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Yes. The word pote is a Scrabble US word. The word pote is worth 6 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word pote is a Scrabble UK word and has 6 points:

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4-letter words (3 found)

POET,POTE,TOPE,

3-letter words (6 found)

OPE,OPT,PET,POT,TOE,TOP,

2-letter words (7 found)

ET,OE,OP,PE,PO,TE,TO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 17 words from pote according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of pote

pote opte ptoe tpoe otpe tope poet opet peot epot oept eopt pteo tpeo peto epto tepo etpo otep toep oetp eotp teop etop

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word pote. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in pote.

Definitions and meaning of pote

pote

Etymology

From Middle English poten, from Old English potian (“to push, thrust, strike, butt, goad”), from Proto-Germanic *putōną (“to stab, push, poke”). Cognate with Dutch poten (“to plant”), Norwegian Nynorsk pota (“to poke”). More at put.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pəʊt/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /poʊt/
  • Rhymes: -əʊt, -oʊt

Verb

pote (third-person singular simple present potes, present participle poting, simple past and past participle poted)

  1. (obsolete) To push, thrust.
  2. To poke (with a stick etc.).

Derived terms

  • potter

Anagrams

  • -tope, Tope, poet, poët, tope

'Are'are

Verb

pote

  1. be full

References

  • Kateřina Naitoro, A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax (2013)

Afrikaans

Noun

pote

  1. plural of poot

Bourguignon

Etymology

From Latin porta.

Noun

pote f (plural potes)

  1. door

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpotɛ]

Noun

pote m

  1. vocative singular of pot

Danish

Etymology

From Middle Low German pote, of uncertain ultimate origin; perhaps equivalent to the Romance cognates of French patte, from Vulgar Latin *pauta, a borrowing from a substrate language.

Noun

pote c (singular definite poten, plural indefinite poter)

  1. paw

Inflection

Dutch

Pronunciation

Verb

pote

  1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of poten

Anagrams

  • poet, toep.

French

Etymology

Clipping of poteau.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɔt/
  • Rhymes: -ɔt

Noun

pote m or f by sense (plural potes)

  1. (informal) mate (UK), buddy (US)

References

Further reading

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

Anagrams

  • opte, opté

Galician

Etymology 1

15th century. Probably borrowed from Old French pot, from Proto-Germanic *puttaz (“pot, jar, tub”), from Proto-Indo-European *budn- (“a kind of vessel”). Doublet of pota.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɔte̝/

Noun

pote m (plural potes)

  1. (cooking) pot
  2. (cooking) a three feet iron container with lid
Derived terms
  • a pote (“galore”)
  • bolo de pote (“dumpling”)
Related terms
  • bote (“flask; tin”)
  • potaxe (“potage”)

Etymology 2

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *pūto (“swollen”), from Proto-Indo-European *bu- (“to swell”). Compare English pout.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɔte̝/

Noun

pote m (plural potes)

  1. bump or swelling in the head caused by an injury
Derived terms
  • facer o pote (“to pout”)

References

  • “pote” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “pote” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “pote” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “pote” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “pote” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French apporter (“bring”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pote/

Verb

pote

  1. bring

Interlingua

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpo.te/

Verb

pote

  1. present of poter
  2. imperative of poter

Italian

Verb

pote

  1. Archaic form of può, third-person singular present indicative of potere

Anagrams

  • peto, tope

Latin

Participle

pōte

  1. vocative masculine singular of pōtus

References

  • “pote”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “pote”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

Madurese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)putiq.

Adjective

pote

  1. white (bright and colourless)

Noun

pote

  1. white (colour)

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *pota, of uncertain ultimate origin; perhaps equivalent to the Romance cognates of French patte, from Vulgar Latin *pauta, a borrowing from a substrate language.

Noun

pôte m or f

  1. paw, claw
    Synonym: voet

Inflection

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Descendants

  • Dutch: poot
  • Limburgish: poeat

Further reading

  • “pote”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “pote (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch pote, from Old Dutch *pota, related to Middle Low German pōte and Middle French pote (< Germanic) More at English paw.

Noun

pote (plural potes)

  1. An animal's paw's fur or the animal's paw itself.

Etymology 2

Noun

pote

  1. Alternative form of pot

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

pote m (definite singular poten, indefinite plural poter, definite plural potene)

  1. paw

Portuguese

Etymology

From French pot (“pot”), from Vulgar Latin pottum (“pot, jar”), from Proto-Germanic *puttaz (“pot, jar, tub”), from Proto-Indo-European *budn- (“a kind of vessel”).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: po‧te

Noun

pote m (plural potes)

  1. pot, moderately large open container
    Synonyms: cântaro, talha
  2. (historical, measure) pot, a traditional unit of liquid volume equal to 7–13 liters depending on the area of Portugal
  3. tupperware, a lidded plastic container

Synonyms

  • (unit of volume): cântaro, alqueire

Coordinate terms

  • (unit of volume): quartilho (1⁄24 pote), canada (1⁄6 pote), almude (2 potes)

Derived terms

  • chover a potes

Descendants

  • Kadiwéu: boote

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpote/ [ˈpo.t̪e]
  • Rhymes: -ote
  • Syllabification: po‧te

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Catalan pot (“container”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *puttaz.

Noun

pote m (plural potes)

  1. pot
  2. stew
  3. (Basque Country, Navarre) glass of wine (drunk in a bar)

Etymology 2

Verb

pote

  1. inflection of potar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

  • “pote”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swahili

Pronunciation

Adjective

pote

  1. Pa class inflected form of -ote.

Adverb

pote

  1. everywhere

Tarantino

Etymology

From French poche.

Noun

pote

  1. pocket

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