bote

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See also: Bote, boté, bóte, böte, and botë

English

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Middle English bōte (advantage, benefit, profit; relief, salvation; atonement, amends, expiation; cure), from Old English bōt (help, relief, advantage, remedy; compensation for an injury or wrong; (peace) offering, recompense, amends, atonement, reformation, penance, repentance), from Proto-West Germanic *bōtu, from Proto-Germanic *bōtō (recompense). Doublet of boot (inherited from the same Middle English word).

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Noun

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bote (countable and uncountable, plural botes) (law, historical)

  1. Atonement, compensation, amends, satisfaction; as, manbote, a compensation for a man slain.
  2. A privilege or allowance of necessaries, especially in feudal times.
  3. A right to take wood from property not one's own.

Usage notes

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  • Often used to form compounds indicating a right to take wood only for a specific purpose.

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Anagrams

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Afrikaans

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bote

  1. plural of boot

Albanian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbote/
  • Rhymes: -ote
  • Hyphenation: bó‧te

Noun

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bote f (plural bote, definite botja, definite plural botet)

  1. clay vessel; pitcher
    Synonyms: shtambë, poç, kënatë, brokë
  2. bump, impact, shock, encounter
  3. bottle
    Synonym: shishe

Declension

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Noun

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bote

  1. indefinite dative/ablative singular of botë

Further reading

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  • “bote”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1] (in Albanian), 1980
  • bote”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “bote”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 34

Bikol Central

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Etymology

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Clipping of botelya.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbote/ [ˈbo.te]
  • Hyphenation: bo‧te

Noun

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bóte

  1. bottle

Cebuano

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Etymology

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From Spanish bote (boat), from Middle English bot, from Old English bāt, from Proto-Germanic *baitaz.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: bo‧te
  • IPA(key): /ˈbote/ [ˈbo.t̪e]

Noun

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bote

  1. a lifeboat

Galician

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Verb

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bote

  1. inflection of botar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Khumi Chin

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bote

  1. to hit, beat

References

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  • K. E. Herr (2011) The phonological interpretation of minor syllables, applied to Lemi Chin[2], Payap University, page 48

Middle English

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Etymology 1

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From Old English bōt, from Proto-West Germanic *bōtu, from Proto-Germanic *bōtō. The final vowel is generalised from the Old English inflected forms.

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Noun

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bote (plural botes or boten)

  1. Help, advantage, benefit; that which is good, helpful, or relieving:
    Heo lufeden bi wurten, bi moren, and bi rote; nas þer nan oðer boten. — Layamon's Brut, 1275
    1. Saving or extrication from distress or danger; something or someone which provides it.
    2. Salvation (release or rescue from eternal punishment), or one who acts as salvation
    3. An avenue of escape; a method through which one can release themselves from danger.
    4. Utility, usefulness; that which is useful, expedient, or suitable.
    5. A reprieve or the offering of forgiveness from punishment or danger.
  2. Activity done as redress or recompense for (one's or another's) sins; expiation.
    Iesu [] For synne þat hath my soule bounde, Let þi blessed blood be my bote. — Iesu þat art hevene
  3. Mirth, gladness; the feeling or emotion of being happy and joyful.
  4. The quelling, curing, or expurgation of disease or sickness; medical recovery.
  5. (rare) Recompense, amends or compensation; behaviour in return for one's wrongs.
  6. (rare) An extra, augment, or addition; something to boot.
  7. (rare) A medicinal or pharmaceutical cure or remedy; something used to quell disease.
  8. (rare) Repair work; the act of fixing structures or buildings.
    Þey shulde..do bote to brugges þat to-broke were. — Pier's Plowman, 1400
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  • English: boot
  • English: bote (also from Old English bōt)
  • Scots: bute, buit

Etymology 2

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    Old French bote (Modern French botte), from Old French bot, bote, probably related to bot (club-foot), bot (fat, short, blunt); ultimately of Germanic origin, from Frankish *butt, from Proto-Germanic *buttaz, *butaz (cut off, short, numb, blunt).

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    Noun

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    bote (plural botes)

    1. A boot or similar item of footwear; a shoe with a cover for part of the leg.
    2. (rare) A cover for the leg.
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    Etymology 3

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    From Old English bāt.

    Noun

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    bote

    1. Alternative form of bot (boat)

    Etymology 4

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    From Old English bōtian.

    Verb

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    bote

    1. Alternative form of boten (to resolve)

    Old French

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    Etymology 1

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      Perhaps of Germanic origin, from Frankish *bautan (to strike).[1]

      Noun

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      bote oblique singularf (oblique plural botes, nominative singular bote, nominative plural botes)

      1. boot (specifically, a high-sided leather shoe that also covers the bottom of the leg)
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      Etymology 2

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      Latin buttis.

      Noun

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      bote oblique singularf (oblique plural botes, nominative singular bote, nominative plural botes)

      1. cask; barrel

      Etymology 3

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      See bat.

      Noun

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      bote oblique singularm (oblique plural botes, nominative singular botes, nominative plural bote)

      1. Alternative form of bat

      References

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      • Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (bote, supplement)
      1. ^ Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN

      Portuguese

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      Etymology 1

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      From Old French bot, from Middle English bot, from Old English bāt.

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      bote m (plural botes)

      1. rowing boat (boat propelled only by oars)
      2. (by extension) any small boat
        Synonym: barquinho

      Etymology 2

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      Deverbal from botar (to put; to lay).

      Noun

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      bote m (plural botes)

      1. (biology) an animal's sudden thrust forward towards its prey
      2. (figurative) a sudden attack
      3. (Brazil, soccer) a goalkeeper's jump to catch the ball
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      Etymology 3

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      See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

      Verb

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      bote

      1. inflection of botar:
        1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
        2. third-person singular imperative

      Spanish

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      Borrowed from Middle English bot, from Old English bāt (boat).

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      bote m (plural botes)

      1. boat, dinghy
        Synonym: barco
      2. vessel, can, canister, container, jar, tin
        Synonym: recipiente
      3. jackpot, pot, pool (large cash prize)
        Synonym: gordo
      4. (Mexico) jail
        Synonyms: cárcel, prisión, chucho (Chile)
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      Etymology 2

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      Noun

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      bote m (plural botes)

      1. bounce

      Etymology 3

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      Verb

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      bote

      1. inflection of botar:
        1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
        2. third-person singular imperative

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      Tagalog

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      Etymology 1

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      Clipping of botelya, from Spanish botella, from French bouteille, from Late Latin butticula.

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      bote (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜆᜒ)

      1. bottle
        Synonym: (dated) botelya
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      Etymology 2

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      Borrowed from Spanish bote, from Middle English bot, from Old English bāt (boat).

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      bote (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜆᜒ)

      1. lifeboat
      2. speedboat

      Further reading

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      • bote”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

      Venetian

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      Noun

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      bote

      1. plural of bota

      Yogad

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      Etymology

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      Borrowed from Spanish bote.

      Noun

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      bote

      1. bottle