Scots

See also: scots

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skɒts/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /ˈskɔts/

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• Rhymes: -ɒts

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Scots Scots, from Middle Scots Scottis, from Old English Scottysċ, a late variant of earlier Scyttisċ (“Scottish”). Doublet of Scottish.

Proper noun

Scots

1. A Germanic language closely related to English and descended from northern dialects of Middle English, spoken in parts of Scotland, now especially in the northeastern and southern regions of the country.

   Synonyms: Scottish, Lowland Scots

Usage notes

• See Scottish and Scotch.

Meronyms

• Middle Scots
• Synthetic Scots
• Doric
• Shetlandic, Shetlandish (Shetland Scots)
• Ulster Scots, Ullans

Derived terms

• Scots acre
• Scots-Irish
• Ulster Scots

Translations

Lowland Scots language

• Arabic: إسكتلندية f (ʔiskutlandiyya)
• Asturian: escocés (ast) m
• Catalan: escocès (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 低地蘇格蘭語 / 低地苏格兰语 (dīdì Sūgélányǔ)

• Czech: skotština (cs) f
• Danish: skotsk (da)
• Esperanto: skota
• Faroese: skotskt (fo) n
• Finnish: skotti (fi), skotin kieli
• French: écossais (fr) m, scots (fr) m
• Galician: escocés (gl) m
• German: Niederschottisch n, Schottisch n
• Greek: σκωτς (skots)
• Hawaiian: ʻōlelo Kekokia
• Hindi: स्कॉट्स m (skŏṭs)
• Irish: Albainis f
• Jamaican Creole: Skats
• Japanese: スコットランド語 (ja) (sukottorandogo)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: skotsk (no) m

  Nynorsk: skotsk m

• Occitan: escocés (oc) m, scòts m
• Polish: szkocki (pl) m
• Portuguese: scots (pt) m
• Romanian: scoțiană joasă f
• Russian: шотла́ндский (язы́к) (ru) m (šotlándskij (jazýk))
• Scots: Scots

  Ulster Scots: Scotch

• Scottish Gaelic: Albais f, Beurla Ghallta m
• Slovak: škótština f
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: please add this translation if you can

  Upper Sorbian: please add this translation if you can

• Spanish: escocés (es) m
• Swedish: lågskotska (sv) c, skotska (sv)
• Welsh: Sgoteg f
• West Frisian: Skotsk (fy) n

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Scots terms
• Ullans

Adjective

Scots (not comparable)

1. (sometimes proscribed) Scottish.

   Synonyms: Scotch, Scottish

Usage notes

• See Scottish and Scotch.

Derived terms

• pound Scots
• Scots broom
• Scots English
• Scots Gaelic
• Scots law
• Scotsman
• Scotsperson
• Scots pint
• Scots plough
• Scots whist
• Scotswoman

Translations

Scottish

• Asturian: escocés (ast)
• Czech: skotský (cs)
• Esperanto: skoto
• Faroese: skotskur
• French: écossais (fr)
• Galician: escocés (gl)
• German: schottisch (de)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: skotsk (no)

  Nynorsk: skotsk

• Romanian: scoțian (ro)
• Russian: шотла́ндский (ru) (šotlándskij)
• Scottish Gaelic: Albannach
• Slovak: škótsky (sk)
• Swedish: skotsk (sv)

Etymology 2

Noun

Scots

1. plural of Scot

Usage notes

• See Scottish and Scotch.

Further reading

• ISO 639-3 code sco (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Scots, sco ⁠
• “Scots”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Anagrams

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