Scots
See also: scots
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Scots Scots, from Middle Scots Scottis, from Old English Scottysċ, a late variant of earlier Scyttisċ (“Scottish”). Doublet of Scottish.
Proper noun edit
Scots
- A Germanic language closely related to English and descended from northern dialects of Middle English, spoken in parts of Scotland, now especially in the northeastern and southern regions of the country.
- Synonyms: Scottish, Lowland Scots
Usage notes edit
Meronyms edit
- Doric
- Shetlandic, Shetlandish (Shetland Scots)
- Ulster Scots, Ullans
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
Lowland Scots language
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See also edit
Adjective edit
Scots (not comparable)
- (sometimes proscribed) Scottish
Usage notes edit
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
Scottish
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
Scots
Usage notes edit
Further reading edit
- ISO 639-3 code sco (SIL)
- Ethnologue entry for Scots, sco
- “Scots”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
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- Rhymes:English/ɒts
- Rhymes:English/ɒts/1 syllable
- English terms borrowed from Scots
- English terms derived from Scots
- English terms derived from Middle Scots
- English terms derived from Old English
- English doublets
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English adjectives
- English uncomparable adjectives
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