pote

See also: Pote, poté, potè, Poté, and pote'

English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /pəʊt/

Etymology 1

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.

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

Etymology 2

From Middle English pote, a borrowing from Middle Dutch pote, from Old Dutch *pota, related to Middle Low German pōte and Middle French pote (< Germanic), ultimately from the same origin as Etymology 1. More at English paw.

Noun

pote (plural potes)

  1. (obsolete) An animal's paw's fur or the animal's paw itself.
    • 1398, James Hamilton Wylie, “Appendix A: Duchy of Lancaster Records”, in History of England under Henry the Fourth‎, volume 4, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1898, page 173:
      Fur Potes de Calabr'.
    • 1420, City of London (England). Corporation, Calendar of Plea and Memoranda Rolls Preserved Among the Archives of the Corporation of the City of London at the Guild-hall‎, volume 1413-1437, The University Press, published 1943, page 75:
      One gown of blue colour furred with potes of calabre, 28
    • 1481, William Carton, “68: Godfrey is wounded by a Bear.”, in Mary Noyes Colvin, PhD., editor, Godeffroy of Boloyne; or, The siege and conqueste of Jerusalem‎, London: Published for the Early English Text Society by Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co., translation of original by William of Tyre, published 1893, page 113:
      ... the beeste ... embraced hym with his potes, or feet to fore, ...
    • 1497, “Will of R. Burton”, in Susan Flood, editor, St. Albans Wills 1471-1500‎, Hertfordshire Record Society, published 1993, page 141:
      My wife's blewe gowne engrayned furred with powtes.
    • 1612, Andrew Halyburton, “On Imports”, in Cosmo Nelson Innes, editor, Ledger of Andrew Halyburton 1492-1503‎, Edinburg, Scotland, published 1867, Book of Customs and Valuation of Merchandises, Anno. 1612, page 306:
      Foynes—backes the dozen ... tailes the pane or mantle ... powtes the hundreth

Anagrams

Afrikaans

Noun

pote

  1. plural of poot

Danish

Noun

pote c (singular definite poten, plural indefinite poter)

  1. paw

Inflection

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Verb

pote

  1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of poten

Anagrams

French

Etymology

Shortening of poteau.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɔt/

Noun

pote m, f (plural potes)

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

References

  1. ↑ Trésor de la Langue française informatisée, s.v. "pote" : retrieved 2 June 2013, .

Further reading

Anagrams

Galician

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɔte̝/

Noun

pote m (plural potes)

  1. pot (container)
  2. bump or swelling (in the head)

Derived terms

  • a pote (“galore”)
  • bote (“flask; tin”)
  • bolo do pote (“dumpling”)
  • facer o pote (“to pout”)
  • potaxe (“potage”)

References

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French apporter (“bring”). 

Verb

pote

  1. bring

Interlingua

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpo.te/

Verb

pote

  1. present of poter
  2. imperative of poter

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

Unknown.

Noun

pôte m, f

  1. paw, claw
    Synonym: voet

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

  • Dutch: poot
  • Limburgish: poeat

Further reading

  • “pote”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • “pote (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

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

  1. paw

Portuguese

pote

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

pote m (plural potes)

  1. pot (container)

Synonyms

Descendants

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpo.te/

Noun

pote m (plural potes)

  1. pot
  2. stew

Swahili

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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