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

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Etymology

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From Middle English poten, from Old English potian (“to push, thrust, strike, butt, goad”), from Proto-West Germanic *putōn, from Proto-Germanic *putōną (“to stab, push, poke”). Cognate with Dutch poten (“to plant”), Norwegian Nynorsk pota (“to poke”). More at put.

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Verb

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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.).

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Afrikaans

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Noun

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pote

  1. plural of poot

'Are'are

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Verb

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pote

  1. be full

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Bourguignon

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Etymology

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From Latin porta.

Noun

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pote f (plural potes)

  1. door

Czech

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Noun

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pote m

  1. vocative singular of pot

Danish

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Etymology

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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

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pote c (singular definite poten, plural indefinite poter)

  1. paw

Inflection

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Declension of pote
common
gender 		singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative pote poten poter poterne
genitive potes potens poters poternes

Dutch

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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pote

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

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French

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Etymology

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Clipping of poteau.[1]

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Noun

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pote m or f by sense (plural potes)

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

References

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

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Galician

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Pote ("pot")

Etymology 1

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15th century. Probably borrowed from Old French pot,[1] from Proto-Germanic *puttaz (“pot, jar, tub”), from Proto-Indo-European *budn- (“a kind of vessel”). Doublet of pota.

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Noun

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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
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Etymology 2

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

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Noun

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pote m (plural potes)

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

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  1. ^ Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José Antonio (1983–1991), “bote I”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic etymological dictionary]‎[2] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Haitian Creole

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Etymology

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From French apporter (“bring”).

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Verb

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pote

  1. bring

Interlingua

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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pote

  1. present of poter
  2. imperative of poter

Italian

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Verb

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pote

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

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Latin

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Adjective

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pote

  1. neuter of potis (“possible”; “it is possible”)

Participle

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pōte

  1. vocative masculine singular of pōtus

References

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  • “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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)putiq.

Adjective

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pote

  1. white (bright and colourless)

Noun

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pote

  1. white (colour)

Middle Dutch

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Etymology

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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

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pôte m or f

  1. paw, claw
    Synonym: voet

Inflection

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Weak masculine noun
singular plural
nominative pôte pôten
accusative pôte pôten
genitive pôten pôten
dative pôte pôten
Weak feminine noun
singular plural
nominative pôte pôten
accusative pôte pôten
genitive pôte, pôten pôten
dative pôte, pôten pôten

Descendants

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  • Dutch: poot
  • Limburgish: poeat

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Middle English

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Etymology 1

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

Noun

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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[3], 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[4], 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[5], 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[6], 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

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Noun

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pote

  1. alternative form of pot

Norwegian Bokmål

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Noun

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

  1. paw

Old French

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Noun

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pote

  1. alternative form of poe (“paw; claw”)

Portuguese

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Pote

Etymology

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From French pot (“pot”)

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Noun

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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

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Descendants

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Spanish

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Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Catalan pot (“container”)

Noun

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pote m (plural potes)

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

Etymology 2

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Verb

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pote

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

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Swahili

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

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pote

  1. pa class(XVI) inflected form of -ote

Adverb

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pote

  1. everywhere

Tarantino

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Etymology

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From French poche.

Noun

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pote

  1. pocket
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