Scots

See also: scots

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skɒts/
• Rhymes: -ɒts

Etymology 1

From Scots (from Middle Scots Scottis); variant of Scottish.

Noun

Scots (uncountable)

1. A Germanic language closely related to English and descended from northern dialects of Middle English, spoken in parts of Scotland, now especially in the central, northeastern and southern regions of the country.

   Synonym: Lallans

2. Scottish English, the varieties of English spoken in Scotland.

   Synonym: Scottish

Derived terms

• Ulster Scots

Translations

Lowland Scots language

• Asturian: escocés (ast) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 低地蘇格蘭語／低地苏格兰语 (dīdì sūgélán yǔ), 低地苏格兰语 (dīdì Sūgélányǔ)

• Czech: skotština (cs) f
• Danish: skotsk (da)
• Esperanto: skota (eo)
• Faroese: skotskt n
• Finnish: skotti (fi), skotin kieli
• French: écossais (fr) m
• Galician: escocés (gl) m
• German: Niederschottisch n, niederschottische Sprache f Schottisch n, schottische Sprache f
• Hindi: स्कॉट्स m (skŏṭs)
• Irish: Albainis f, Béarla na hAlban m
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• Japanese: スコットランド語 (ja) (sukottorandogo)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: skotsk (no) m

  Nynorsk: skotsk m

• Old English: Niðerscyttisc
• Portuguese: scots m
• Romanian: scoțiană joasă f
• Russian: шотла́ндский (язы́к) (ru) m (šotlándskij (jazýk))
• Scots: Scots
• Scottish Gaelic: Albais f, Beurla Ghallta m
• Slovak: škótština f
• Spanish: escocés (es) m
• Swedish: lågskotska (sv) c, skotska (sv)

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Scots terms
• Ullans

Adjective

Scots (not comparable)

1. Scottish

   Synonyms: Scotch, Scottish

Translations

Scottish

• Czech: skotský (cs) m
• Esperanto: skoto
• Faroese: skotskur
• French: écossais (fr)
• Galician: escocés (gl) m, escocesa f
• German: schottisch (de)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: skotsk (no)

  Nynorsk: skotsk

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• Romanian: scoțian (ro)
• Russian: шотла́ндский (ru) (šotlándskij)
• Scottish Gaelic: Albannach
• Slovak: škótsky (sk) m
• Swedish: skotsk (sv)

Etymology 2

Noun

Scots

1. plural of Scot

Further reading

• (international standards) language code for [[w:ISO 639:Scots|]].
• Ethnologue entry for Scots, sco ⁠
• Scots language on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Ulster Scots on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “Scots”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

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