cota

See also: cóta, còta, c'ota, and cô ta

Catalan

Noun

cota m (plural cotes)

1. ring armour
2. coat

Derived terms

• cota d'armes

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French

Verb

cota

1. third-person singular past historic of coter

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Galician

Etymology 1

From Latin quota.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔta̝/

Noun

cota f (plural cotas)

1. quota (proportional part or share; share or proportion assigned to each in a division)

Etymology 2

Perhaps from Old French cotte, from Medieval Latin cotta (“undercoat, tunic”), from a Proto-Germanic *kuttô.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔta̝/

Noun

cota f (plural cotas)

1. armour coat; chain mail
   • 1381, M. J. Portela Silva (ed.), Documentos da catedral de Lugo. Século XIV. Doc. 846:

     mays huna cota de fero et hun bacynete

     and an iron mail and a bascinet

   • 1467, J. A. Souto Cabo (ed.), Crónica de Santa María de Iria. Santiago: Ediciós do Castro, page 114:

     Et a morte deste rrey don Sancho, en vespera de Nadal, foy solto Sisnando que estaua preso, et veẽo a Santiago vestido de cota, et loriga et de armas

     At the dead of this kind don Sancho, on Christmas eve, Don Sisnando, who was imprisoned, was released, and he came to Santiago dressed with mail and breastplate and weapons

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔta̝/

Noun

cota f (plural cotas)

1. spine of a blade

References

• “cota” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
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• “cota” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• quota

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.ta/
• Hyphenation: co‧ta

Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin quota.

Noun

cota f (plural cotas)

1. quota (proportional part or share; share or proportion assigned to each in a division)

Related terms

• cotista

Verb

cota

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Etymology 2

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French cote, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin cotta (“undercoat, tunic”), see also German Kutte.

Noun

cota f (plural cotas)

1. an armour coat

Etymology 3

From Kimbundu díkota.

Noun

cota m or f (plural cotas)

1. (Angola) elder (respected old person)
2. (colloquial) father, mother

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Spanish

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French cote, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin cotta (“undercoat, tunic”), see also German Kotze and Kutte.

Noun

cota f (plural cotas)

1. coat of arms
2. mail (armor)
3. elevation