cottage
English
Etymology
(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Anglo-Norman, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 331: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "ONF." is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. cot, cote (“hut, cottage”) + -age (“surrounding property”). Old Northern French cote probably from Old Norse kot (“hut”), cognate of Old English cot of same (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic origin.
Slang sense “public toilet“ from 19th century, due to resemblance.
Pronunciation
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- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 331: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "RP" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈkɒtɪdʒ/
Audio (US): (file) - Hyphenation: cot‧tage
Noun
cottage (plural cottages)
- A small house; a cot; a hut.
- A seasonal home of any size or stature. A recreational home or a home in a remote location.
- 1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 1, in Mr. Pratt's Patients:
- Thinks I to myself, “Sol, you're run off your course again. This is a rich man's summer ‘cottage’ and if you don't look out there's likely to be some nice, lively dog taking an interest in your underpinning.”
- Most cottages in the area were larger and more elaborate than my home.
- (UK, slang, archaic) A public lavatory
- (Polari) as a meeting place for homosexual men.
Synonyms
- (public toilet as a gay meeting place): gingerbread office; tea room, tearoom, teahouse, tea house (US); see also Thesaurus:bathroom.
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
A small house; a cot; a hut
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Verb
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- To stay at a seasonal home, to go cottaging.
- (intransitive, Polari, of men) To have homosexual sex in a public lavatory; to practice cottaging.
French
Pronunciation
Noun
cottage m (plural cottages)
Portuguese
Noun
cottage m (uncountable)
- cottage cheese (a cheese curd product)
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