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pote

/poʊt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.96 in modern English

Syllables
pote
IPA
/poʊt/
6
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To push, thrust.

Obsolete

verb

To poke (with a stick etc.).

name

A surname.

Etymology

From Middle English poten, from Old English potian (“to push, thrust, strike, butt, goad”), from Proto-West Germanic *putōn, from Proto-Germanic *putōną (“to stab, push, poke”). Cognate with Dutch poten (“to plant”), Norwegian Nynorsk pota (“to poke”). More at put.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: poten, potian, *putōn, *putōną, Pothe

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /poʊt/
  • British English: /pəʊt/

Usage

Inflected Forms

potes (present, singular) poting (participle, present) poted (participle, past) poted (past) Potes (plural)

Derived Forms

potter

Rhymes With

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

Questions

How do you pronounce pote?
The recorded pronunciation is /poʊt/.
What does pote mean?
To push, thrust.
Where does pote come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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