cot

See also: cót, côt, cốt, and çot

Translingual

Symbol

cot

1. (trigonometry) cotangent

Synonyms

• cotan
• cotg
• ctg
• ctn

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English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɒt/
  • IPA^(key): [kʰɒʔ(t)]
  • IPA^(key): [kʰɔt], [kʰɔʔ]

  • Audio (Australian):

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  • IPA^(key): [kʰɒːt̚]
• IPA^(key): /kɑt/
  • IPA^(key): [kʰɑt̚]

  • Audio (US):

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  • IPA^(key): [kʰat̚]

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• Rhymes: -ɒt

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Hindi खाट (khāṭ), from , from Sanskrit खट्वा (khaṭvā, “bedstead”).

Noun

cot (plural cots)

1. (US) A simple bed, especially one for portable or temporary purposes; a camp bed.
2. A crib (child's bed).
3. (nautical, historical) A wooden bed frame, slung by its corners from a beam, in which officers slept before the introduction of bunks.

Derived terms

• cot-bed
• three hots and a cot

Translations

folding bed — see camp bed

portable or temporary bed

• Bulgarian: похо́дно легло́ n (pohódno legló)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: varavuode; heteka (fi), pukkisänky (specific types); lisävuode (fi) (hotel); kenttävuode (military)
• French: lit de camp (fr) m
• German: Feldbett (de) n
• Italian: branda (it), lettino da campo
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• Latin: grabātus m
• Portuguese: catre (pt) m
• Russian: ко́йка (ru) f (kójka), раскладу́шка (ru) f (raskladúška) (folding bed)
• Spanish: camilla (es) f, catre (es) m
• Volapük: flegülabed
• Yiddish: באַנקבעטל n (bankbetl)

nautical:wooden bed frame

• Bulgarian: ко́йка f (kójka)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

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• Finnish: riippusänky
• Russian: ко́йка (ru) f (kójka), подвесна́я посте́ль f (podvesnája postélʹ) (suspense bed)
• Yiddish: באַנקבעטל n (bankbetl)

bed for children

• Bulgarian: де́тско крева́тче n (détsko krevátče)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 嬰兒床／婴儿床 (yīng'érchuáng), 婴儿床 (yīng'érchuáng), 娃娃床 (wáwachuáng), 兒童床／儿童床 (értóngchuáng), 儿童床 (értóngchuáng), 小床 (xiǎochuáng)

• Dutch: kinderbed (nl), ledikantje (nl) m, wieg (nl) m
• Finnish: lastensänky, vauvasänky; pinnasänky (fi)
• French: lit de bébé m, huche (fr) f
• German: Kinderbett (de) n
• Greek: κούνια (el) f (koúnia)
• Italian: greppia (it) f, presepe (it) m, lettino m, culla (it) f
• Japanese: ベビーベッド (bebībeddo)
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• Korean: 어린이 침대 (eorini chimdae)
• Norwegian: barneseng, sprinkelseng
• Portuguese: berço (pt) m
• Russian: (де́тская крова́тка f ((détskaja krovátka)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: креветац m, дечји креветац m, дјечји креветац m

  Roman: krevetac (sh) m, dečji krevetac m, dječji krevetac m

• Spanish: cuna (es) f, pesebre (es) m
• Welsh: preseb, cot (cy) m, cotiau (cy) m pl

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Norman: ^{(please verify)} canichot m (Jersey)
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• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} catre (es) m, ^{(please verify)} cama plegable f

Etymology 2

From Middle English cot, cote, from Old English cot and cote (“cot, cottage”), from Proto-Germanic *kutą, *kutǭ (compare Old Norse kot, Middle High German kūz (“execution pit”)), from Scythian (compare Avestan 𐬐𐬀𐬙𐬀 (kata, “chamber”)). Cognate to Dutch kot (“student room; small homestead”). Doublet of cote; more distantly related to cottage.

Noun

cot (plural cots)

1. (archaic) A cottage or small homestead.
   • Goldsmith

     the sheltered cot, the cultivated farm

   • 1898, Ethna Carbery, Roddy McCorley (poem).

     Oh, see the fleet-foot hosts of men who speed with faces wan / From farmstead and from thresher's cot along the banks of Ban

2. A pen, coop, or similar shelter for small domestic animals, such as sheep or pigeons; a cote.

Related terms

• coscet
• cosset
• cote
• cotter

Translations

homestead

• Bulgarian: коли́ба (bg) f (kolíba)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 小屋 (zh) (xiǎowū)

• Finnish: mökki (fi)
• Italian: casolare (it), capanna (it) f, casupola (it) f
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• Japanese: 小屋 (ja) (こや, koya)
• Manx: cott
• Portuguese: casebre (pt) m
• Russian: уса́дьба (ru) f (usádʹba), хи́жина (ru) f (xížina) (hut), лачу́га (ru) f (lačúga) (hut)

cover or sheath

• Finnish: tuppi (fi) (sheath); sormituppi (sheath for sore finger)
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• Italian: stalla (it) f, stabbio (it) m, riparo (it) m, capanna (it) f

finger cover to prevent static discharge

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: sormustin (fi)
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• Italian: ditale (it) m
• Russian: please add this translation if you can

Etymology 3

From Irish cot (“small boat”).

Noun

cot (plural cots)

1. A small, crudely-formed boat.

Etymology 4

From dialectal cot, cote, partly from Middle English cot (“matted wool”), from Old English *cot, *cotta, from Proto-Germanic *kuttô (“woolen fabric, wool covering”); and partly from Middle English cot, cote (“tunic, coat”), from Old French cote, from the same Germanic source (see English coat). Possibly influenced by English cotton.

Alternative forms

• cote (dialectal)

Noun

cot (plural cots)

1. A cover or sheath; a fingerstall.

   a roller cot (the clothing of a drawing roller in a spinning frame)

   a cot for a sore finger

Anagrams

• CTO, OCT, OTC, Oct, Oct., TCO, TOC, oct, oct-

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Aromanian

Alternative forms

• cotu

Etymology

From Latin cubitum. Compare Daco-Romanian cot.

Noun

cot n (plural coati or coate or coturi)

1. elbow

Noun

cot m (plural cots or coate or coati)

1. an old measure, unit of length

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Catalan

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

cot (feminine cota, masculine plural cots, feminine plural cotes)

1. bowed, towards the ground
   • 2002, Albert Sánchez Piñol, chapter 6, in La pell freda, La Campana, →ISBN:

     Reia i reia amb el cap cot, contenint-se a mitges.

     He laughed and laughed with his head down, half restraining himself.

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Kurdish

Etymology

Compare Persian جفت (joft).

Noun

1. pair

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Old English

Alternative forms

• cott

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kutą (compare Old Norse kot, Middle High German kūz (“execution pit”)), from Scytho-Sarmatian *kuta (compare Avestan 𐬐𐬀𐬙𐬀 (kata, “chamber”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kot/

Noun

cot n (nominative plural cotu)

1. cottage

Declension

Declension of cot (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	cot	cotu
accusative	cot	cotu
genitive	cotes	cota
dative	cote	cotum

Derived terms

• cote
• cotsæta

Descendants

• English: cot, cot

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Picard

Etymology

From Latin cattus.

Noun

cot m (plural cots)

1. cat

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Romanian

Etymology

From Latin cubitum. Compare Spanish codo. Doublet of the neological borrowing cubitus.

Noun

cot n (plural coate)

1. elbow

Noun

cot n (plural coturi)

1. corner

Noun

cot m (plural coți)

1. old unit of length, approx. 2 feet

Derived terms

• coti
• cotări

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Welsh

Alternative forms

• côt

Etymology

From English coat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔt/

Noun

cot f (plural cotiau)

1. coat

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cot	got	nghot	chot
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “cot”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies