cotte

French

Etymology

From Middle French cotte, from Old French cote, Latin cotta, Proto-Germanic *kuttô.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kɔt/

Noun

cotte f (plural cottes)

(historical) coat, tunic
(archaic) petticoat
overalls

Further reading

“cotte” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Adjective

cotte f pl

Feminine plural of adjective cotto.

Noun

cotte f pl

plural of cotta

Norman

Etymology 1

From Old French cotte (“outer garment with sleeves”), from Latin cotta, from Proto-Germanic *kuttô, *kuttǭ (“cowl, woolen cloth, coat”).

Noun

cotte f (plural cottes)

(Guernsey) coat

Etymology 2

Noun

cotte f (plural cottes)

(Jersey) pigsty
(Jersey) cave

Synonyms

(pigsty): cotte à couochons

Old French

Alternative forms

cote, cot

Etymology

From Latin cotta, Proto-Germanic *kuttô.

Noun

cotte f (oblique plural cottes, nominative singular cotte, nominative plural cottes)

overshirt, tunic

Descendants

Middle French: cotte, cote
- French: cotte
Norman: cotte (Guernesiais)
Walloon: cote (Liégeois)
→ Middle English: cotte, cote, coate
- Scots: cot, cote
- English: coat
  - → Scots: coat
⇒ Old French: surcot, surcote, sorcot
- → Middle English: surcote
  - English: surcoat
- → Old Norse: surkot, syrkot
  - Icelandic: kot
  - Faroese: kot

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