cotón

See also: coton

Galician

Alternative forms

• cotom (reintegrationist)
• cotão (reintegrationist)

Etymology

Ultimately from Arabic قُطْن (quṭn); see cotton for more. Doublet of algodón.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [koˈtoŋ]

Noun

cotón m (plural cotóns)

1. (uncountable) fur, fluff, fuzz
2. (uncountable) lint
3. rags used for cleaning one's hands
4. (uncountable) dust bunny

References

• “coton” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “cotón” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “cotón” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “cotón” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French coton, from Italian cotone, from Arabic قُطُن (quṭun).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koˈton/ [koˈt̪õn]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: co‧tón

Noun

cotón m (plural cotones)

1. printed cotton fabric
2. (Mexico) shirt, blouse

Descendants

• → Copala Triqui: cotoó
• → Western Juxtlahuaca Mixtec: kotóo
• → Zacatlán-Ahuacatlán-Tepetzintla Nahuatl: coton

Further reading

• “cotón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014