You can make 4 words from bot according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.
All 3 letters words made out of bot
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Definitions and meaning of bot
bot
Pronunciation
(UK) IPA(key): /bɒt/
(US) enPR: bŏt, IPA(key): /bɑt/
Homophone: bought(in accents with the cot-caught merger)
Rhymes: -ɒt
Etymology 1
Possibly a modification of Scottish Gaelicboiteag(“maggot”).
Alternative forms
bott
Noun
bot (pluralbots)
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.
Translations
Etymology 2
From bottom.
Verb
bot (third-person singular simple presentbots, present participlebotting, simple past and past participlebotted)
(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 (pluralbots)
(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, figuratively) A person with no ability to think for themselves.
Derived terms
Related terms
-bot
Translations
Verb
bot (third-person singular simple presentbots, present participlebotting, simple past and past participlebotted)
2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.
Bislama
Etymology
From Englishboat.
Noun
bot
boat
Catalan
Etymology 1
Deverbal from botar.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian)[ˈbot]
Rhymes: -ot
Noun
botm (pluralbots)
jump, leap
Synonyms:salt, saltiró
Related terms
botejar
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Middle Englishbot (whence English boat), from Old Englishbāt(“boat”), from Proto-Germanic*baitaz, *baitą(“boat, small ship”), from Proto-Indo-European*bʰeyd-(“to break, split”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): (Central, Balearic)[ˈbɔt]
IPA(key): (Valencian)[ˈbot]
Rhymes: -ot
Noun
botm (pluralbots)
boat
Synonyms:barca, vaixell
Etymology 3
Inherited from Late Latinbuttis(“wineskin”), probably of Ancient Greek origin.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian)[ˈbot]
Rhymes: -ot
Noun
botm (pluralbots)
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
Further reading
“bot” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
“bot”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
“bot” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
“bot” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Etymology 4
Pronunciation
IPA(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian)[ˈbot]
Rhymes: -ot
Verb
bot
inflection of botre:
third-person singular present indicative
second-person singular imperative
Dalmatian
Alternative forms
buat
Etymology
Possibly from a derivative of Latinbattuō, or alternatively of Germanic origin. Compare Italian botta, French botte.
Noun
botm
blow, slap, smack, whack, knock, strike, thud
Dutch
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /bɔt/
Hyphenation: bot
Rhymes: -ɔt
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutchbot, 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 (comparativebotter, superlativebotst)
not sharp, blunt, dull
impolite, badly behaving: curt, blunt, rude
Declension
Declension
Descendants
Berbice Creole Dutch: dofu
→ Papiamentu: bòt
Etymology 2
From Middle Dutchbut. Cognate with English butt, German Butt, in all senses.
Noun
botn (pluralbotten, diminutivebotjen)
bone
Synonyms:been, knekel, knook
Derived terms
penisbot
Etymology 3
From Middle Dutchbot. Ultimately from Proto-Germanic*buttaz(“stumpy”). Cognate with English butt(“flatfish”), German Butt(“lefteye flounder”), West Frisian bot(“flounder”).
Noun
botm (pluralbotten, diminutivebotjen)
flounder (a type of fish)
Derived terms
heilbotm
tarbotm
Descendants
Afrikaans: bot
→ West Frisian: bot
Etymology 4
From Frenchbotte.
Noun
botf (pluralbotten, diminutivebotjen)
(Belgium) boot
Etymology 5
Borrowed from Englishbot, from robot.
Noun
botm (pluralbots, diminutivebotjen)
A bot(software for repetitive minor tasks; computer-controlled character in video games).
Related terms
robot
chatbot, voicebot
French
Etymology 1
From Middle Frenchbot (16th c.). Of unknown origin. Perhaps ultimately from Proto-Germanic*buttaz(“butt, stump, end”). If so, a doublet of but.
(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 Englishbot.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /bɔt/
Homophones: bote, botes, bots, botte, bottes
Rhymes: -ɔt
Noun
botm (pluralbots)
(computing)bot
Further reading
“bot”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé[Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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 (pluralbotok)
stick, staff
walking stick, cane
Synonyms:sétabot, sétapálca
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
bot in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
bot in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)
Jamaican Creole
Etymology
Derived from Englishbut.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /bot/
Preposition
bot
but
Further reading
bot at majstro.com
Javanese
Romanization
bot
Romanization of ꦧꦺꦴꦠ꧀
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old Englishbāt.
Alternative forms
(Early or Northern ME)bate, bat
bote, boot, boet, boyt, bootte, boote
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /bɔːt/
Noun
bot (pluralbotes)
A seafaring vessel or watercraft; a device for navigating the waters:
A boat (a watercraft or vessel smaller than a ship).
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
→ Esperanto: boato
→ Dhivehi: ބޯޓު(bōṭu)
→ Fijian: boto
→ Hijazi Arabic: بوت(bōt)
→ Japanese: ボート(bōto)
→ 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
From Old Norsebúð.
Noun
bot
Alternative form of bothe(“booth”)
Etymology 3
From Old Englishbatt.
Noun
bot
Alternative form of bat
Etymology 4
From Old Englishbōt.
Noun
bot
Alternative form of bote(“help, benefit”)
Etymology 5
From Old Frenchbote.
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
botm
tail
penis
Derived terms
botach
Descendants
Irish: bod
Manx: bwoid
Scottish Gaelic: bod
Mutation
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norsebót.
Noun
botf or m (definite singularbotaorboten, indefinite pluralbøter, definite pluralbøtene)
a fine(sum of money to be paid as a penalty for an offence)
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
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
botoblique singular, f (oblique pluralbozorbotz, nominative singularbot, nominative pluralbozorbotz)
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
botoblique singular, m (oblique pluralbozorbotz, nominative singularbozorbotz, nominative pluralbot)
strike; hit; blow
Synonyms
cop
Etymology 3
See bat.
Noun
botoblique singular, m (oblique pluralbozorbotz, nominative singularbozorbotz, nominative pluralbot)
Alternative form of bat
Etymology 4
See bout.
Noun
botoblique singular, m (oblique pluralbozorbotz, nominative singularbozorbotz, nominative pluralbot)
Alternative form of bout
References
Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe 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
Further reading
"bot" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.
Old Swedish
Alternative forms
ᛒᚮᛏ
Etymology
From Old Norsebót, from Proto-Germanic*bōtō.
Noun
bōtf
improvement
benefit, utility
cure
compensation
Declension
or
Descendants
Swedish: bot
Polish
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /bɔt/
Rhymes: -ɔt
Syllabification: bot
Homophone: bod
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Old Czechbot, from Frenchbotte.
Noun
botm inan (diminutivebotek)
ankle boot
Declension
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Englishbot.
Noun
botm animal
(computing)bot
Declension
Further reading
bot in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
bot in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Englishbot. Doublet of robô.
Pronunciation
Homophone: bote
Noun
botm (pluralbots)
(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 Latinbotulus or from a root *botium, a Germanic borrowing, from Frankish*boce(“knob”), from Old High Germanbozzan(“to beat”), from Proto-West Germanic*bautan(“to push, strike”).
Compare Italian bozza, French bosse. See also butuc and boț.
Noun
botn (pluralboturi)
(of animals) snout, mouth
(of a person, vulgar) mouth
bump
hump
(vulgar) blowjob
Declension
Synonyms
(mouth):gură
(bump):umflătură, cucui
(hump):cocoașă
See also
cioc
rât
References
Etymology 2
From Englishbot.
Noun
botm (pluralboți)
bot
Declension
Further reading
bot in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Englishbot.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈbot/[ˈbot̪]
Rhymes: -ot
Syllabification: bot
Noun
botm (pluralbots)
bot(robot)
Further reading
“bot”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish
Etymology 1
From Old Swedishbōt(“improvement”), from Old Norseᛒᚢᛏ(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
botc
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
botc
cure; remedy
(religious) penance
Declension
Related terms
bota
botemedel
Etymology 3
Unadapted borrowing from Englishbot.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /bɔt/
Noun
botc
bot(robot)
Declension
Further reading
bot in Svensk ordbok.
Tatar
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic*būt(“thigh”).
Noun
bot
thigh
Turkish
Etymology 1
From French botte.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /bot/
Noun
bot (definite accusativebotu, pluralbotlar)
boot
Etymology 2
From English boat
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /bot/
Noun
bot (definite accusativebotu, pluralbotlar)
boat
Synonym:tekne
Volapük
Noun
bot (nominative pluralbots)
boat
Declension
West Frisian
Etymology 1
From Old Frisianbutie, 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
Further reading
“bot (II)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
Adverb
bot
very, quite
Further reading
“bot (II)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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
botc (pluralbotten, diminutivebotsjeorbotke)
flounder (a type of fish)
Further reading
“bot (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “bot1”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute