cotta

See also: čotta and Cotta

English

Etymology

From medieval Latin cotta (“clerical tunic”).

Noun

cotta (plural cottas)

  1. A surplice, in England and America usually one shorter and less full than the ordinary surplice and with short sleeves, or sometimes none.
    • 1978, Jane Gardam, God on the Rocks, Abacus 2014, p. 131:
      ‘The confidence of the very rich,’ thought Father Carter watching Binkie shaking out albs and cottas and calling rather loudly to the organist.
  2. A kind of coarse woollen blanket.

Italian

Noun

cotta f (plural cotte)

  1. surplice, cassock, tabard
  2. crush (infatuation)
  3. batch (for a kiln or oven)

Derived terms

Adjective

cotta f

  1. feminine of cotto

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *kuttô (“cowl, woolen cloth, coat”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkot.ta/, [ˈkɔt.ta]

Noun

cotta f (genitive cottae); first declension[1][2][3]

  1. undercoat, tunic

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative cotta cottae
genitive cottae cottārum
dative cottae cottīs
accusative cottam cottās
ablative cottā cottīs
vocative cotta cottae

Descendants

References

  1. ↑ Blaise, Albert (1975), “cota”, in Dictionnaire latin-français des auteurs du moyen-âge: lexicon latinitatis medii aevi (Corpus christianorum) (in Latin, French), Turnhout: Brepols, page 259
  2. ↑ Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “cottus”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus (in Latin), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 278
  3. ↑ cotta in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
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