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Definitions and meaning of bot

bot

English

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /bɒt/
(US) enPR: bŏt, IPA^(key): /bɑt/
Homophone: bought (cot–caught merger)
Rhymes: -ɒt

Etymology 1

Possibly a modification of Scottish Gaelic boiteag (“maggot”).

Alternative forms

bott

Noun

bot (plural bots)

The larva of a botfly, which infests the skin of various mammals, producing warbles, or the nasal passage of sheep, or the stomach of horses.

Derived terms

rodent bot

Translations

Etymology 2

From bottom.

Verb

bot (third-person singular simple present bots, present participle botting, simple past and past participle botted)

(British, slang) To bugger.
(Australia, informal) To ask for and be given something with the direct intention of exploiting the thing’s usefulness, almost exclusively with cigarettes.
Synonym: (UK) bum

Etymology 3

Clipping of robot.

Alternative forms

'bot

Noun

bot (plural bots)

(science fiction, informal) A physical robot.
(computing) A piece of software designed to perform a minor but repetitive task automatically or on command, especially when operating with the appearance of a (human) user profile or account.
(video games) A computer-controlled character in a video game, especially a multiplayer one.
Synonyms: NPC, AI
(video games, slang, derogatory) A supremely unskilled player.
(Internet slang, often derogatory) A person with no ability to think for themselves; (by extension) an unintelligent or contemptible person.
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:fool, Thesaurus:jerk

Derived terms

Related terms

-bot

Translations

Verb

bot (third-person singular simple present bots, present participle botting, simple past and past participle botted)

(video games) To use a bot, or automated program.

Derived terms

viewbot

References

“bot” in Webster’s Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary: Based on Webster’s Third New International Dictionary, 7th edition, Springfield, Mass.: G[eorge] & C[harles] Merriam, 1963 (1967 printing), →OCLC.

Anagrams

BTO, OTB

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bɔt/, [bot]

Etymology 1

From Dutch bot, from botte. Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *buddǭ.

Noun

bot (plural botte, diminutive botjie)

sprout, bud

Verb

bot (present bot, present participle bot, past participle gebot)

to sprout, to bud

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Dutch bot, from Middle Dutch bot. Ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *buttaz.

Adjective

bot (attributive botte, comparative botter, superlative botste)

blunt, dull (of an object)
obtuse, dull, stupid

Derived terms

Noun

bot (plural botte, diminutive botjie)

a bone
(fish) flounder, fluke, butt
Synonym: botvis
(parasitic flatworm) fluke
Synonym: slakwurm

Etymology 3

Noun

bot

Alternative spelling of bod

References

2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Bislama

Etymology

From English boat.

Noun

bot

boat

Catalan

Etymology 1

Deverbal from botar.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈbot]
Rhymes: -ot

Noun

bot m (plural bots)

jump, leap
Synonyms: salt, saltiró

Related terms

botejar

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Middle English bot (whence English boat), from Old English bāt (“boat”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈbɔt]
IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈbot]
Rhymes: -ot

Noun

bot m (plural bots)

boat
Synonyms: barca, vaixell

Etymology 3

Inherited from Late Latin buttis (“wineskin”), probably of Ancient Greek origin.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈbot]
Rhymes: -ot

Noun

bot m (plural bots)

wineskin
Synonym: odre
bagpipes
Synonyms: bot de gemecs, cornamusa
sunfish (large marine fish of the family Molidae)
Synonym: mola

Derived terms

ploure a bots i barrals

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈbot]
Rhymes: -ot

Verb

bot

inflection of botre:
1. third-person singular present indicative
2. second-person singular imperative

Dalmatian

Alternative forms

buat

Etymology

Possibly from a derivative of Latin battuō, or alternatively of Germanic origin. Compare Italian botta, French botte.

Noun

bot m

blow, slap, smack, whack, knock, strike, thud

Dutch

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bɔt/
Hyphenation: bot
Rhymes: -ɔt

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch bot, but, butte, related to Middle Low German but (“dull, plump, coarse”), West Frisian bot (“blunt”). Perhaps ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *butt, from Proto-Germanic *buttaz (“end, butt”).

Adjective

bot (comparative botter, superlative botst)

not sharp, blunt, dull
impolite, badly behaving: curt, blunt, rude

Declension

Descendants

Berbice Creole Dutch: dofu
→ Papiamentu: bòt

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch but. Cognate with English butt, German Butt, in all senses.

Noun

bot n (plural botten, diminutive botje n)

bone
Synonyms: been, knekel, knook

Derived terms

penisbot

Etymology 3

From Middle Dutch bot, from Old Dutch *but, from Proto-West Germanic *butt (“stumpy”), from Proto-Germanic *buttaz (“stumpy”). Cognate with English butt (“flatfish”), German Butt (“lefteye flounder”), West Frisian bot (“flounder”).

Noun

bot m (plural botten, diminutive botje n)

flounder (a type of fish)

Derived terms

heilbot m
tarbot m

Descendants

Afrikaans: bot
→ West Frisian: bot

Etymology 4

From French botte.

Noun

bot f (plural botten, diminutive botje n)

(Belgium) boot

Etymology 5

Borrowed from English bot, from robot.

Noun

bot m (plural bots, diminutive botje n)

a bot (software for repetitive minor tasks; computer-controlled character in video games)

Related terms

robot
chatbot, voicebot

French

Etymology 1

From Middle French bot (16th c.). Of unknown origin. Perhaps ultimately from Proto-Germanic *buttaz (“butt, stump, end”). If so, a doublet of but.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bo/
- Rhymes: -o
- Homophones: bau, baud, bauds, baux, beau, beaux, bots
IPA^(key): /bɔ/ (older, now chiefly Belgium)
- Rhymes: -ɔ
- Homophone: bots

Adjective

bot (feminine bote, masculine plural bots, feminine plural botes)

(of a foot) affected by the deformation known as clubfoot
un pied bot ― a clubfoot
(rare, of a hand) affected by a similar-looking deformation
une main bote ― a deformed hand

Etymology 2

From English bot.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bɔt/
Homophones: bote, botes, bots, botte, bottes
Rhymes: -ɔt

Noun

bot m (plural bots)

(computing) bot

German

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [boːt]
Homophone: Boot

Verb

bot

first/third-person singular preterite of bieten

Hungarian

Etymology

From a Slavic, language, from Proto-Slavic *bъtъ.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈbot]
Rhymes: -ot

Noun

bot (plural botok)

stick, staff
walking stick, cane
Synonyms: sétabot, sétapálca

Declension

Derived terms

Indonesian

Pronunciation

(Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈbot/ [ˈbɔt̪̚]
Rhymes: -ot
Syllabification: bot

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English boot, from Middle English boote, bote (“shoe”), from Old French bote (“a high, thick shoe”). Compare Standard Malay but.

Noun

bot (plural bot-bot)

(footware) boot: a heavy shoe that covers part of the leg

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English bot.

Noun

bot (plural bot-bot)

bot:
1. (science fiction) a physical robot
2. (computing) a piece of software designed to perform a minor but repetitive task automatically or on command, especially when operating with the appearance of a (human) user profile or account

Derived terms

Etymology 3

Unknown. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).

Noun

bot (plural bot-bot)

a container made from nibung fronds, usually used to hold water

Etymology 4

Borrowed from Acehnese [Term?].

Adjective

bot (comparative lebih bot, superlative paling bot)

arching the back to stretch the body

Jamaican Creole

Etymology

Derived from English but.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bot/

Preposition

bot

Javanese

Romanization

bot

Romanization of ꦧꦺꦴꦠ꧀

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English bāt.

Alternative forms

(Early or Northern ME) bate, bat
bote, boot, boet, boyt, bootte, boote

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bɔːt/

Noun

bot (plural botes)

A seafaring vessel or watercraft; a device for navigating the waters:
1. A boat (a watercraft or vessel smaller than a ship).
2. A boat stowed on a ship for utility purposes, especially for tendering.
(figurative) The path or course of one's life; one's direction.

Derived terms

botere

Descendants

English: boat
- Belizean Creole: boat
- → Esperanto: boato
- → Dhivehi: ބޯޓު (bōṭu)
- → Fijian: boto
- → Hijazi Arabic: بوت (bōt)
- → Japanese: ボート (bōto)
- → Malay: bot
- → Pitcairn-Norfolk: boet (Norfuk)
- → Sinhalese: බෝට්‍ටුව (bōṭṭuwa)
- → Swahili: boti
- → Scots: boat, bote (compare native bait, bate)
- → Tahitian: poti
- Tok Pisin: bot
Scots: bate, bait
→ Middle Dutch: boot
- Dutch: boot
  - Afrikaans: boot
→ Middle Low German: bôt, bott
- Low German: Boot
- Plautdietsch: Boot
- → German: Boot
→ North Frisian: böötj
→ Saterland Frisian: Boot
→ West Frisian: boat
→ Catalan: bot
→ Galician: bote
→ Old French: bot
- → Portuguese: bote
→ Spanish: bote
- → Cebuano: bote

References

“bōt, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-1-5.

Etymology 2

Noun

bot

Alternative form of bothe (“booth”)

Etymology 3

Noun

bot

Alternative form of bat

Etymology 4

Noun

bot

Alternative form of bote (“help, benefit”)

Etymology 5

Noun

bot

Alternative form of bote (“boot”)

Middle Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *bozdos (“tail, penis”) (compare Welsh both (“hub, nave”), Breton bod (“bush, shrub; branch”)), from Proto-Indo-European *gwosdʰos (“piece of wood”), compare Proto-Slavic *gvozdь (“nail, tack, peg”).

Noun

bot m

tail
penis

Derived terms

botach

Descendants

Irish: bod
Manx: bwoid
Scottish Gaelic: bod

Mutation

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse ᛒᚢᛏ (but) (in the Latin script bót) whence also Icelandic bót), from Proto-Germanic *bōtō. Akin to English boot (“remedy, profit”).

Noun

bot f or m (definite singular bota or boten, indefinite plural bøter, definite plural bøtene)

a fine (sum of money to be paid as a penalty for an offence)
a remedy
a patch

Derived terms

botemiddel
parkeringsbot

Related terms

bøtelegge

References

“bot” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
“bot_3” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse ᛒᚢᛏ (but) (in the Latin script bót) whence also Icelandic bót), from Proto-Germanic *bōtō. Akin to English boot (“remedy, profit”).

Noun

bot f (definite singular bota, indefinite plural bøter, definite plural bøtene)

a fine (as above)
a remedy
a patch

Derived terms

botemiddel
parkeringsbot

Related terms

bøtelegge

References

“bot” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Czech

Alternative forms

bota

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French bote.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈbot/
IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈbot/

Noun

bot m inan

boot (high, tight, close-fitting, often pointed leather shoe, reaching to the ankles or higher)

Declension

Descendants

Czech: bota
→ Old Polish: bot, but
- Polish: but, bot (Middle Polish), bót (obsolete or dialectal, Lubawa)
- Silesian: bōt

References

Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “bot”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *bōtu (“recompense”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /boːt/

Noun

bōt f (nominative plural bōte)

help, assistance, rescue, remedy, cure, deliverance from evil
- Byþ hræd bót. ― The cure will be quick.
mending, repair, improvement
- ... and án swulung þǽre cirican to bóte ― and an offering to the church for repairs
compensation for an injury or wrong; (peace) offering, recompense, amends, atonement, reformation, penance, repentance
- For bóte his synna ― for a redressing of his sins
improvement in (moral) condition, amendment
- Hé tó bóte gehwearf ― he was converted

Declension

Strong ō-stem:

Derived terms

Descendants

Middle English: bote
- English: boot
- → English: bote
- Scots: bute, buit

Old French

Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin *padda, probably a Germanic loan from Frankish *paddā (“toad”). Compare Italian botta (“toad”), Old English padde (“toad”), Old Norse padda (“toad”). More at paddock.

Noun

bot oblique singular, f (oblique plural boz or botz, nominative singular bot, nominative plural boz or botz)

toad (animal)

Derived terms

boterel

References

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

Etymology 2

From boter (“to strike”), from Frankish *buttan, from *bautan (“to hit, strike”).

Noun

bot oblique singular, m (oblique plural boz or botz, nominative singular boz or botz, nominative plural bot)

strike; hit; blow

Synonyms

Etymology 3

See bat.

Noun

bot oblique singular, m (oblique plural boz or botz, nominative singular boz or botz, nominative plural bot)

Alternative form of bat

Etymology 4

See bout.

Noun

bot oblique singular, m (oblique plural boz or botz, nominative singular boz or botz, nominative plural bot)

Alternative form of bout

References

Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (bot) (sense #1, 'toad' and #2, 'strike')
bot on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub (sense #3, 'boat' and a citation or sense #4, 'end')

Old Javanese

Alternative forms

bwat

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbot/

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəʀəqat (compare Malay berat). Doublet of bwat and wrat.

Adjective

bot

heavy

Derived terms

Descendants

Javanese: ꦧꦺꦴꦠ꧀ (bot)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buhat. Doublet of bwat and wwat.

Noun

bot

style, make

Derived terms

Old Polish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Czech bot. The change from bot to but was probably influenced by obuć. First attested in 1415.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /bɔt/
IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /bɔt/

Noun

bot m inan (diminutive butek)

(attested in Masovia, Lesser Poland, Greater Poland) footwear, shoe

Derived terms

Descendants

Polish: but, bot (Middle Polish), bót (obsolete or dialectal, Lubawa)
Silesian: bōt

References

Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “but”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN
Mańczak, Witold (2017) “but”, in Polski słownik etymologiczny (in Polish), Kraków: Polska Akademia Umiejętności, →ISBN
Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “but”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
Sławski, Franciszek (1958-1965) “but”, in Jan Safarewicz, Andrzej Siudut, editors, Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), Kraków: Towarzystwo Miłośników Języka Polskiego
Krystyna Długosz-Kurczabowa (2021) “but”, in Wielki słownik etymologiczno-historyczny języka polskiego, →ISBN
Stanisław Dubisz, editor (2003), “but”, in Uniwersalny słownik języka polskiego [Universal dictionary of the Polish language]‎^[19] (in Polish), volumes 1-4, Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN SA, →ISBN
Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “but”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna
Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “but”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
K. Nitsch, editor (1954), “But, Bot”, in Słownik staropolski (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw: Polish Academy of Sciences, page 179
B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “but, bot”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
Ewa Deptuchowa, Mariusz Frodyma, Katarzyna Jasińska, Magdalena Klapper, Dorota Kołodziej, Mariusz Leńczuk, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, editors (2023), “(But) Bot”, in Rozariusze z polskimi glosami. Internetowa baza danych [Dictionaries of Polish glosses, an Internet database] (in Polish), Kraków: Pracownia Języka Staropolskiego Instytut Języka Polskiego Polskiej Akademii Nauk

Old Swedish

Alternative forms

ᛒᚮᛏ

Etymology

From Old Norse bót, from Proto-Germanic *bōtō.

Noun

bōt f

improvement
benefit, utility
cure
compensation

Declension

Descendants

Swedish: bot

Polish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbɔt/
Rhymes: -ɔt
Syllabification: bot
Homophone: bod

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English bot.

Noun

bot m animal

(computing) bot

Declension

Etymology 2

See but.

Noun

bot m inan (diminutive botek)

ankle boot
Middle Polish form of but

Declension

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English bot. Doublet of robô.

Pronunciation

Homophone: bote

Noun

bot m (plural bots)

(computing) bot (a piece of software for doing repetitive tasks)
(video games) bot (a player controlled by software)

Romanian

Etymology 1

Unknown. Possibly from a Vulgar Latin root *botum, perhaps from Latin botulus or from a root *botium, a Germanic borrowing, from Frankish *boce (“knob”), from Old High German bozzan (“to beat”), from Proto-West Germanic *bautan (“to push, strike”).

Compare Italian bozza, French bosse. See also butuc and boț.

Noun

bot n (plural boturi)

(of animals) snout, mouth
(of a person, vulgar) mouth
bump
hump
(vulgar) blowjob

Declension

Synonyms

(mouth): gură
(bump): umflătură, cucui
(hump): cocoașă

References

Etymology 2

From English bot.

Noun

bot m (plural boți)

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English bot.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbot/ [ˈbot̪]
Rhymes: -ot
Syllabification: bot

Noun

bot m (plural bots)

bot (robot)

Swedish

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish bōt (“improvement”), from Old Norse ᛒᚢᛏ (but) (in the Latin script bót) whence also Icelandic bót), from Proto-Germanic *bōtō. Akin to English boot (“remedy, profit”). Masculine in Late Modern Swedish.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /buːt/

Noun

bot c

fine (penalty in money)

Usage notes

In newer usage, the indefinite plural böter has frequently been reinterpreted as a singular noun due to usage without an article. Thus, for example, the common phrase "betala böter" has shifted in meaning from "pay fines" to "pay a fine". This is unrecognized by language authorities, however.

Declension

Related terms

böta
bötfälla

Etymology 2

Originally the same word as etymology 1.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /buːt/

Noun

bot c

cure; remedy
(religious) penance

Declension

Related terms

bota
botemedel

Etymology 3

Unadapted borrowing from English bot.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bɔt/

Noun

bot c

bot (robot)

Declension

Tatar

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *būt (“thigh”).

Noun

bot

thigh

Turkish

Etymology 1

From French botte.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bot/

Noun

bot (definite accusative botu, plural botlar)

boot

Etymology 2

From English boat

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bot/

Noun

bot (definite accusative botu, plural botlar)

boat
Synonym: tekne

Volapük

Noun

bot (nominative plural bots)

boat

Declension

West Frisian

Etymology 1

From Old Frisian butie, from Proto-West Germanic *butt, from Proto-Germanic *buttaz (“end piece”), related to English butt.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bot/

Adjective

bot

curt, blunt, rude
dull (as a knife)

Inflection

Adverb

bot

very, quite

Etymology 2

Uncertain. Possibly derived from bot (“blunt-headed fish”), in which case ultimately from the source of Etymology 1 above. Compare Dutch bot and the second element of English halibut.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bot/

Noun

bot c (plural botten, diminutive botsje or botke)

flounder (a type of fish)

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Afrikaans

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Bislama

Etymology

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Catalan

Etymology 1

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Noun

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Etymology 2

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Noun

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Noun

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Dalmatian

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Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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