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wot
- See also: WOT
English
Pronunciation
- (General Australian) enPR: w?t, IPA(key): /w?t/
- (UK) enPR: w?t, IPA(key): /w?t/
- (US) enPR: wät, IPA(key): /w?t/
- Rhymes: -?t
- Homophones: watt, what (in accents with the wine-whine merger)
Etymology 1
An extension of the present-tense form of wit (verb) to apply to all forms.
Verb
wot (third-person singular simple present wots, present participle wotting, simple past and past participle wotted)
- (archaic) To know.
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, John XII:
- He that walketh in the darke, wotteth not whither he goeth.
- 1855, John Godfrey Saxe, Poems, Ticknor & Fields 1855, p. 121:
- She little wots, poor Lady Anne! Her wedded lord is dead.
- 1866, Algernon Charles Swinburne, "The Garden of Proserpine" in Poems and Ballads, 1st Series, London: J. C. Hotten, 1866:
- They wot not who make thither […]
- 1889, William Morris, The Roots of the Mountains, Inkling Books 2003, p. 241:
- Then he cast his eyes on the road that entered the Market-stead from the north, and he saw thereon many men gathered; and he wotted not what they were […]
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, John XII:
Etymology 2
From wit, in return from Old English witan.
Verb
wot
- first-person singular present indicative of wit
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of wit
Etymology 3
Representing pronunciation.
Interjection
wot
- Pronunciation spelling of what.
- 1859, Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities (Penguin 2003, p. 319)
- Then, wot with undertakers, and wot with parish clerks, and wot with sextons, and wot with private watchmen (all awaricious and all in it), a man wouldn't get much by it, even if it was so.
- (popular slogan during wartime rationing)
- 1859, Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities (Penguin 2003, p. 319)
Etymology 4
Adverb
wot (not comparable)
- (Singlish) Alternative form of wat (used to contradict an assumption)
Anagrams
- OTW, TOW, Tow, WTO, owt, tow, two
Kriol
Etymology
From English what.
Pronoun
wot
- (interrogative) what
Synonyms
- wani/wanim
Lower Sorbian
Preposition
wot (with genitive)
- Superseded spelling of wót.
Middle English
Verb
wot
- first/third-person singular present indicative of witen
Tok Pisin
Etymology
From English ward.
Noun
wot
- ward
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wor
English
Etymology
Likely ultimately a borrowing into Northumbrian Old English from Old Norse várr (“our”) (from the same Proto-Germanic root *unseraz that produced Standard English our). Compare Scots wir.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /w??/
Determiner
wor
- (Northern England, dialect) our.
- If ye gannin out the neet ye betta tell wor Jimmy.
Usage notes
- Used primarily with family members or close friends of a family.
Derived terms
- wor kid (Geordie)
- wor lass (Geordie)
Anagrams
- Row, row
Abinomn
Noun
wor
- stone
Chinese
Chuukese
Verb
wor
- to exist
Lolopo
Etymology
From Proto-Loloish *wa¹ (Bradley), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan. Cognate with Sichuan Yi ? (vo).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [wo²¹]
Noun
wor
- (Yao'an) snow
Usage notes
- Used in compounds, the normal word for "snow" is wor lei a.
Low German
Alternative forms
- waar
- wo
Etymology
From Middle Low German w?r, w?r, w?r, from Old Saxon hw?r, from Proto-Germanic *hw?r, *hwar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /v??r/
Adverb
- (interrogative) where (at what place)
- (relative) where (at or in which place or situation)
- (interrogative, with a preposition) what, which thing
- (relative, with a preposition) what, that which
- (relative) when, that (on which; at which time)
Synonyms
- woneem, 'neem
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