pote

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

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /pəʊt/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /poʊt/
• Rhymes: -əʊt, -oʊt

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.).

• potter

• -tope, Tope, poet, poët, tope

pote

1. plural of poot

pote

1. be full

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

From Latin porta.

pote f (plural potes)

1. door

• IPA^(key): [ˈpotɛ]

pote m

1. vocative singular of pot

From Middle Low German pote, of uncertain ultimate origin; perhaps equivalent to the Romance cognates of French patte, from Vulgar Latin *pauta, a borrowing from a substrate language.

pote c (singular definite poten, plural indefinite poter)

1. paw

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pote

1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of poten

• poet, toep.

Clipping of poteau.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /pɔt/

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• Rhymes: -ɔt

pote m or f by sense (plural potes)

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

• “pote”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• opte, opté

15th century. Probably borrowed from Old French pot,^[1] from Proto-Germanic *puttaz (“pot, jar, tub”), from Proto-Indo-European *budn- (“a kind of vessel”). Doublet of pota.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔte̝/

pote m (plural potes)

1. (cooking) pot
   • 1457, Fernando R. Tato Plaza, editor, 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 Martj́n de Dorrõ hũu 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

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

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

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *pūto (“swollen”), from Proto-Indo-European *bu- (“to swell”). Compare English pout.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔte̝/

pote m (plural potes)

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

• facer o pote (“to pout”)

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “pote”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “pote”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “pote”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “pote”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “pote”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From French apporter (“bring”).

• IPA^(key): /pote/

pote

1. bring

• IPA^(key): /ˈpo.te/

pote

1. present of poter
2. imperative of poter

pote

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

• peto, tope

pōte

1. vocative masculine singular of pōtus

• “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

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)putiq.

pote

1. white (bright and colourless)

pote

1. white (colour)

From Old Dutch *pota, of uncertain ultimate origin; perhaps equivalent to the Romance cognates of French patte, from Vulgar Latin *pauta, a borrowing from a substrate language.

pôte m or f

1. paw, claw

   Synonym: voet

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

• Dutch: poot
• Limburgish: poeat

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

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

pote (plural potes)

1. An animal's paw's fur or the animal's paw itself.
   • 1398, James Hamilton Wylie, “Appendix A: Duchy of Lancaster Records”, in History of England under Henry the Fourth‎^[2], volume 4, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1898, page 173:

     Fur Potes de Calabr'.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1420, City of London (England). Corporation, Calendar of Plea and Memoranda Rolls Preserved Among the Archives of the Corporation of the City of London at the Guild-hall‎^[3], volumes 1413-1437, The University Press, published 1943, page 75:

     One gown of blue colour furred with potes of calabre, 28

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1481, William Carton, “68: Godfrey is wounded by a Bear.”, in Mary Noyes Colvin, PhD., editor, Godeffroy of Boloyne; or, The siege and conqueste of Jerusalem‎^[4], London: Published for the Early English Text Society by Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co., translation of original by William of Tyre, published 1893, page 113:

     […] the beeste […] embraced hym with his potes, or feet to fore, […]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1497, “Will of R. Burton”, in Susan Flood, editor, St. Albans Wills 1471-1500‎^[5], Hertfordshire Record Society, published 1993, page 141:

     My wife's blewe gowne engrayned furred with powtes.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

pote

1. Alternative form of pot

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

1. paw

From French pot (“pot”), from Vulgar Latin pottum (“pot, jar”), from Proto-Germanic *puttaz (“pot, jar, tub”), from Proto-Indo-European *budn- (“a kind of vessel”).

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɔt͡ʃi, (Portugal) -ɔtɨ
• Hyphenation: po‧te

pote m (plural potes)

1. pot, moderately large open container

   Synonyms: cântaro, talha

2. (historical, measure) pot, a traditional unit of liquid volume equal to 7–13 liters depending on the area of Portugal
3. tupperware, a lidded plastic container

• (unit of volume): cântaro, alqueire

• (unit of volume): quartilho (¹⁄₂₄ pote), canada (¹⁄₆ pote), almude (2 potes)

• → Kadiwéu: boote

• “pote”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “pote”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024

• IPA^(key): /ˈpote/ [ˈpo.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ote
• Syllabification: po‧te

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

pote m (plural potes)

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

pote

1. inflection of potar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

• “pote”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

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pote

1. Pa class inflected form of -ote.

pote

1. everywhere

From French poche.

pote

1. pocket