kot

See also: Appendix:Variations of "kot"

Languages (24)

Translingual

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Translingual

Symbol

kot

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Lagwan.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Lagwan terms

Albanian

Etymology 1

Theoretically from Proto-Albanian *kākta, of uncertain origin; potentially akin to Lithuanian koktùs (“disgusting”) via Proto-Indo-European. An older hypothesis connects it to Ancient Greek κότος (kótos, “rancor, grudge”).

Adverb

kot

1. worthlessly
2. in vain

Adjective

kot

1. worthless
2. pointless

Derived terms

• kotë

Etymology 2

From Proto-Albanian *kāta, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kHtos (“shade, shadow, darkness”). Compare Old Irish scáth (“shadow”), Ancient Greek σκότος (skótos, “darkness”), Sanskrit छत्त्र (chattra, “umbrella”), English shadow.

Noun

kot m

1. darkness

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kotъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkot]

Noun

kot m anim (female equivalent kočka)

1. (dialectal) cat, tomcat

Declension

Declension of kot (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	kot	koti
genitive	kota	kotů
dative	kotovi, kotu	kotům
accusative	kota	koty
vocative	kote	koti
locative	kotovi, kotu	kotech
instrumental	kotem	koty

Further reading

• “kot”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “kot”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch cot, from Old Dutch *kot, from Proto-West Germanic *kot, from Proto-Germanic *kutą (“shed”). Cognate with English cot (“pen, coop”), the feminine stem variant Middle Dutch cote (Old Dutch kota) corresponds to German Kate (“hut”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔt/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: kot
• Rhymes: -ɔt

Noun

kot n (plural kotten or koten, diminutive kotje n or kotteke n)

1. bad, ramshackle housing

   In wat voor een kot woont die! ― What a shack she lives in!

2. rudimentary building to store (garden) material
3. (Belgium) student room

   Synonyms: kamer, studentenkamer, studentenkot

   Leuvense koten brandden vaak af in de jaren 90. ― Student rooms in Louvain burned down often in the nineties.

Related terms

• coterie
• katenspek
• keuter

Descendants

• Negerhollands: kot, cot
  • → Virgin Islands Creole: kot (dated)

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse surkot, syrkot, from Old French cote; surcote, from Frankish *kottā, *kottō, from Proto-Germanic *kuttô, from Proto-Indo-European *gudnó-, *gʷewd-. More at coat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰoːʰt/
• Rhymes: -oːʰt

Noun

kot n (genitive singular kots, plural kot)

1. coat (usually woollen)

Declension

n3	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kot	kotið	kot	kotini
accusative	kot	kotið	kot	kotini
dative	koti	kotinum	kotum	kotunum
genitive	kots	kotsins	kota	kotanna

Finnish

Etymology

Onomatopoeic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkot/, [ˈko̞t̪]
• Rhymes: -ot
• Syllabification^(key): kot
• Hyphenation^(key): kot

Interjection

kot

1. (onomatopoeia, usually repeated) cluck (sound made by hen)

Further reading

• “kot”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch kot.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔt/

• Audio (France (Toulouse)):

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Noun

kot m (plural kots)

1. (Belgium) student flat, student room

Derived terms

• koter
• kot-à-projet

Hungarian

Etymology

An onomatopoeia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkot]
• Hyphenation: kot
• Rhymes: -ot

Interjection

kot

1. cluck (imitative of the sound made by a hen, especially when brooding, or calling her chicks; can be used repetitively)

   Synonym: kotkodács

   Kot-kot-kot-kot-kotkodács, minden napra egy tojás! (nursery rhyme) ― Cluck, cluck, an egg for every day!

See also

• kotkodácsol
• kotkodál

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse kot.

Noun

kot n (genitive singular kots, nominative plural kot)

1. small farm

Declension

Declension of kot (neuter)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kot	kotið	kot	kotin
accusative	kot	kotið	kot	kotin
dative	koti	kotinu	kotum	kotunum
genitive	kots	kotsins	kota	kotanna

Further reading

• “kot” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

Khasi

Etymology

Possibly borrowed from Bengali কৎ (kot, “nib, quill”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kot/

Noun

kot f

1. paper, newspaper
2. book
3. yard

Verb

kot

1. reach

Derived terms

• kot-sada
• kot-shini
• kot-shonsia
• kot-thalyngka
• Kotbah
• kotkudi

References

• Singh, U Nissor (1906), Khasi-English dictionary‎^[2], Shillong: Eastern Bengal and Assam Secretariat Press, page 45. Searchable online at SEAlang.net.

Lower Sorbian

Noun

kot m anim (female equivalent kocka)

1. superseded spelling of kót

Declension

Declension of kot

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	kot	kota	koty
Genitive	kota	kotowu	kotow
Dative	kotoju	kotoma	kotam
Accusative	kota	kotowu	koty, kotow
Instrumental	kotom	kotoma	kotami
Locative	kośe	kotoma	kotach

Lower Tanana

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *qa̓tʼ. Cognate with Navajo -KAAD.

Root

kot

1. to slap, pat, wipe
2. a surface falls

Stem set

Aspect	Imperfective	Perfective	Future	Optative
Momentaneous	kot	kot	kwɬ	kot
Consecutive	kwt	kwt	kwt	kwt
Semelfactive	kwt	kwt	kwt	kwt

Derived terms

• ch'ikegi (“ball”)
• ekwt (“he/she pats it”)

References

• Kari, James et al. (2024), Kari, James, editor, Lower Tanana Dene Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 91

Malay

Etymology 1

Same word as kut, spelling reflecting the southern Malaysian pronunciation.

Adverb

kot

1. alternative form of kut

Etymology 2

Alternative form of ikut.

Preposition

kot

1. (informal) via (prepositioning the path taken by one to reach a destination)

   Dia lalu kot jauh. ― He went via the far route.

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French côte.

Adverb

kot

1. where

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

kot n (definite singular kotet, indefinite plural kot, definite plural kota or koti)

1. (pre-2012) alternative form of kott

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kutą

Noun

kot n

1. cottage, hut

Declension

Declension of kot (strong a-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kot	kotit	kot	kotin
accusative	kot	kotit	kot	kotin
dative	koti	kotinu	kotum	kotunum
genitive	kots	kotsins	kota	kotanna

Descendants

• Norwegian Nynorsk: kott
• Norwegian Bokmål: kott

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “kot”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

Polish

koty

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Slavic *kotъ

Polish kot

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kotъ.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔt/

• (Lesser Poland):
  • (Przemyśl) IPA^(key): [ˈkɔt]

• Audio 1:

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• Audio 2:

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• Audio 3:

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• Rhymes: -ɔt
• Syllabification: kot
• Homophones: kod, Kot

Noun

kot m animal (female equivalent kocica or kotka, diminutive kotek, augmentative kocur or kocisko, related adjective koci)

1. cat (any mammal of the genus Felis)
2. cat, tomcat (male Felis catus)
3. (in the plural, colloquial) dust bunny (clump of dust that accumulates indoors)
4. (military slang) rookie (inexperienced recruit)
5. (hunting slang) hare (any mammal of the genus Lepus, similar to a rabbit, but larger and with longer ears)
   • 1834, Adam Mickiewicz, chapter IV, in Pan Tadeusz, page 189, lines 934–935:

     W istocie, kot czuł s tyłu myśliwych i psiarnie,
     Rwał w pole, słuchy wytknął jak dwa różki sarnie

     In very truth, the hare felt behind it the hunters and the pack; it was making for the field; it stretched out behind it its ears like two deer's horns [transl. by George Rapall Noyes]

6. (Przemyśl) type of game

   dać kota ― to win at this game

   dostać kota ― to lose at this game

Declension

Declension of kot

	singular	plural
nominative	kot	koty
genitive	kota	kotów
dative	kotu	kotom
accusative	kota	koty
instrumental	kotem	kotami
locative	kocie	kotach
vocative	kocie	koty

Derived terms

nouns

• kociak
• kocię
• kocimiętka
• kot abisyński
• kot domowy
• kot norweski leśny
• kot perski
• kot syjamski
• koteczek
• tłusty kot

proverbs

• pierwsze koty za płoty

verbs

• dostać kota pf
• dostawać kota impf
• drzeć koty impf
• kocić impf
• odwracać kota ogonem impf
• odwrócić kota ogonem pf
• okocić pf

Further reading

• “kot”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[3] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “koty”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[4] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “kot”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[5] (in Polish)
• kot in PWN's encyclopedia
• Aleksander Saloni (1908), “kot”, in “Lud rzeszowski”, in Materyały Antropologiczno-Archeologiczne i Etnograficzne‎^[6] (in Polish), volume 10, Kraków: Akademia Umiejętności, page 336

Anagrams

• kto
• tko

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔt/

Conjunction

kot (Cyrillic spelling кот)

1. (archaic) (just) as, (just) like

Slovene

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔt/

Conjunction

kot

1. (just) as, (just) like

Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *kǫtъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kòːt/

Noun

kọ́t m inan

1. angle
2. corner

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	kót
gen. sing.	kóta
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	kót	kóta	kóti
genitive (rodȋlnik)	kóta	kótov	kótov
dative (dajȃlnik)	kótu	kótoma	kótom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	kót	kóta	kóte
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	kótu	kótih	kótih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	kótom	kótoma	kóti

Further reading

• “kot”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “kot”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references

Tocharian B

Etymology

A form of kos.

Pronoun

kot

1. as many/much as

Further reading

• Adams, Douglas Q. (2013), “kot”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 215

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English court.

Noun

kot

1. court (of Justice)

Turkish

Kot

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkot]

Noun

kot

1. denim
2. jeans

Declension

Declension of kot

singular plural nominative kot kotlar definite accusative kotu kotları dative kota kotlara locative kotta kotlarda ablative kottan kotlardan genitive kotun kotların Possessive forms nominative singular plural 1st singular kotum kotlarım 2nd singular kotun kotların 3rd singular kotu kotları 1st plural kotumuz kotlarımız 2nd plural kotunuz kotlarınız 3rd plural kotları kotları definite accusative singular plural 1st singular kotumu kotlarımı 2nd singular kotunu kotlarını 3rd singular kotunu kotlarını 1st plural kotumuzu kotlarımızı 2nd plural kotunuzu kotlarınızı 3rd plural kotlarını kotlarını dative singular plural 1st singular kotuma kotlarıma 2nd singular kotuna kotlarına 3rd singular kotuna kotlarına 1st plural kotumuza kotlarımıza 2nd plural kotunuza kotlarınıza 3rd plural kotlarına kotlarına locative singular plural 1st singular kotumda kotlarımda 2nd singular kotunda kotlarında 3rd singular kotunda kotlarında 1st plural kotumuzda kotlarımızda 2nd plural kotunuzda kotlarınızda 3rd plural kotlarında kotlarında ablative singular plural 1st singular kotumdan kotlarımdan 2nd singular kotundan kotlarından 3rd singular kotundan kotlarından 1st plural kotumuzdan kotlarımızdan 2nd plural kotunuzdan kotlarınızdan 3rd plural kotlarından kotlarından genitive singular plural 1st singular kotumun kotlarımın 2nd singular kotunun kotlarının 3rd singular kotunun kotlarının 1st plural kotumuzun kotlarımızın 2nd plural kotunuzun kotlarınızın 3rd plural kotlarının kotlarının

Synonyms

• blucin
• kot pantolon

Tzotzil

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰɔtʰ/

Classifier

kot (numeral classifier)

1. any types of animals except for human being

   jkot chij / chon / mut - a sheep / snake / bird

References

• Laughlin, Robert M. (1975) The Great Tzotzil Dictionary of San Lorenzo Zinacantán. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press.

Zou

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kòt]
• Hyphenation: kot

Noun

kòt

1. door

References

• Philip Thangliènmâng (2010), Minimal dictionary and Self-tutor Functional Grammar in Zo-English-Hindi, New Delhi: Zoculsin, →ISBN, page 43
• Lukram Himmat Singh (2013), A Descriptive Grammar of Zou (PhD thesis), Canchipur: Manipur University, page 49