pot

See also: Pot, poť, pōt, pǫt, pot., pot-, and pót-

English

Cooking pot on a stove.

Pronunciation

• enPR: pŏt, IPA^(key): /pɒt/
• Rhymes: -ɒt
• enPR: pät, IPA^(key): /pɑt/

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Etymology 1

From Middle English pot, potte, from Old English pott (“pot”) and Old French pot ("pot"; probably from Frankish *pott); both Old English and Frankish from Proto-Germanic *puttaz (“pot”), from Proto-Indo-European *budnós (“a type of vessel”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Pot (“pot”), Dutch pot (“pot”), German Low German Pott (“pot”), German Pott (“pot”), Swedish potta (“chamber pot”), Icelandic pottur (“tub, pot”), Old Armenian պոյտն (poytn, “pot, earthen pot”).

The sense of ruin or deterioration was originally an allusion to being chopped up and tossed in a pot like a piece of meat. The slang term for toilets and the lavatory derives from chamberpots although now usually encountered as potty during children's toilet training.

Noun

pot (plural pots)

2. A flat-bottomed vessel (usually metal) used for cooking food.

   Synonyms: cookpot, cooking pot

3. Various similar open-topped vessels, particularly
   1. A vessel (usually earthenware) used with a seal for storing food, such as a honeypot.
   2. A vessel used for brewing or serving drinks: a coffeepot or teapot.
   3. A vessel used to hold soil for growing plants, particularly flowers: a flowerpot.
      • 1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 10, in The Mirror and the Lamp:

        He looked round the poor room, at the distempered walls, and the bad engravings in meretricious frames, the crinkly paper and wax flowers on the chiffonier; and he thought of a room like Father Bryan's, with panelling, with cut glass, with tulips in silver pots, such a room as he had hoped to have for his own.

   4. (archaic except in fixed expressions) A vessel used for urination and defecation: a chamber pot; (figuratively, slang) a toilet; the lavatory.

      Synonyms: can, chamber pot, potty, shitpot; see also Thesaurus:chamber pot

      Shit or get off the pot.

      • 2011, Ben Zeller, Secrets of Beaver Creek, p. 204:

        “Clinton,” Gail cried from outside, “are you going to sit on the pot all day?”

   5. A crucible: a melting pot.
   6. A pot-shaped trap used for catching lobsters or other seafood: a lobster pot.

      Synonyms: lobster pot, lobster trap

   7. A pot-shaped metal or earthenware extension of a flue above the top of a chimney: a chimney pot.
   8. A perforated cask for draining sugar.
   9. (obsolete) An earthen or pewter cup or mug used for drinking liquor.
      • 1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney: Ure Smith, published 1965, page 85:

        "So kindly keep the vainglorious enumeration of your pots for the benefit of those village idiots who compose your particular set of boozing companions."

   10. (Australia, Queensland, Victoria, Tasmania) A glass of beer in Australia whose size varies regionally but is typically around 10 fl oz (285 mL).

       Synonyms: (New South Wales, Western Australia) middy, (South Australia) schooner

       • 2009, Deborah Penrith & al., Live & Work in Australia, p. 187:

         There are plenty of pubs and bars all over Australia (serving beer in schooners – 425ml or middies/pots ~285ml), and if you don′t fancy those you can drink in wine bars, pleasant beer gardens, or with friends at home.

4. (archaic except in place names) Pothole, sinkhole, vertical cave e.g. Rowten Pot
5. (slang) Ruin or deterioration.

   After his arrest, his prospects went to pot.

6. (historical) An iron hat with a broad brim worn as a helmet.
   • 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...

7. (rail transport) A pot-shaped non-conducting (usually ceramic) stand that supports an electrified rail while insulating it from the ground.
8. (gambling, poker) The money available to be won in a hand of poker or a round of other games of chance; (figuratively) any sum of money being used as an enticement.

   Synonyms: kitty, pool

   No one's interested. You need to sweeten the pot.

9. (UK, horse-racing, slang) A favorite: a heavily-backed horse.
10. (slang) Clipping of potbelly: a pot-shaped belly, a paunch.
    • 1994, Quentin Tarantino, Pulp Fiction:

      Fabienne: I wish I had a pot.
      Butch: You were lookin' in the mirror and you wish you had some pot?
      Fabienne: A pot. A pot belly. Pot bellies are sexy.
      Butch: Well you should be happy, 'cause you do.
      Fabienne: Shut up, Fatso! I don't have a pot! I have a bit of a tummy, like Madonna when she did "Lucky Star". It's not the same thing.

11. (slang) Clipping of potshot: a haphazard shot; an easy or cheap shot.
    • 2011 October 1, Tom Fordyce, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 16-12 Scotland”, in BBC Sport:

      England were shipping penalties at an alarming rate - five in the first 15 minutes alone - and with Wilkinson missing three long-distance pots of his own in the first 20 minutes, the alarm bells began to ring for Martin Johnson's men.

12. (chiefly East Midlands, Yorkshire) A plaster cast.
13. (historical) Alternative form of pott: a former size of paper, 12.5 × 15 inches.

Derived terms

• chamberpot
• chamber pot
• coffee-pot
• coffee pot
• coffeepot
• cookpot
• go to pot
• honeypot
• hot pot
• piss pot
• pisspot
• pot ale
• pot-au-feu
• potbelly
• potboil
• pot boiler
• potboiler
• potholder
• pot holder
• pothole
• pot-in-pot
• pot life
• potpie
• potpourri
• pot roast
• potsherd
• potshot
• potsticker
• pot stirrer
• pottage
• potted plant
• potter
• pottery
• potty
• shitpot
• stir the pot
• stockpot
• tea pot
• tea-pot
• teapot
• two pot screamer

 

Translations

vessel for cooking or storing food etc.

• Albanian: vegsh (sq) m, sahan (sq) m, tenxhere (sq) f, poçe (sq) f, kusi (sq) f, aplladhe (sq),
• Arabic: قِدْر (ar) m (qidr), إِنَاء m (ʔināʔ), طَنْجَرَة f (ṭanjara)

  Algerian Arabic: برمة

  Egyptian Arabic: حلة f (ḥala)

  Hijazi Arabic: قِدِر m (gidir), حلَّة f (ḥalla)

• Armenian: աման (hy) (aman), անոթ (hy) (anotʻ), կաթսայիկ (hy) (katʻsayik), պուտուկ (hy) (putuk), կճուճ (hy) (kčuč), փարչ (hy) (pʻarčʻ), գավաթ (hy) (gavatʻ)

  Old Armenian: պոյտն (poytn)

• Aromanian: oalã f
• Azerbaijani: qazan (az)
• Belarusian: гаршчо́к (be) m (harščók), кастру́ля f (kastrúlja), ро́ндаль m (róndalʹ)
• Bulgarian: те́нджера (bg) f (téndžera)
• Burmese: အိုး (my) (ui:)
• Catalan: olla (ca) f, pot (ca) m
• Cebuano: kulon
• Chamicuro: kas̈hoto
• Chichewa: mbiya, poto
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鍋／锅 (zh) (guō), 锅 (zh) (guō), 壺／壶 (zh) (hú), 壶 (zh) (hú)

  Cantonese: 煲 (bou¹)

• Crimean Tatar: badiye
• Czech: hrnec (cs) m
• Danish: potte c (for plants), krukke (da) c
• Dutch: pot (nl) m
• Erzya: чакш (čakš)
• Esperanto: poto
• Estonian: pott
• Finnish: pata (fi) (used for cooking or storing), kattila (fi) (used for mostly cooking), ruukku (fi) (used for storing)
• French: pot (fr) m, marmite (fr) f, chaudron (fr) m
• Friulian: pignat, vâs, cite, ole f
• Galician: pota (gl) f, pote (gl) m, perola f, perolo m, ola (gl) f, caldeiro m, ursoa f, cadira f, ataño m
• German: Topf (de) m
• Gothic: 𐌺𐌰𐍃 n (kas)
• Greek: χύτρα (el) (chýtra)

  Ancient: χύτρα f (khútra)

• Hebrew: סִיר (he) m (sir)
• Hindi: बरतन (hi) m (bartan), मटका (hi) m (maṭkā)
• Hungarian: edény (hu), fazék (hu)
• Icelandic: pottur m
• Ido: poto (io)
• Italian: pentola (it) f, vaso (it) m, marmitta (it), pignatta (it)
• Japanese: 鍋 (ja) (なべ, nabe)
• Jarai: gô̆
• Kazakh: кәстрөл (käströl)
• Khmer: ឆ្នាំង (km) (chnang)
• Korean: 단지 (ko) (danji), 독 (ko) (dok), 냄비 (ko) (naembi)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: قازان (ckb) (qazan), مەنجەڵ (mencell)

• Ladino: chanaka, tendjere, kaldera
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• Lao: ໝໍ້ (mǭ)
• Latin: olla (la) f
• Latvian: katls m
• Livonian: padā
• Low German: Pott (nds) m
• Macedonian: тенџере n (tendžere), лонец m (lonec)
• Maguindanao: kuden
• Malay: periuk
• Manchu: ᠮᡠᠴᡝᠨ (mucen)
• Mansaka: koron
• Maori: hōpane, tīhake
• Maranao: koden
• Navajo: ásaaʼ
• Norman: pot m, tèrrinne f, malzard m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: potte m or f

  Nynorsk: potte f

• Occitan: ola (oc) f
• Persian: دیگ (fa) (dig), قابلمه (fa) (qâblame)
• Polish: garnek (pl) m
• Portuguese: pote (pt) m, panela (pt) (for cooking)
• Quechua: manka
• Romanian: oală (ro) f
• Russian: горшо́к (ru) m (goršók), ба́нка (ru) f (bánka), кастрю́ля (ru) f (kastrjúlja)
• Samoan: please add this translation if you can
• Sanskrit: चरु (sa) m (caru)
• Scottish Gaelic: poit f, prais f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ло̀нац m, шерпа f, ко̀тао m

  Roman: lònac (sh) m, šerpa (sh) f, kòtao (sh) m

• Shor: қазанақ
• Slovak: hrniec m
• Slovene: lonec (sl) m
• Spanish: olla (es) f, marmita (es) f (cooking), pote (es) m (storing)
• Swahili: chungu (sw)
• Swedish: gryta (sv) c
• Tajik: қоблама (qoblama), дег (deg)
• Telugu: కుండ (te) (kuṇḍa)
• Tetum: please add this translation if you can
• Thai: หม้อ (th) (mɔ̂ɔ)
• Tibetan: ཁོག་མ (khog ma)
• Tocharian B: lwāke, sapule
• Tongan: kulo
• Turkish: tencere (tr)
• Ukrainian: го́рщик (uk) m (hórščyk), кастру́ля (uk) f (kastrúlja), ро́ндель m (róndelʹ)
• Vietnamese: nồi (vi)
• Volapük: skal (vo)
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: kuzen
• Yiddish: טאָפּ m (top)
• Yoruba: ìkòkò, ikoko

money wagered

• Bulgarian: залог (bg) m (zalog), под (bg) m (pod)
• Catalan: pot (ca) m
• Finnish: potti (fi)
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• German: Einsatz (de) m
• Italian: piatto (it), posta (it)
• Polish: (poker) pula (pl) f

favourite horse

• Finnish: suosikkihevonen
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trap for crabs and other seafood

• Finnish: merta (fi)
• Galician: nasa f
• Italian: nassa (it)
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• Korean: 통발 (tongbal)
• Polish: więcierz (pl) m, wereżka f
• Portuguese: covo (pt) m

iron hat

• Czech: helmice f
• Finnish: pata (fi)
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glass of beer

• Czech: půlitr m
• Finnish: lasi (fi)
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potshot — see potshot

protruding belly

• Bulgarian: шкембе (bg) n (škembe)
• Czech: cejcha (cs) f, pupek (cs) m
• Finnish: möhömaha
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Galician: bandullo (gl) m
• Portuguese: pança (pt) f

ruin or deterioration

• Finnish: vessanpönttö (fi)
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• Galician: pota (gl) f, desfeita f

cue sports: act of causing a ball to fall into a pocket

• Finnish: pussitus (fi)
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rail transport: non-conducting stand that supports the third rail

• Finnish: eriste (fi)
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earthen or pewter cup for liquors; mug

• Bulgarian: кана (bg) f (kana)
• Finnish: jumpru (fi)
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• Galician: pote (gl) m, cunca (gl) f

extension of a flue

• Finnish: savutorvi (fi)
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crucible — see crucible

perforated cask for draining sugar

• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

size of paper — see pott

slang: toilet

• Finnish: pönttö (fi), pytty (fi)
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plaster cast — see plaster cast

coffeepot, teapot

• Bulgarian: чайник (bg) m (čajnik)
• Galician: pota (gl) f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kanne (no) m or f

  Nynorsk: kanne f

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• Portuguese: bule (pt) m

See also

• (East Asian round-bottomed pot): wok
• (used for cooking in pots): stove, cooker, multicooker, potholder, lid

Verb

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

1. To put (something) into a pot.

   to pot a plant

2. To preserve by bottling or canning.

   potted meat

3. (snooker, pool, billiards) To cause a ball to fall into a pocket.
4. (snooker, pool, billiards) To be capable of being potted.

   The black ball doesn't pot; the red is in the way.

5. (transitive) To shoot with a firearm.
   • 1897, Encyclopaedia of Sport

     When hunted, it [the jaguar] takes refuge in trees, and this habit is well known to hunters, who pursue it with dogs and pot it when treed.

6. (intransitive, dated) To take a pot shot, or haphazard shot, with a firearm.
7. (transitive, colloquial) To secure; gain; win; bag.
8. (British) To send someone to gaol, expeditiously.
9. (obsolete, dialect, UK) To tipple; to drink.
   • 1623, Owen Feltham, Resolves: Divine, Moral, Political:

     It is less labour to plough than to pot it.

10. (transitive) To drain (e.g. sugar of the molasses) in a perforated cask.
    • 1793, Bryan Edwards, History, Civil and Commercial, of the British Colonies in the West Indies

      Too much temper likewise prevents the melasses from separating from the sugar when it is potted or put into the hogshead

11. (transitive, British) To seat a person, usually a young child, on a potty or toilet, typically during toilet teaching.
    • 1975, Nancie R. Finnie, Handling the Young Cerebral Palsied Child, →ISBN, page 75:

      Ideally the best Ideally the best way of tackling the problem of toilet training, is to 'pot' your child at set intervals when he is at home, even though he may no longer be a baby, thus establishing a regular routine instead of one at odd intervals.

    • 1978, Penelope Leach, Your Baby & Child from Birth to Age Five, →ISBN, page 225:

      If you leave out this “catching" stage altogether and start proper toilet training at, say, eighteen months you will only have to pot your baby about 2000 times for the same effect.

    • 2004, Joan Gomez, Coping with Incontinence, →ISBN, page 33:

      Do not make the mistake of potting your baby as early as possible, but wait until she gives the signal that she is aware that puddles are somehow to do with her.

    • 2012, Nanny Smith & Nina Grunfeld, Nanny Knows Best: Successful Potty Training, →ISBN:

      Of course, if at any stage your child takes a violent dislike to the pot, then I would put it away for a few weeks and then try again, but if the pot is very comfortable, your attitude is calm and you don't over-pot your child (put him on the pot too often or talk about the pot too much), this shouldn't happen.

12. (chiefly East Midlands) To apply a plaster cast to a broken limb.
13. To catch (a fish, eel, etc) via a pot.
    • 1994, The Dukes County Intelligencer, volumes 36-37, page 131:

      Potting Eels: Except for the mature neshaws, Vineyard eels were potted (caught by pots) in September and October. […] When eeling was good, each pot would catch 25 to 100 pounds of neshaws; some pots would be filled to capacity.

14. (rugby, transitive) To score (a drop goal).
    • 1967, Arthur H. Carman, Ranfurly Shield Rugby (page 139)

      With five minutes to go, Trevathan potted his second goal, and finally it was the fullback Taylor who scored.

    • 1998, Geoffrey Serle: In Tribute (page 20)

      He played for the Oxford Australians against their Cambridge counterparts, and even potted a few goals at picnic Rugby matches.

Translations

put (something) into a pot

• Armenian: ամանի մեջ դնել (amani meǰ dnel)
• Dutch: oppotten (nl)
• Finnish: ruukuttaa, purkittaa (fi)
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• German: etwas in einen Topf werfen
• Ido: ^{(please verify)} enpotigar (io)

preserve

• Armenian: պահածոյացնել (hy) (pahacoyacʻnel)
• Bulgarian: консервирам (bg) (konserviram)
• Dutch: inmaken (nl)
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• Finnish: pullottaa (fi) (bottling), tölkittää (fi), purkittaa (fi) (canning)

cause a ball to fall into a pocket

• Dutch: potten (nl)
• Finnish: pussittaa (fi)
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• German: lochen (de)
• Spanish: meter (es)

cue sports: be capable of being potted

• Finnish: mennä pussiin
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shoot with a firearm

• Finnish: pudottaa (fi)
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take a pot shot

• Finnish: ampua umpimähkään
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secure; gain; win; bag

• Finnish: ottaa voitto kotiin
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send someone to gaol expeditiously

• Finnish: panna kiven sisään, heittää häkkiin
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tipple; drink

• Finnish: kipata (fi)
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drain

• Finnish: valuttaa (fi)
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seat a child onto a potty

• Finnish: käyttää potalla
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apply a plaster cast

• Finnish: kipsata (fi)
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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.

Noun

pot (uncountable)

2. (slang, uncountable) Marijuana.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:marijuana

   • 1968 July, Shel Silverstein, “Silverstein's Hippies”, in Playboy Magazine, page 189:

     The way we figure it, ma'am, if everybody walked around naked, smoked pot and listened to rock'n'roll, there wouldn't be any more wars!

Derived terms

• pothead

Translations

marijuana

• Czech: marihuana (cs) f, tráva (cs) f
• Danish: pot (da), græs (da)
• Dutch: wiet (nl)
• Finnish: ruoho (fi)
• French: herbe (fr) f, beu (fr) f, beuh (fr) f, pot (fr) m (Quebec), mari (fr) f (Quebec), marie-jeanne (fr) f, zamal (fr) m (Réunion)
• German: Gras (de) n, Marihuana (de) n
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• Hebrew: חֲשִׁישׁ (he) m (ḥashísh)
• Hungarian: marihuána (hu), fű (hu)
• Italian: erba (it) f, marijuana (it) f, cannabis (it) f
• Polish: marihuana (pl) m, zioło (pl) n, trawa (pl) f
• Portuguese: maconha (pt) f, erva (pt) f
• Russian: марихуана (ru) f (marixuana), травка (ru) f (travka) (slang)
• Spanish: marihuana (es) f

Etymology 3

Clipping of potentiometer.

Noun

pot (plural pots)

1. (slang, electronics) A simple electromechanical device used to control resistance or voltage (often to adjust sound volume) in an electronic device by rotating or sliding when manipulated by a human thumb, screwdriver, etc.

Derived terms

• slide pot (a sliding (linear) potentiometer typically designed to be manipulated by a thumb or finger)
• thumb pot (a rotating potentiometer designed to be turned by a thumb or finger)

Verb

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

1. (slang, broadcasting) To fade volume in or out by means of a potentiometer.
   • 1999, A Broadcast Engineering Tutorial for Non-engineers (page 23)

     While the announcer is talking, the select switch on the mixing board for the microphone input is selected, and the microphone is “potted up.”

Etymology 4

Clipping of potion.

Noun

pot (plural pots)

1. (roleplaying games) Clipping of potion.

References

• “pot” in the Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, 1974 edition.
• Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “pot”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Anagrams

• OPT, OPt, OTP, PTO, TPO, oPt, opt, opt., top

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Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch pot, from Middle Dutch pot.

Noun

pot (plural potte)

1. pot; jar

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Albanian

Etymology

From Romance *pottus (“pot”).

Noun

pot m (plural pota, definite poti, definite plural potat)

1. mill-hopper, flower-bin
2. little boy

Related terms

• poç

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Aromanian

Alternative forms

• potu

Etymology

From a Vulgar Latin *poteō, from Latin possum (formed analogically in post-Classical Latin on the basis of potens, the present participle of possum). Compare Romanian putea, pot.

Verb

pot (third-person singular present indicative poati / poate, past participle pututã)

1. I can, could, am able to.

Related terms

• puteari, puteare
• putut

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Basque

Noun

pot inan

1. kiss

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈpɔt]

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• Rhymes: -ɔt

Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin pottum, pottus (“pot, jar”), from Frankish Frankish *pott, from Proto-Germanic *puttaz (“pot”), from Proto-Indo-European *budnós (“a type of vessel”). Cognate with French pot, English pot, Saterland Frisian Pot, Dutch pot, German Low German Pott, German Pott, Swedish potta (“chamber pot”), Icelandic pottur (“tub, pot”), Old Armenian պոյտն (poytn, “pot, earthen pot”).

Noun

pot m (plural pots)

1. jar, canister, vessel
2. jackpot

Derived terms

• potet (“little jar”)

Etymology 2

From a Vulgar Latin reconstructed form *pote(t), regularized form of Classical Latin *potest. The reglularized pattern is present in all the Romance languages, see Vulgar Latin *potēre.

Verb

pot

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Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *potъ (“sweat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pot/

Noun

, inanimate

1. sweat

Related terms

• potit se

Further reading

• Template:R:PSJC
• Template:R:SSJC

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔt/

• audio:

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• Hyphenation: pot
• Rhymes: -ɔt

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch pot, from Proto-Germanic *puttaz (“pot”). Cognate with English pot (“pot”)

Noun

pot m (plural potten, diminutive potje n)

1. jar, pot, solid container
2. (Belgium) cooking pot

   Synonym: kookpot

3. kitty or pool (where stakes, etc., are centralized)
4. (Netherlands, vulgar) loo, crapper (toilet)

   Synonym: toiletpot

Derived terms

• bloempot
• doofpot
• fooienpot
• hutspot
• kamerpot
• kookpot
• koperpot
• lollepot
• oppotten
• potas
• potdeksel
• potdoof
• potjeslatijn
• potplant
• pottenbakken
• sierpot
• spaarpot
• stamppot
• stoofpot
• stroppenpot
• verpotten

 

Descendants

• Afrikaans: pot
• Berbice Creole Dutch: poto
• Negerhollands: pot, put, potji
  • → Virgin Islands Creole: poty
• Petjo: pot
• → Indonesian: pot, poci (from the diminutive)
• → Papiamentu: pòchi (from the diminutive)

Etymology 2

Clipping of lollepot.

Noun

pot f (plural potten, diminutive potje n)

1. (derogatory) dyke (lesbian)

Derived terms

• potteus

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

pot

1. (deprecated template usage) first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of potten
2. (deprecated template usage) imperative of potten

Anagrams

• top

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French

Etymology 1

From Middle French pot, from Old French pot (“pot”), from Vulgar Latin pottum, pottus (“pot, jar”), from Proto-Germanic *puttaz (“pot, jar, tub”), from Proto-Indo-European *budn- (“a kind of vessel”). More at pot.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /po/

  • audio:

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  • Homophones: paux, peau, peaux, Pô, pots
  • Rhymes: -o
• IPA^(key): /pɔ/

  • Audio (Belgium):

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  • Homophone: pots
  • Rhymes: -ɔ
• IPA^(key): /pɔt/, /pot/ (in some fixed terms like pot-au-feu, pot aux roses)

Noun

pot m (plural pots)

1. pot, jar, vase, tin, can, carton (a container of any of various materials)

   (with à indicates intended use): pot à épices — spice jar

   (with de indicates either actual/current use...): pot d’eau — vase of water

   (...or material): pot de verre — (glass) jar

2. cooking pot (any vessel used to cook food)
3. (cooking) dish
4. (childish) potty (the pot used when toilet-training children)
5. (colloquial) drink, jar, bevvy (alcoholic beverage)
6. (colloquial) do (UK), bash, drinks party (a small, informal party or celebration)
7. (card games) pot, kitty, pool (money staked at cards, etc.)
8. (informal) luck (success; chance occurrence, especially when favourable)
9. (oenology) A half-litre bottle or measure of wine.
10. A pre-metric unit of measure, equivalent to 1.5 litres.
11. A paper size, about 40 by 31 cm.
12. (slang, vulgar) arse, ass (the buttocks)

Derived terms

• avoir du pot
• coup de pot
• cuiller à pot
• c’est dans les vieux pots qu’on fait la meilleure soupe
• en avoir plein le pot
• en deux coups de cuillère à pot
• faire son pot
• payer les pots cassés
• plein pot
• pot à fleur
• pot aux roses
• pot catalytique
• pot commun
• pot de chambre
• pot de colle
• pot de fleur
• pot de fleurs
• pot d’échappement
• pot-au-feu
• pot-de-vin
• pot-de-vinier
• pot-pourri
• potage
• potager
• potée
• poterie
• potier
• poule au pot
• se manier le pot
• sourd comme un pot
• tenir le pot droit
• tourner autour du pot

 

Etymology 2

From English pot.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔt/

Noun

pot m (uncountable)

1. (Canada) pot, weed (cannabis, marijuana)

References

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

Further reading

• “pot”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch pot, from Middle Dutch pot, from Proto-Germanic *puttaz (“pot”). Doublet of poci.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɔt̪̚]
• Hyphenation: pot

Noun

pot (first-person possessive potku, second-person possessive potmu, third-person possessive potnya)

1. pot (a vessel used to hold soil for growing plants)
2. ellipsis of pispot.

Derived terms

• pengepotan
• pot gantung

 

Further reading

• “pot” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

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Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *puttaz (“pot”).

Noun

pot m

1. pot, jar
2. can, jug

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: pot
• Limburgish: pót

Further reading

• “pot (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “pot”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• potte, pott, poot, pote

Etymology

From Old English pott and Old French pot, both ultimately from Proto-Germanic *puttaz, from Proto-Indo-European *budnós.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔt/

Noun

pot (plural pottes)

1. A pot; a circular receptacle or vessel:
   1. A cookpot (a pot used for cooking in)
   2. A pot used for storing substances (especially food or water)
   3. A pot used for ladling or serving liquids; a beaker.
   4. A measurement for the quantity of liquids.
   5. A pot of a certain material or manufacture:
      1. A ceramic pot or vessel.
      2. A pot or vessel made out of metal.
2. (rare) The top of the skull.
3. (rare) A shard of earthen material.

Related terms

• pot stik
• potage
• potager
• potell
• poteller
• potful
• pottere
• pyssepotte

 

Descendants

• English: pot
• Scots: pott, pat

References

• “pot(e, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-22.

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Norman

Etymology

From Old French pot (“pot”), from Vulgar Latin pottum, pottus (“pot, jar”), from Proto-Germanic *puttaz (“pot, jar, tub”), from Proto-Indo-European *budn- (“a kind of vessel”).

Noun

pot m (plural pots)

1. (Jersey) pot

Derived terms

• pot à flieurs
• pot à thée
• potée
• potîn
• pot'tie

 

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Old French

Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin pottum, pottus (“pot, jar”), from Proto-Germanic *puttaz (“pot, jar, tub”), from Proto-Indo-European *budn- (“a kind of vessel”). More at pot.

Noun

pot oblique singular, m (oblique plural poz or potz, nominative singular poz or potz, nominative plural pot)

1. pot (storage/cooking vessel)

Descendants

• → English: pot
• French: pot
• Norman: pot

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (pot, supplement)

Etymology 2

see poeir.

Verb

pot

1. third-person singular present indicative of poeir

Descendants

• French: peut

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Polish

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *potъ (“sweat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔt/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔt
• Syllabification: pot
• Homophones: pod, pod-

Noun

pot m inan

1. sweat

Declension

Declension of pot

	singular	plural
nominative	pot	poty
genitive	potu	potów
dative	potowi	potom
accusative	pot	poty
instrumental	potem	potami
locative	pocie	potach
vocative	pocie	poty

Derived terms

• pocić się

Further reading

• pot in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Template:R:PWN

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pot]

Etymology 1

From French pot.

Noun

pot n (plural poturi)

1. (card games) pot

Declension

Declension of pot

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) pot	potul	(niște) poturi	poturile
genitive/dative	(unui) pot	potului	(unor) poturi	poturilor
vocative	potule		poturilor

Etymology 2

Verb

pot

1. first-person singular present indicative of putea

   te pot vedea, prostule. ― I can see you, idiot.

2. first-person singular present subjunctive of putea

   am să pot să merg cu tine mâine dimineață ― I'll be able to go with you tomorrow morning.

3. third-person plural present indicative of putea

   calmează-te, nu pot să-ți străbată gândul. ― calm down, they can't read your mind.

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *potъ.

Noun

pȍt m (Cyrillic spelling по̏т)

1. sweat

   Synonym: znȏj

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Slovene

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *pǫtь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pòːt/

Noun

pọ́t f

1. way, road

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, i-stem, long mixed accent
nom. sing.	pót
gen. sing.	potí
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	pót	potí	potí
genitive (rodȋlnik)	potí	potí	potí
dative (dajȃlnik)	póti	potéma	potém
accusative (tožȋlnik)	pót	potí	potí
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	póti	potéh	potéh
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	potjó	potéma	potmí

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *potъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /póːt/

Noun

pọ̑t m inan

1. sweat

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem, long mixed accent
nominative	pót
genitive	potú
	singular
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	pót
genitive (rodȋlnik)	potú
dative (dajȃlnik)	pótu
accusative (tožȋlnik)	pót
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	pótu
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	pótom

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nominative	pót
genitive	póta
	singular
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	pót
genitive (rodȋlnik)	póta
dative (dajȃlnik)	pótu
accusative (tožȋlnik)	pót
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	pótu
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	pótom

Further reading

• “pot”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

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Tatar

Noun

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 .

Declension

    declension of pot

Nominative	pot
Genitive	potnıñ
Dative	potqa
Accusative	potnı
Locative	potta
Ablative	pottan

See also

• Obsolete Tatar units of measurement on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English port.

Noun

pot

1. port