pote

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

English

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /pəʊt/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /poʊt/
• Rhymes: -əʊt, -oʊt

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

• potter

Anagrams

• -tope, Tope, poet, poët, tope

Afrikaans

Noun

pote

1. plural of poot

'Are'are

Verb

pote

1. be full

References

• Kateřina Naitoro, A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax (2013)

Bourguignon

Etymology

From Latin porta.

Noun

pote f (plural potes)

1. door

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpotɛ]

Noun

pote m

1. vocative singular of pot

Danish

Etymology

From Middle Low German pote, of uncertain ultimate origin; perhaps equivalent to the Romance cognates of French patte, from Vulgar Latin *pauta, a borrowing from a substrate language.

Noun

pote c (singular definite poten, plural indefinite poter)

1. paw

Inflection

Declension of pote

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	pote	poten	poter	poterne
genitive	potes	potens	poters	poternes

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Verb

pote

1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of poten

Anagrams

• poet, toep.

French

Etymology

Clipping of poteau.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔt/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔt

Noun

pote m or f by sense (plural potes)

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

Further reading

• “pote”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• opte, opté

Galician

Pote ("pot")

Etymology 1

15th century. Probably borrowed from Old French pot, from Proto-Germanic *puttaz (“pot, jar, tub”), from Proto-Indo-European *budn- (“a kind of vessel”). Doublet of pota.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔte̝/

Noun

pote m (plural potes)

1. (cooking) pot
   • 1457, Fernando R. Tato Plaza, editor, Libro de notas de Álvaro Pérez, notario da Terra de Rianxo e Postmarcos, Santiago: Concello da Cultura Galega, page 182:

     Gomes de Sespooõ diso que nõ sabía máis, saluo que posera en súa casa Martj́n de Dorrõ hũu pote e que despoys fora por el e o leuara

     Gomez of Cespón said that he know nothing, except that Martin of Dorrón left a pot in his house, but that later he came for it and took it away

2. (cooking) a three feet iron container with lid

Derived terms

• a pote (“galore”)
• bolo de pote (“dumpling”)

Related terms

• bote (“flask; tin”)
• potaxe (“potage”)

Etymology 2

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *pūto (“swollen”), from Proto-Indo-European *bu- (“to swell”). Compare English pout.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔte̝/

Noun

pote m (plural potes)

1. bump or swelling in the head caused by an injury

Derived terms

• facer o pote (“to pout”)

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “pote”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “pote”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “pote”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “pote”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “pote”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French apporter (“bring”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pote/

Verb

pote

1. bring

Interlingua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpo.te/

Verb

pote

1. present of poter
2. imperative of poter

Italian

Verb

pote

1. Archaic form of può, third-person singular present indicative of potere

Anagrams

• peto, tope

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

From Old Dutch *pota, of uncertain ultimate origin; perhaps equivalent to the Romance cognates of French patte, from Vulgar Latin *pauta, a borrowing from a substrate language.

Noun

pôte m or 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
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “pote (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch pote, from Old Dutch *pota, related to Middle Low German pōte and Middle French pote (< Germanic) More at English paw.

Noun

pote (plural potes)

1. 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^[2], volume 4, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1898, page 173:

     Fur Potes de Calabr'.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 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^[3], volumes 1413-1437, The University Press, published 1943, page 75:

     One gown of blue colour furred with potes of calabre, 28

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 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^[4], 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, […]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1497, “Will of R. Burton”, in Susan Flood, editor, St. Albans Wills 1471-1500‎^[5], Hertfordshire Record Society, published 1993, page 141:

     My wife's blewe gowne engrayned furred with powtes.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Etymology 2

Noun

pote

1. Alternative form of pot

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

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

1. paw

Portuguese

Pote

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpɔ.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpɔ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpɔ.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpɔ.tɨ/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɔt͡ʃi, (Portugal) -ɔtɨ
• Hyphenation: po‧te

Noun

pote m (plural potes)

1. pot, moderately large open container

   Synonyms: cântaro, talha

2. (historical, measure) pot, a traditional unit of liquid volume equal to 7–13 liters depending on the area of Portugal
3. tupperware, a lidded plastic container

Synonyms

• (unit of volume): cântaro, alqueire

Coordinate terms

• (unit of volume): quartilho (¹⁄₂₄ pote), canada (¹⁄₆ pote), almude (2 potes)

Derived terms

• chover a potes
• potão
• pote de mel
• potinho

 

Descendants

• → Kadiwéu: boote

Further reading

• “pote”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “pote”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpote/ [ˈpo.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ote
• Syllabification: po‧te

Etymology 1

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

Noun

pote m (plural potes)

1. pot
2. stew
3. (Basque Country, Navarre) glass of wine (drunk in a bar)

Etymology 2

Verb

pote

1. inflection of potar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “pote”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Adjective

pote

1. Pa class inflected form of -ote.

Adverb

pote

1. everywhere

Tarantino

Etymology

From French poche.

Noun

pote

1. pocket