gote

See also: Gote, göte, gotë, and Göte

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English gote (a drain), from Old English *gote (drain, gutter), from Proto-West Germanic [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *gutō (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. (UK dialectal) A drainage pipe.
  3. (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) A deep miry place.

Anagrams

Dutch

Verb

gote

  1. (dated or formal) singular past subjunctive of gieten

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin gutta.

Noun

gote f (plural gutis)

  1. drop

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡɔ.te/
  • Rhymes: -ɔte
  • Hyphenation: gò‧te

Adjective

gote

  1. feminine plural of goto

Noun

gote f

  1. plural of gota

Middle English

Noun

gote

  1. Alternative form of goot

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²ɡoːtə/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse gata f, from Proto-Germanic *gatwǭ (street, passage). Doublet of gate. Akin to Faroese gøta.

Alternative forms

Noun

gote f (definite singular gota, indefinite plural goter, definite plural gotene)

  1. a path, trail
  2. a passage with a fence or gate on either side
    Synonyms: geil, allé

Etymology 2

A kind of blend of gote f (path) and gatt n (hole), and gjot. The verb is derived from the noun.

Noun

gote f (definite singular gota, indefinite plural goter, definite plural gotene)

  1. a hole

Etymology 3

From Old Norse goti, from Proto-Germanic *gutô.

Noun

gote m (definite singular goten, indefinite plural gotar, definite plural gotane)

  1. a Goth
    Synonym: gotar

References

Anagrams

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin gutta.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡu.tə/

Noun

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

  1. drop (of liquid)
  • gotiere

Descendants

  • English: gout, goutte
  • Middle French: goutte
  • Norman: goute
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