cotte
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Middle French cotte, from Old French cote, Latin cotta, Proto-Germanic *kuttô.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
cotte f (plural cottes)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “cotte”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
cotte
Noun edit
cotte f pl
Norman edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old French cotte (“outer garment with sleeves”), from Latin cotta, from Proto-Germanic *kuttô, *kuttǭ (“cowl, woolen cloth, coat”).
Noun edit
cotte f (plural cottes)
Etymology 2 edit
From Old Northern French cote, cot (“hut”), from Old Norse kot (“hut”) and/or Frankish *kotu (“shed”), from Proto-Germanic *kutą, *kutō (“tent, stall, shed, hut”), from Proto-Indo-European *gewd- (“to stretch, curve, vault”).
Noun edit
cotte f (plural cottes)
Synonyms edit
- (pigsty): cotte à couochons
Old French edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Latin cotta, Proto-Germanic *kuttô.
Noun edit
cotte oblique singular, f (oblique plural cottes, nominative singular cotte, nominative plural cottes)