chott
English
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Alternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French chott, from Arabic شَطّ (šaṭṭ). Some of the alternative forms/synonyms (shatt, shat) derive directly from Arabic.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editchott (plural chotts)
- (geology) A dry salt lake, in the Saharan area of Africa, that stays dry in the summer but receives some water in the winter.
- Synonym: sabkha
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ “chott”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- ^ “chott”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- ^ “shott”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
French
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Arabic شَطّ (šaṭṭ).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editchott m (plural chotts)
Further reading
edit- “chott”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Manx
editNoun
editchott
- Lenited form of cott.
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