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gote

See also: Gote, göte, gotë, and Göte

English edit

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Etymology edit

From Middle English gote (“a drain”), from Old English *gote (“drain, gutter”), from Proto-West Germanic [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *gutō (“gutter”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewd- (“to pour”).

Cognate with Dutch goot (“a gutter, drain, gully”), German Gosse (“a gutter”). Related to Old English gutt (“gut, entrails”), Old English ġēotan (“to pour, pour forth, shed, gush, flow, flood, overwhelm, found, cast”). More at gut, yote.

Noun edit

gote (plural gotes)

  1. A drain; sluice; ditch or gutter.
  2. (UK dialectal) A drainage pipe.
  3. (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) A deep miry place.

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Verb edit

gote

  1. (dated or formal) singular past subjunctive of gieten

Friulian edit

Etymology edit

From Latin gutta.

Noun edit

gote f (plural gutis)

  1. drop

Italian edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡɔ.te/
  • Rhymes: -ɔte
  • Hyphenation: gò‧te

Adjective edit

gote

  1. feminine plural of goto

Noun edit

gote f

  1. plural of gota

Middle English edit

Noun edit

gote

  1. Alternative form of goot

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Norse gata f, from Proto-Germanic *gatwǭ (“street, passage”). Doublet of gate. Akin to Faroese gøta.

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Noun edit

gote f (definite singular gota, indefinite plural goter, definite plural gotene)

  2. a path, trail
  4. a passage with a fence or gate on either side
    Synonyms: geil, allé

Etymology 2 edit

A kind of blend of gote f (“path”) and gatt n (“hole”), and gjot. The verb is derived from the noun.

Noun edit

gote f (definite singular gota, indefinite plural goter, definite plural gotene)

  1. a hole

Etymology 3 edit

From Old Norse goti, from Proto-Germanic *gutô.

Noun edit

gote m (definite singular goten, indefinite plural gotar, definite plural gotane)

  1. a Goth
    Synonym: gotar

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Old French edit

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Etymology edit

From Latin gutta.

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Noun edit

gote oblique singular, f (oblique plural gotes, nominative singular gote, nominative plural gotes)

  1. drop (of liquid)

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Descendants edit

  • English: gout, goutte
  • Middle French: goutte
  • Norman: goute
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