English

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

Noun

pote ‎(plural potes)

1. (obsolete) 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, volume 4, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1898, page 173:

     Fur Potes de Calabr'.

   • 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, volume 1413-1437, The University Press, published 1943, page 75:

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

   • 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, 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, ...

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

     My wife's blewe gowne engrayned furred with powtes.

   • 1612, Andrew Halyburton, “On Imports”, in Cosmo Nelson Innes, editor, Ledger of Andrew Halyburton 1492-1503, Edinburg, Scotland, published 1867, Book of Customs and Valuation of Merchandises, Anno. 1612, page 306:

     Foynes—backes the dozen ... tailes the pane or mantle ... powtes the hundreth

Anagrams

• poet
• tope

Afrikaans

Noun

pote

1. plural of poot

Danish

Noun

pote c (singular definite poten, plural indefinite poter)

1. paw

Inflection

Dutch

Pronunciation

Verb

pote

1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of poten

Anagrams

• poet, toep.

French

Etymology

Shortening of poteau.^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔt/

Noun

pote m, f ‎(plural potes)

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

References

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

Anagrams

• opte, opté

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French apporter ‎(“bring”). 

Verb

pote

1. bring

Interlingua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpo.te/

Verb

pote

1. present of poter
2. imperative of poter

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)

Portuguese

pote

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpɔ.t͡ʃi/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpɔ.te/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpɔ.tɨ/
• Hyphenation: po‧te

Noun

pote m (plural potes)

1. pot (container)

Synonyms

• (pot): cântaro, talha, vasilha

Descendants

• Kadiwéu: boote

Spanish

Etymology

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

Noun

pote m ‎(plural potes)

1. pot
2. stew

Swahili

Adjective

pote

1. Pa class inflected form of -ote.

Adverb

pote

1. everywhere

Tarantino

Etymology

From French poche

Noun

pote

1. pocket