c
• Dutch: Schot (nl) m, Schotse (nl) f
• Esperanto: skoto (man or woman), skotino (woman)
• Estonian: šotlane (male, female), šotlanna (female)
• Faroese: skoti m
• Finnish: skotti (fi)
• French: Écossais (fr) m, Écossaise (fr) f
• Galician: escocés (gl) m, escocesa f
• Georgian: შოტლანდიელი (ka) (šoṭlandieli)
• German: Schotte (de) m, Schottin (de) f
• Greek: Σκωτσέζος (el) m (Skotsézos)
• Hawaiian: Kekokia
• Hungarian: skót (hu)
• Icelandic: Skoti m
• Irish: Albanach (ga) m, Scot m (historical), Scotach m (rare)
• Italian: scozzese (it) m or f
• Japanese: スコットランド人 (ja) (Sukottorando-jin)
• Khmer: ស្កុត (skot)
• Korean: 스코틀랜드 사람 (seukoteullaendeu saram)
• Latvian: skots m, skotiete f
• Lithuanian: škòtas m, škòtė f
• Macedonian: Шкот m (Škot), Шкотла́нѓанец m (Škotlánǵanec), Шко́тка f (Škótka), Шкотла́нѓанка f (Škotlánǵanka)
• Norwegian: skotte (no) m
• Occitan: escocés (oc) m
• Polish: Szkot (pl) m, Szkotka (pl) f
• Portuguese: escocês (pt) m, escocesa (pt) f
• Romanian: scoțian (ro) m, scoțiană (ro) f
• Russian: шотла́ндец (ru) m (šotlándec), шотла́ндка (ru) f (šotlándka)
• Scottish Gaelic: Albannach m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Roman: Škȍt (sh) m

• Slovak: Škót m, Škótka f
• Spanish: escocés (es) m, escocesa (es) f
• Swahili: Mskoti
• Swedish: skotte (sv) c
• Volapük: (♂♀) Skotänan (vo), (♂) hi-Skotänan, (♀) ji-Skotänan
• Yiddish: סקאַט m (skat)

Proper noun

Scot (plural Scots)

1. A surname
2. A male given name transferred from the surname, of rare usage, variant of Scott.

See also

• Scott
• Scotus

 

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “Scot”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
• “Scot”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• C. Oman, A History of England before the Norman Conquest, London, 1910, p. 157

Anagrams

• C.O.T.S., COTS, CSTO, CTOs, Cost, OCTS, OSTC, TOCs, cost, cots

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

Scot m (genitive singular Scoit, nominative plural Scoit)

1. (historical) Scot, Irishman

Declension

Declension of Scot

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative Scot Scoit Vocative a Scoit a Scota Genitive Scoit Scot Dative Scot Scoit

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an Scot na Scoit Genitive an Scoit na Scot Dative leis an Scot don Scot leis na Scoit

Derived terms

• Scotach (“Scottish; Scotch-Irish”, adjective)
• Scotach m (“Scot, Scotsman; Irishman of Scottish descent”)

 

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Scot”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN