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Is cot a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word cot is a Scrabble US word. The word cot is worth 5 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word cot is a Scrabble UK word and has 5 points:

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3-letter words (2 found)

COT,TOC,

2-letter words (1 found)

TO,

You can make 3 words from cot according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 3 letters words made out of cot

cot oct cto tco otc toc

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Definitions and meaning of cot

cot

Translingual

Symbol

cot

  1. (trigonometry) cotangent

Usage notes

The symbol cot is prescribed by the ISO 80000-2:2019 standard, which explicitly deprecates the older symbol ctg.

Synonyms

  • cotan
  • cotg
  • ctg
  • ctn (obsolete)

Pronunciation

  • (UK, General Australian, Canada, Boston) IPA(key): /kɒt/
    • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): [kʰɒʔ(t)]
    • (General Australian) IPA(key): [kʰɔt], [kʰɔʔ]
  • (US) IPA(key): /kɑt/
    • (General American) IPA(key): [kʰɑt̚], [kʰɑʔ]
    • (Boston) IPA(key): [kʰɒːt̚]
    • (Inland Northern American) IPA(key): [kʰat̚], [kʰaʔ]
  • (Indian English) IPA(key): [kɔt], [kɔʈ]
  • (Ireland) IPA(key): [Kɒʔ], [Kɔt], [Kɔʔ]
  • Homophone: caught (accents with cot–caught merger)
  • Rhymes: -ɒt

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Hindi खाट (khāṭ), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀔𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀸 (khaṭṭā), from Sanskrit खट्वा (khaṭvā, “bedstead”).

Noun

cot (plural cots)

  1. (Canada, US) A simple bed, especially one for portable or temporary purposes.
    Synonym: camp bed
  2. (UK, Australia, New Zealand) A bed for infants or small children, with high, often slatted, often moveable sides.
    Synonym: crib
  3. (nautical, historical) A wooden bed frame, slung by its corners from a beam, in which officers slept before the introduction of bunks.
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English cot, cote, from Old English cot and cote (“cot, cottage”), from Proto-Germanic *kutą, *kutǭ (compare Old Norse kot, Middle High German kūz (“execution pit”)), from Scythian (compare Avestan 𐬐𐬀𐬙𐬀 (kata, “chamber”)). Cognate to Dutch kot (“student room; small homestead”). Doublet of cote; more distantly related to cottage.

Noun

cot (plural cots)

  1. (archaic) A cottage or small homestead.
    • 1898, Ethna Carbery, "Roddy McCorley" (poem).
  2. A pen, coop, or similar shelter for small domestic animals, such as sheep or pigeons.
    Synonym: cote
Derived terms
Related terms
  • coscet
  • cosset
  • cote
  • cotter
Translations

Etymology 3

From Irish coite, coit (“small boat”), possibly from Medieval Latin cattia (“pan”).

Noun

cot (plural cots)

  1. A small, crudely-formed boat.

Etymology 4

From dialectal cot, cote, partly from Middle English cot (“matted wool”), from Old English *cot, *cotta, from Proto-Germanic *kuttô (“woolen fabric, wool covering”); and partly from Middle English cot, cote (“tunic, coat”), from Old French cote, from the same Germanic source (see English coat). Possibly influenced by English cotton.

Alternative forms

  • cote (dialectal)

Noun

cot (plural cots)

  1. A cover or sheath; a fingerstall.

Etymology 5

Contraction of cot-quean.

Noun

cot (plural cots)

  1. (obsolete) A man who does household work normally associated with women.

References

Anagrams

  • CTO, OCT, OTC, Oct, Oct., TCO, TOC, oct, oct-

Aromanian

Alternative forms

  • cotu

Etymology

From Latin cubitum. Compare Daco-Romanian cot.

Noun

cot n (plural coati or coate or coturi)

  1. elbow

Noun

cot m (plural cots or coate or coati)

  1. an old measure, unit of length

Catalan

Etymology 1

From acotar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian) [ˈkot]
  • Rhymes: -ot

Adjective

cot (feminine cota, masculine plural cots, feminine plural cotes)

  1. bowed, towards the ground

Etymology 2

From cota (“coat”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian) [ˈkɔt]
  • Rhymes: -ɔt

Noun

cot m (plural cots)

  1. (historical) long robe or overcoat with sleeves, worn by men and women

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Latin quotus (“how much”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) unknown
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [ˈkot]

Noun

cot m (plural cots)

  1. (historical, Catalan law) monetary penalty imposed by some Andorran councils

Etymology 4

Inherited from Latin cōs.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian) [ˈkɔt]
  • Rhymes: -ɔt

Noun

cot m (plural cots)

  1. (obsolete) whetstone
    Synonym: pedra d'esmolar

Further reading

  • “cot” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Pronunciation

Noun

cot m (plural cots)

  1. Alternative spelling of côt

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

Compare Persian جفت (joft).

Noun

cot ?

  1. pair

Old English

Alternative forms

  • cott

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kutą, *kutan (“shed”), probably of non-Indo-European origin, but possibly borrowed from Uralic; compare Finnish kota (“hut, house”) and Hungarian ház (“house”), both from Proto-Finno-Ugric/Proto-Uralic *kota.

However, compare Dutch and English hut, as well as Old Norse kot, Middle High German kūz (“execution pit”)), Scytho-Sarmatian *kuta, Avestan 𐬐𐬀𐬙𐬀 (kata, “chamber”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kot/

Noun

cot n (nominative plural cotu)

  1. cottage

Declension

Derived terms

  • cote
  • cotsæta

Descendants

  • English: cot

References

Old French

Noun

cot oblique singular, f (oblique plural coz or cotz, nominative singular cot, nominative plural coz or cotz)

  1. Alternative form of cotte

Picard

Etymology

From Latin cattus.

Noun

cot m (plural cots)

  1. cat

Romanian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin cubitum, probably through a later Vulgar Latin contracted form *cubtu, perhaps becoming *cout in earlier Romanian. Compare Aromanian cot, Spanish codo; cf. also Albanian kut. Doublet of the neological borrowing cubitus.

Pronunciation

Noun

cot n (plural coate)

  1. elbow

Declension

Noun

cot n (plural coturi)

  1. corner
  2. a bend of a river

Declension

Noun

cot m (plural coți)

  1. old unit of length, approx. 2 feet

Declension

Derived terms

  • coti
  • cotări

Romansch

Noun

cot m (plural cots)

  1. (Rumantsch Grischun) rooster

Tyap

Alternative forms

  • cod, chot, chod

Etymology

From English church.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃɔd/

Noun

cot (plural ncot)

  1. church

Welsh

Alternative forms

  • (North Wales) côt

Etymology

From English coat.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔt/
  • Rhymes: -ɔt

Noun

cot f (plural cotiau)

  1. (South Wales) coat

Derived terms

  • cot law

Mutation

References

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “cot”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

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