different between dote vs pote

English

Alternative forms

• doat (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English doten, from Middle Low German doten (“to be foolish”). Doublet of doit (Scottish English).

Pronunciation

• enPR: d?t
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /d??t/
• Rhymes: -??t

Verb

dote (third-person singular simple present dotes, present participle doting, simple past and past participle doted)

1. (intransitive, usually with on) To be weakly or foolishly fond of somebody.

   Synonyms: adore, love

2. (intransitive, archaic) To act in a foolish manner; to be senile.

   • Time has made you dote, and vainly tell / Of arms imagined in your lonely cell.

   • , "Ill-disposed Affections […] "

     He survived the use of his reason, grew infatuated, and doted long before he died.

Derived terms

• (be foolishly fond of): dote over
• (act in a foolish manner): dotard, dotterel
• dotage

Translations

Noun

dote (plural dotes)

1. (Ireland) A darling, a cutie.
2. (obsolete) An imbecile; a dotard.

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

Synonyms

• (dotard): dobby, mimmerkin; see also Thesaurus:dotard

Translations

Anagrams

• tode, toed

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?t/

Verb

dote

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

Italian

Etymology

From Latin d?s, dotem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?.te/

Noun

dote f (plural doti)

1. (law) dowry, dower
2. gift (2), talent (3)

Latin

Noun

d?te

1. ablative singular of d?s

References

• dote in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Middle English

Etymology 1

A back-formation from doten.

Alternative forms

• doote

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d??t(?)/

Noun

dote

1. An idiot or imbecile; a dotard.
2. A senile individual; an elderly person lacking sound mind.

Descendants

• English: dote

References

• “d?te, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-12.

Etymology 2

Verb

dote

1. Alternative form of doten

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin dos

Noun

dote m (plural dotes)

1. foundation (legacy constituting a permanent fund of a charity)
2. dowry (property or payment given at time of marriage)

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin d?s (genitive singular d?tis). Doublet of dosis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?dote/, [?d?o.t?e]
• Rhymes: -ote

Noun

dote f (plural dotes)

1. dowry
2. talent

Related terms

• dotado

Verb

dote

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of dotar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of dotar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of dotar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of dotar.

Venetian

Noun

dote

1. plural of dota

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /p??t/

Etymology

From Middle English poten, from Old English potian (“to push, thrust, strike, butt, goad”), from Proto-Germanic *put?n? (“to stab, push, poke”). Cognate with Dutch poten (“to plant”), Norwegian Nynorsk pota (“to poke”). More at put.

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

Anagrams

• -tope, Tope, poet, poët, tope

'Are'are

Verb

pote

1. be full

References

• Kate?ina Naitoro, A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax (2013)

Afrikaans

Noun

pote

1. plural of poot

Bourguignon

Etymology

From Latin porta.

Noun

pote f (plural potes)

1. door

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?pot?]

Noun

pote m

1. vocative singular of pot

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

Clipping of poteau.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?t/
• Rhymes: -?t

Noun

pote m or f (plural potes)

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

References

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• opte, opté

Galician

Etymology 1

15th century. Probably borrowed from Old French pot, from Proto-Germanic *puttaz (“pot, jar, tub”), from Proto-Indo-European *budn- (“a kind of vessel”). Doublet of pota.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?te?/

Noun

pote m (plural potes)

1. (cooking) pot
   • 1457, Fernando R. Tato Plaza (ed.), Libro de notas de Álvaro Pérez, notario da Terra de Rianxo e Postmarcos. Santiago: Concello da Cultura Galega, page 182:

     Gomes de Sespooõ diso que nõ sabía máis, saluo que posera en súa casa Martj?n de Dorrõ h?u pote e que despoys fora por el e o leuara

     Gomez of Cespón said that he know nothing, except that Martin of Dorrón left a pot in his house, but that later he came for it and took it away

2. (cooking) a three feet iron container with lid

Derived terms

• a pote (“galore”)
• bolo de pote (“dumpling”)

Related terms

• bote (“flask; tin”)
• potaxe (“potage”)

Etymology 2

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *p?to (“swollen”). Compare English pout.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?te?/

Noun

pote m (plural potes)

1. bump or swelling in the head caused by a injury

Derived terms

• facer o pote (“to pout”)

References

• “pote” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “pote” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “pote” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “pote” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “pote” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French apporter (“bring”).

Verb

pote

1. bring

Interlingua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?po.te/

Verb

pote

1. present of poter
2. imperative of poter

Italian

Verb

pote

1. Archaic form of può, third-person singular present indicative of potere

Latin

Participle

p?te

1. vocative masculine singular of p?tus

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)

Middle Dutch

Etymology

Unknown.

Noun

pôte m or f

1. paw, claw

   Synonym: voet

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: poot
• Limburgish: poeat

Further reading

• “pote”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “pote (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN, page II

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch pote, from Old Dutch *pota, related to Middle Low German p?te and Middle French pote (< Germanic) More at English paw.

Noun

pote (plural potes)

1. An animal's paw's fur or the animal's paw itself.

Etymology 2

Noun

pote

1. Alternative form of pot

Anagrams

• Tope, poet, poët, tope

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

pote m (definite singular poten, indefinite plural poter, definite plural potene)

1. paw

Portuguese

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): /?p?.t??i/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /?p?.te/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /?p?.t?/
• Hyphenation: po?te

Noun

pote m (plural potes)

1. pot (container)

   Synonyms: cântaro, talha

2. tupperware (i.e. any container with a lid)
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Descendants

• Kadiwéu: boote

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pote/, [?po.t?e]

Noun

pote m (plural potes)

1. pot
2. stew
3. (Basque Country, Navarre) glass of wine (drunk in a bar)

Swahili

Pronunciation

Adjective

pote

1. Pa class inflected form of -ote.

Adverb

pote

1. everywhere

Tarantino

Etymology

From French poche

Noun

pote

1. pocket