Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cote

/koʊt/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.97 in modern English

Syllables: cote
IPA: /koʊt/

6

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A cottage or hut.

noun

A small structure built to contain domesticated animals such as sheep, pigs or pigeons.

verb

Obsolete form of quote.

Obsolete

verb

To go side by side with; hence, to pass by; to outrun and get before.

Obsolete

name

A surname from French.

Example Sentences

"Watching where shepherds pen their flocks, at eve, / In hurdled cotes."
"A dog cotes a hare."
"We coted them on the way, and hither are they coming."
"…strength to pull down a bull—swiftness to cote an antelope."

Etymology

From Middle English cote, from the Old English cote, the feminine form of cot (“small house”); doublet of cot (in the sense of “cottage”) and more distantly related to cottage. Cognate to Dutch kot.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: cote, costé, Côté, costa

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /koʊt/
British English: /kəʊt/

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

cotes (plural) cotes (present, singular) coting (participle, present) coted (participle, past) coted (past)

Derived Forms

bellcote dovecote hogcote sheepcote swinecote

Frequently Paired Words

Coat Coate Coates Coats Cotes

Synonyms

shed

Homonyms

coat

Rhymes With

vote wrote note boat promote quote remote coat throat goat float devote

Questions

How do you pronounce cote?: The recorded pronunciation is /koʊt/.
What does cote mean?: A cottage or hut.
Where does cote come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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