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cote¹

  • /kəʊt/ UK
  • /koʊt/ US

Sounds like coat · Rhymes with -əʊt, -oʊt

Where it comes from

From Middle English cote, from the Old English cote, the feminine form of cot (“small house”); doublet of cot (in the sense of “cottage”) and more distantly related to cottage. Cognate to Dutch kot.

noun cotes

  1. A cottage or hut.
  2. A small structure built to contain domesticated animals such as sheep, pigs or pigeons. Watching where shepherds pen their flocks, at eve, / In hurdled cotes.

Similar: shed

cote²

  • /kəʊt/ UK
  • /koʊt/ US

Sounds like coat · Rhymes with -əʊt, -oʊt

Where it comes from

See quote.

verb cotes · coting · coted

  1. obsolete Obsolete form of quote

cote³

  • /kəʊt/ UK
  • /koʊt/ US

Sounds like coat · Rhymes with -əʊt, -oʊt

Where it comes from

Probably related to French côté (“side”) via Middle French costé.

verb cotes · coting · coted

  1. obsolete To go side by side with; hence, to pass by; to outrun and get before. A dog cotes a hare.

Cote⁴

Where it comes from

From French Côté, from Latin costa.

proper noun Cotes

  1. A surname from French.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: cott, cot, seaboard, coastline, coast, coastal, shore, armure, clearance, rating, ranking, document, droit, rank, kut, symbol

noun

Similar: shed

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"cote." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/cote. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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cote. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/cote

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"cote." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/cote.

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@misc{cote_2026,
  title = {cote},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cote},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}