English

Proper noun

Cote

1. A surname​.

English

Noun

cote ‎(plural cotes)

1. A cottage or hut.
2. A small structure built to contain domesticated animals such as sheep, pigs or pigeons.
   • Milton

     Watching where shepherds pen their flocks, at eve, / In hurdled cotes.

Related terms

• dovecote
• sheepcote

Synonyms

• shed

Etymology 2

See quote.

Verb

cote ‎(third-person singular simple present cotes, present participle coting, simple past and past participle coted)

1. (obsolete) To quote.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Udall to this entry?)

Etymology 3

Probably related to French côté ‎(“side”).

Verb

cote ‎(third-person singular simple present cotes, present participle coting, simple past and past participle coted)

1. To go side by side with; hence, to pass by; to outrun and get before.

   A dog cotes a hare.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Drayton to this entry?)

   • Shakespeare

     We coted them on the way, and hither are they coming.

   • 1825, Walter Scott, The Talisman, A. and C. Black (1868), 37:

     [...]strength to pull down a bull——swiftness to cote an antelope.

Anagrams

• Ceto

French

Verb

cote

1. first-person singular present indicative of coter
2. third-person singular present indicative of coter
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of coter
4. first-person singular present subjunctive of coter
5. second-person singular imperative of coter

Noun

cote f ‎(plural cotes)

1. call number

Italian

Noun

cote f ‎(plural coti)

1. sharpening stone
2. hone

Latin

Noun

cōte

1. ablative singular of cōs

Middle English

Noun

cote (plural cotes)

1. coat

Descendants

• English: coat

Old French

Noun

cote f ‎(oblique plural cotes, nominative singular cote, nominative plural cotes)

1. overshirt; tunic

Descendants

• Middle English: cote
  • English: coat
• French: cotte

Portuguese

Verb

cote

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of cotar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of cotar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of cotar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of cotar