gote

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See also: Gote, göte, gotë, and Göte

English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Middle English gote (a drain), from Old English *gote (drain, gutter), from Proto-West Germanic [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *gutō (gutter), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewd- (to pour).

Cognate with Dutch goot (a gutter, drain, gully), German Gosse (a gutter). Related to Old English gutt (gut, entrails), Old English ġēotan (to pour, pour forth, shed, gush, flow, flood, overwhelm, found, cast). More at gut, yote.

Noun[edit]

gote (plural gotes)

  1. A drain; sluice; ditch or gutter.
  2. (UK dialectal) A drainage pipe.
  3. (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) A deep miry place.

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Dutch[edit]

Verb[edit]

gote

  1. (dated or formal) singular past subjunctive of gieten

Friulian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin gutta.

Noun[edit]

gote f (plural gutis)

  1. drop

Italian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡɔ.te/
  • Rhymes: -ɔte
  • Hyphenation: gò‧te

Adjective[edit]

gote

  1. feminine plural of goto

Noun[edit]

gote f

  1. plural of gota

Middle English[edit]

Noun[edit]

gote

  1. Alternative form of goot

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Norse gata f, from Proto-Germanic *gatwǭ (street, passage). Doublet of gate. Akin to Faroese gøta.

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Noun[edit]

gote f (definite singular gota, indefinite plural goter, definite plural gotene)

  1. a path, trail
  2. a passage with a fence or gate on either side
    Synonyms: geil, allé

Etymology 2[edit]

A kind of blend of gote f (path) and gatt n (hole), and gjot. The verb is derived from the noun.

Noun[edit]

gote f (definite singular gota, indefinite plural goter, definite plural gotene)

  1. a hole

Etymology 3[edit]

From Old Norse goti, from Proto-Germanic *gutô.

Noun[edit]

gote m (definite singular goten, indefinite plural gotar, definite plural gotane)

  1. a Goth
    Synonym: gotar

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Old French[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin gutta.

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Noun[edit]

gote oblique singularf (oblique plural gotes, nominative singular gote, nominative plural gotes)

  1. drop (of liquid)

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Descendants[edit]

  • English: gout, goutte
  • Middle French: goutte
  • Norman: goute