Scot

See also: scot and Scot.

English

Etymology

From Old English Scottas (“people from Ireland, Irishmen”), from Late Latin Scotti. Possibly the meaning was "cut off, outcast", related to scoith (to cut off) and scoite (cut off), from scoth (“point, edge (of weapon)”), from Proto-Celtic *skutā, from Proto-Indo-European *skewt- (“to cut”).

See Scoti.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈskɒt/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈskɑt/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /ˈskɔʔ/
• Rhymes: -ɒt, -ɑt, -ɔʔ

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 (Šotlandacʿi)
• 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

• 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: škotas m, škotė 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 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

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

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “Scot”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
• Scot in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• 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