gote

Alternative forms

• gout

Etymology

From Middle English gote (“a drain”), from Old English *gote (“drain, gutter”), from Proto-Germanic *gutōn (“gutter”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewd- (“to pour”). Cognate with Dutch goot (“a gutter, drain, gully”), German Gosse (“a gutter”). Related to Old English gutt (“gut, entrails”), Old English ġēotan (“to pour, pour forth, shed, gush, flow, flood, overwhelm, found, cast”). More at gut, yote.

Noun

gote (plural gotes)

1. A drain; sluice; ditch or gutter.
2. (Britain dialectal) A drainage pipe.
3. (Britain dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) A deep miry place.

Anagrams

• EGOT, toge

Verb

gote

1. (archaic) singular past subjunctive of gieten

Noun

gote f

1. plural of gota

Adjective

gote

1. feminine plural of goto

Alternative forms

• got, gat, goot, goet, goth

Etymology

From Old English gāt, from Proto-Germanic *gaits, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰaydos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɔːt/

Noun

gote (plural gotes or gete)

1. goat (especially a female)
2. The meat or flesh of goats
3. A chamois or antelope
4. A lustful individual; lust as a concept
5. (astrology) Capricorn

Alternative forms

• goute
• goutte (chiefly late Old French)
• gute

Etymology

Latin gutta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡu.tə/

Noun

gote f (oblique plural gotes, nominative singular gote, nominative plural gotes)

1. drop (of liquid)