cotel

See also: cotèl

Old French

Alternative forms

• coutel
• cutel

Etymology

From Latin cultellus, diminutive of culter (“knife, blade of a plough”).

Noun

cotel oblique singular, m (oblique plural coteaus or coteax or cotiaus or cotiax or cotels, nominative singular coteaus or coteax or cotiaus or cotiax or cotels, nominative plural cotel)

1. knife (tool with a sharp cutting blade)