different between coton vs havanese

French

Etymology

From Old French cotoun, coton, from Italian cotone, from Arabic ?????? (qu?un), variants of Arabic ?????? (qu?n); see cotton for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?.t??/

Noun

coton m (plural cotons)

1. cotton (material)

Derived terms

• avoir les jambes en coton
• coton hydrophile
• cotonner
• cotonneux
• cotonnier
• filer un mauvais coton

Further reading

• “coton” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Middle English

Alternative forms

• cotun, cotoun
• (late) coteyn, cotton, cotyn, kotyn

Etymology

From Old French cotoun, from Italian cotone, from Arabic ?????? (qu?n, “cotton”). Compare aketon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??tu?n/, /?k?tun/

Noun

coton (uncountable)

1. cotton (fiber of Gossypium spp.)
2. (Late Middle English) cotton fabric
3. (rare) cotton plant (Gossypium spp.)

Descendants

• English: cotton
• Scots: cotton, catton

References

• “cot?un, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Romanian

Etymology

From French coton.

Noun

coton n (uncountable)

1. cotton (string)

Declension

Zacatlán-Ahuacatlán-Tepetzintla Nahuatl

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish cotón, from French coton, from Italian cotone, from Arabic ?????? (qu?un).

Compare Highland Puebla Nahuatl coto?n, Morelos Nahuatl koton, Tetelcingo Nahuatl icotu.

Noun

coton

1. Shirt.

References

• Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C. (2006) , “Tlen ica se motlaquentia”, in Pequeño diccionario ilustrado: Náhuatl de los municipios de Zacatlán, Tepetzintla y Ahuacatlán?^[1], segunda edición edition, Tlalpan, D.F. México: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 19