German

Noun

Bot m ‎(genitive Bots, plural Bots)

1. bot

Declension

For Wiktionary's bots, see Wiktionary:Bots

English

Alternative forms

• bott

Noun

bot ‎(plural bots)

1. The larva of a botfly, which infests the skin of various mammals, producing warbles, or the nasal passage of sheep, or the stomach of horses.
   • 1946, Canadian Journal of Research: Zoological Sciences, National Research Council of Canada, page 76:

     One deer, later found to be heavily parasitized by bots, suffered severe vomiting attacks during the early spring.

   • 1984, Adrian Forsyth, Kenneth Miyata, Tropical Nature, page 157:

     Jerry prepared a glass jar with sterilized sand to act as a nursery for his pulsating bot, but despite his tender ministrations the larva dried out and died before it could encase itself in a pupal sheath.

Translations

Etymology 2

From bottom.

Verb

bot ‎(third-person singular simple present bots, present participle botting, simple past and past participle botted)

1. (Britain, slang) To bugger
2. (Australia, informal) To ask for and be given something with the direct intention of exploiting the thing’s usefulness, almost exclusively with cigarettes.

   Can I bot a smoke?‎

   Jonny always bots off me. I just wish he’d get his own pack.‎

Usage notes

Although there are some references that mention that somebody could actually be a "bot" if they practice the art of botting, this noun is not really commonly used.

Synonyms

• (To ask for something): bum (UK)

Etymology 3

Shortened from robot.

Alternative forms

• 'bot

Noun

bot ‎(plural bots)

1. (science fiction, informal) A physical robot.
   • 1998, David G. Hartwell, editor, Year's best SF 3, page 130:

     I stared at the bot and recognized her for the first time. She was me.

   • 2007, Peter F. Hamilton, The Dreaming Void:

     The bot juddered to a halt, as the whole lower segment of its power arm darkened.

   • 2005, Greg Bear, Quantico, page 71:

     As he guided the bot, Andrews reminisced about his younger days in Wyoming, when he had witnessed a mishandled load of wheat puff out a dusty fog.

2. (computing) A piece of software designed to complete a minor but repetitive task automatically or on command, especially when operating with the appearance of a (human) user profile or account.
   • 2009, Ryan Farley, Xinyuan Wang, “Roving Bugnet: Distributed Surveillance Threat and Mitigation”, in Dimitris Gritzalis, Javier López, editors, Emerging Challenges for Security, Privacy and Trust: 24th IFIP TC 11 International Information Security Conference, page 42:

     The goals of IRC bots vary widely, such as automatically kicking other users off or more nefarious things like spamming other IRC users. In this paper, a free standing IRC bot is presented that monitors an IRC channel for commands from a particular user and responds accordingly.

   • 2009, Richard K. Neumann, Legal Reasoning and Legal Writing: Structure, Strategy, and Style, page 91:

     He is particularly good at creating web robots, which are also called bots. A bot is software that searches for certain kinds of websites and then automatically does something — good or bad — on each site. Google uses bots to search and index websites.

   • 2010, Dusty Reagan, Twitter Application Development For Dummies, page 59:

     Twitter bots can leverage Twitter′s text message support to allow users to accomplish tasks from their cell phones. You could consider Twitter accounts that are simply an automated import of blog′s RSS feed a Twitter bot.

3. (video games) A computer-controlled character in a multiplayer video game, such as a first-person shooter.

Translations

Related terms

• -bot suffix

Verb

bot ‎(third-person singular simple present bots, present participle botting, simple past and past participle botted)

1. (video games) To use a bot, or automated program.

   Players caught botting will be banned from the server.‎

References

• Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967

Catalan

Etymology 1

From botar.

Noun

bot m ‎(plural bots)

1. A jump, leap

Related terms

• botar

Verb

bot

1. third-person singular present indicative form of botre
2. second-person singular imperative form of botre

Etymology 2

From Middle English bot (English boat), from Old English bāt ‎(“boat”), from Proto-Germanic *baitaz, *baitą ‎(“boat, small ship”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- ‎(“to break, split”).

Noun

bot m ‎(plural bots)

1. boat

Synonyms

• barca
• vaixell

Etymology 3

From Late Latin buttis ‎(“wineskin”).

Noun

bot m ‎(plural bots)

1. wineskin
2. bagpipes

Synonyms

• (bagpipes): bot de gemecs, cornamusa

Derived terms

• ploure a bots i barrals

Dalmatian

Alternative forms

• buat

Etymology

Possibly from a derivative of Latin battuō, or alternatively of Germanic origin. Compare Italian botta, French botte.

Noun

bot m

1. blow, slap, smack, whack, knock, strike, thud

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔt/
• Rhymes: -ɔt

Etymology 1

Adjective

bot ‎(comparative botter, superlative botst)

1. not sharp, blunt, dull
2. impolite, badly behaving: curt, blunt, rude

Inflection

Etymology 2

Noun

bot n ‎(plural botten, diminutive botje n)

1. bone

Synonyms

• been

Derived terms

• penisbot

Etymology 3

Noun

bot m ‎(plural botten, diminutive botje n)

1. flounder (a type of fish)

Derived terms

• heilbot m
• tarbot m

Etymology 4

Noun

bot m ‎(plural botten, diminutive botje n)

1. (Belgium) boot

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [boːt]
• Homophone: Boot

Verb

bot

1. First-person singular preterite of bieten
2. Third-person singular preterite of bieten

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbot]

Noun

bot ‎(plural botok)

1. stick

Declension

Derived terms

(Compound words):

• botkormány
• horgászbot

(Expressions):

• a füle botját sem mozdítja

Lojban

Rafsi

bot

1. rafsi of botpi.

Middle Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *buzdos ‎(“tail, ****”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *gʷosdʰos ‎(“piece of wood”)

Noun

bot m

1. tail
2. ****

Descendants

• Irish: bod
• Manx: bwoid
• Scottish Gaelic: bod

Mutation

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse bót

Noun

bot f, m ‎(definite singular bota or boten, indefinite plural bøter, definite plural bøtene)

1. a fine (sum of money to be paid as a penalty for an offence)

Related terms

• bøtelegge

Derived terms

• parkeringsbot

References

• “bot” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse bót

Noun

bot f ‎(definite singular bota, indefinite plural bøter, definite plural bøtene)

1. a fine (as above)

Related terms

• bøtelegge

Derived terms

• parkeringsbot

References

• “bot” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bōtō ‎(“recompense”). Cognate with Old Frisian bōte, Old Saxon bōta, Dutch boete, Old High German buoza (German Buße), Old Norse bōt (Swedish bot), Gothic 𐌱𐍉𐍄𐌰 ‎(bōta).

Pronunciation

Noun

bōt f ‎(nominative plural bōte)

1. help, assistance, rescue, remedy, cure, deliverance from evil

   Byþ hræd bót. — The cure will be quick.

2. mending, repair, improvement

   ... and án swulung þǽre cirican to bóte — and an offering to the church for repairs

3. compensation for an injury or wrong; (peace) offering, recompense, amends, atonement, reformation, penance, repentance

   For bóte his synna — for a redressing of his sins

4. improvement in (moral) condition, amendment

   Hé tó bóte gehwearf — he was converted

Declension

Descendants

• Middle English: bote
  • Scots: bute, buit
  • English: bote, boot

Derived terms

• tō bōte — to boot, with advantage, besides, moreover
• bōtan, bētan — to amend, repair, restore, cure, atone
• bōtettan — to improve, repair, to better
• bōtlēas — unpardonable, not to be atoned for by bōt.
• bōtwyrþe — pardonable, that can be atoned for by bōt, bot-worthy
• brycgbōt f. — repairing of bridges
• burgbōt, burhbōt f. — liability for repair of the walls of a town or fortress
• ciricbōt f. — repair of churches
• cynebōt f. — king's compensation
• dǣdbōtnes, dǣdbêtnes f. — penitence.
• dǣdbōt f. — amends, atonement, repentance, penitence
• dǣdbōtlihting f. — mitigation of penance.
• dolgbōt, dolhbōt f. — fine or compensation for wounding
• eftbōt f. — restoration to health
• fǣhþbōt f. — payment, fine for engaging in a feud
• feohbōt f. — money compensation
• godbōt f. — atonement
• hādbōt f. — compensation for injury or insult to a priest,
• mǣgbōt f. — compensation paid to the relatives of a murdered man, maegbot
• mægþbōt f. — fine for assault on an unmarried woman
• manbōt f. — fine paid to the lord of a man slain
• mōnaþbōt f. — penance lasting a month
• sārbōt f. — compensation for wounding
• synbōt f. — penance
• twibōte, twibête (adj. and adv.) — subject to double compensation
• wêofodbōt f. — fine for injuring a priest
• wucubōt f. — penance lasting a week

Old French

Etymology 1

Compare Italian botta ‎(“toad”), Old English padde ‎(“toad”), Old Norse padda ‎(“toad”). More at paddock.

Noun

bot f ‎(oblique plural boz or botz, nominative singular bot, nominative plural boz or botz)

1. toad (animal)

Derived terms

• boterel

Etymology 2

Noun

bot m ‎(oblique plural boz or botz, nominative singular boz or botz, nominative plural bot)

1. strike; hit; blow

Synonyms

• cop

Etymology 3

See bat.

Noun

bot m ‎(oblique plural boz or botz, nominative singular boz or botz, nominative plural bot)

1. Alternative form of bat

Etymology 4

See bout.

Noun

bot m ‎(oblique plural boz or botz, nominative singular boz or botz, nominative plural bot)

1. Alternative form of bout

References

• (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (bot) (sense #1, 'toad' and #2, 'strike')
• bot on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub (sense #3, 'boat' and a citation or sense #4, 'end')

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse bót, from Proto-Germanic *bōtō.

Noun

bōt f

1. improvement
2. benefit, utility
3. cure
4. compensation

Declension

or

Descendants

• Swedish: bot

Portuguese

Noun

bot m (plural bots)

1. (computing) bot (a piece of software for doing repetitive tasks)
2. (video games) bot (a player controlled by software)

Romanian

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from a Vulgar Latin root *botum, perhaps from Latin botulus or from a root *botium. Cf. Italian bozza, French bosse. See also butuc and boț.

Noun

bot n ‎(plural boturi)

1. (usually of animals) snout, mouth
2. bump
3. hump

Synonyms

• (mouth): gură
• (bump): umflătură, cucui
• (hump): cocoașă

See also

• cioc

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buːt/

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish bōt ‎(“improvement”), from Old Norse ᛒᚢᛏ (in the Latin script bót) whence also Icelandic bót), from Proto-Germanic *bōtō. Akin to English boot ‎(“remedy", "profit"”). Masculine in Late Modern Swedish.

Noun

bot c

1. fine (penalty in money)

Declension

See also

• böta
• bötfälla

Etymology 2

Originally the same word as etymology 1.

Noun

bot c

1. cure; remedy

Declension

See also

• bota

Volapük

Noun

bot ‎(plural bots)

1. boat

Declension

West Frisian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bot/

Adjective

bot

1. a type of impolite behaviour: curt, blunt, rude
2. dull (as a knife)

Adverb

bot

1. very, quite

Noun

bot m

1. flounder (a type of fish)

Spanish

Noun

bot m ‎(plural bots)

1. bot (robot)