quote
[kʰwoʊt]
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.51 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A statement attributed to a person; a quotation.
noun
Example Sentences
- "She loved reading quotes of famous people."
- "After going over the hefty quotes, the board decided it was cheaper to have the project executed by its own staff."
- "The writer quoted the president's speech."
- "Can you believe they quoted me $5,000?"
- "But must our moderne Critticks envious eye Seeme thus to quote some grosse deformity?"
- "That hath made him mad. I am sorry that with better heed and judgment I had not quoted him. I fear'd he did but trifle …"
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European *kʷó- Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *kʷótider. Proto-Italic *kʷot Latin quot Latin quotus Medieval Latin quotāreder. Old French coterbor. Middle English quoten English quote From Middle English quoten, coten (“to mark (a book) with chapter numbers or marginal references”), from Old French coter, from Medieval Latin quotāre (“to distinguish by numbers, number chapters”), itself from Latin quotus (“which, what number (in sequence)”), from quot (“how many”) and related to quis (“who”). The sense developed via “to give as a reference, to cite as an authority” to “to copy out exact words” (since 1680); the business sense “to state the price of a commodity” (1866) revives the etymological meaning. The noun, in the sense of “quotation,” is attested from 1885; see also usage note, below.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: quoten, coter, quotāre, quotus
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: [kʰwoʊt]
- British English: [k(ʰ)wəʊt]
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coat
(non-rhotic) court