cote
/kəʊt/US/koʊt/
cote noun: a cottage or hut. Also the obsolete form of quote.
Noun
cote (plural cotes)
- A cottage or hut.
- A small structure built to contain domesticated animals such as sheep, pigs or pigeons.
- Watching where shepherds pen their flocks, at eve, / In hurdled cotes.1667, John Milton, “Book IV”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished...
Verb
cote (third-person singular simple present cotes, present participle coting, simple past and past participle coted)
- To go side by side with; hence, to pass by; to outrun and get before.
- A dog cotes a hare.
- We coted them on the way, and hither are they coming.c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...
Proper noun capitalized: Cote
Cote (plural Cotes)
- A surname from French.
Also used as
cote is also the obsolete form of quote.
Synonyms of cote
Forms of cote
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | cotes |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | cotes |
| present participle | coting |
| past participle | coted |
| past | coted |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Cotes |
Origin of cote
From Middle English cote, from the Old English cote, the feminine form of cot (“small house”); doublet of cot (in the sense of “cottage”) and more distantly related to cottage. Cognate to Dutch kot.
See quote.
Probably related to French côté (“side”) via Middle French costé.
Words formed from cote
Phrases with cote
Words that rhyme with cote
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- oat
- quote
- connote
- groat
- remote
- scrote
- tote
- bote
- capote
- denote
- devote
- dote
- mote
- smote
- solar boat
- undercoat
- demote
- gloat
- pote
- refloat
- rote
- undernote
- wrote
- yote
- blót
- confidence vote
- disease boat
- end of quote
- end quote
- entrecôte
- flote
- frote
- ignote
- isot
- lote
- loth
- misquote
- moth
- phot
- recoat
- rewrote
- shoat
- stoat
- swagger coat
- troat
- two hundred fifty-sixth note
- underquote
- underwrote
Questions about cote
- What does cote mean?
- Cote means a cottage or hut.
- What part of speech is cote?
- Cote can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce cote?
- Cote is pronounced /kəʊt/ (UK).
- What is the plural of cote?
- The plural of cote is cotes.
Words near cote in the dictionary
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