hotte

See also: hötte

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Frankish *hotta (“basket”).

Pronunciation

• ^{(aspirated h)} IPA^(key): /ɔt/
• Rhymes: -ɔt

Noun

hotte f (plural hottes)

1. carrying basket, burden basket

   la hotte du Père Noël ― Santa Claus's sack

2. hood (metal covering that leads to a vent to suck away smoke or fumes)

   Synonym: hotte aspirante

   1. kitchen hood, extractor hood (electrical kitchen device fitted over a cooker and connected to a flue designed to suck off any vapours from cooking)
   2. fume hood (ventilated compartment in which chemical procedures may be undertaken without the escape of noxious fumes into the local environment)

Derived terms

• hottée

Further reading

• “hotte”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.