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wot¹
- /wɔt/ Australia
- /wɒt/ UK
- /wɑt/ US
Sounds like watt, what (UK, wine–whine merger) · Rhymes with -ɒt
Where it comes from
From Middle English woten, from Old English weotan. An extension of the present-tense form of wit (verb) to apply to all forms.
verb wots · wotting · wotted · wot
- To know (a fact). He that walketh in the darke, wotteth not whither he goeth.
wot²
- /wɔt/ Australia
- /wɒt/ UK
- /wɑt/ US
Sounds like watt, what (UK, wine–whine merger) · Rhymes with -ɒt
Where it comes from
From wit, in return from Old English witan.
wot³
- /wɔt/ Australia
- /wɒt/ UK
- /wɑt/ US
Sounds like watt, what (UK, wine–whine merger) · Rhymes with -ɒt
Where it comes from
Representing pronunciation.
interjection wott · wotte · wote
- Eye dialect spelling of what.what Wot, no bananas?
pronoun wott · wotte · wote
- Eye dialect spelling of what.what Fer, as the poit sez, me 'eart 'as got / The pip wiv yearnin' fer - I dunno wot.
wot⁴
- /wɔt/ Australia
- /wɒt/ UK
- /wɑt/ US
Sounds like watt, what (UK, wine–whine merger) · Rhymes with -ɒt
adverb wott · wotte · wote
- Alternative form of what (used to contradict an assumption)what
