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• Boston, Canada, New-Zealand, Received-Pronunciation: /kɒt/
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• Australian, British, Scotland, Southern, Standard: /kɔt/
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• General-American: /kɑt/
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• /kɔːʈ/ cot–caught merger, most common
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• [kɔːʈ ~ kɒːʈ] cot–caught merger, most common
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• /kɑːʈ/ father-bother merger
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• [kɑːʈ ~ käːʈ] father-bother merger
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• /kɒʈ/ without the cot–caught merger
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• [kɒʈ ~ kɔʈ] without the cot–caught merger
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• homophone: caught (cot–caught merger)
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• rhymes with -ɒt
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• CMU ARPABET: K AA1 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Borrowed from Hindi खाट (khāṭ), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀔𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀸 (khaṭṭā), from Sanskrit खट्वा (khaṭvā, “bedstead”).

From Middle English cot, cote, from Old English cot and cote (“cot, cottage”), from Proto-Germanic *kutą, *kutǭ (compare Old Norse kot, Middle High German kūz (“execution pit”)), from Scythian (compare Avestan 𐬐𐬀𐬙𐬀 (kata, “chamber”)). Cognate to Dutch kot (“student room; small homestead”). Doublet of cote; more distantly related to cottage.

From Irish coite, coit (“small boat”), possibly from Medieval Latin cattia (“pan”).

From dialectal cot, cote, partly from Middle English cot (“matted wool”), from Old English *cot, *cotta, from Proto-Germanic *kuttô (“woolen fabric, wool covering”); and partly from Middle English cot, cote (“tunic, coat”), from Old French cote, from the same Germanic source (see English coat). Possibly influenced by English cotton.

Contraction of cot-quean.

Variant of cock

96 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: похо́дно легло́ (pohódno legló) — portable or temporary bed
• Chinese Mandarin: 行軍床 /行军床 (xíngjūnchuáng) — portable or temporary bed
• Chinese Mandarin: 折疊床 /折叠床 (zhédiéchuáng) — portable or temporary bed
• Czech: lehátko — portable or temporary bed
• Finnish: varavuode — portable or temporary bed
• Finnish: heteka — portable or temporary bed
• Finnish: pukkisänky — portable or temporary bed
• Finnish: lisävuode — portable or temporary bed
• Finnish: kenttävuode — portable or temporary bed
• Finnish: punkka — portable or temporary bed
• French: lit de camp — portable or temporary bed
• German: Feldbett — portable or temporary bed
• Gujarati: ખાટલો (khāṭlo) — portable or temporary bed
• Gujarati: ખાટલી (khāṭlī) — portable or temporary bed
• Hebrew: מִטַּת שָׂדֶה (mitat sadeh) — portable or temporary bed
• Italian: branda — portable or temporary bed
• Latin: grabātus — portable or temporary bed
• Navajo: tsáskʼeh áłtsʼóózígíí — portable or temporary bed
• Portuguese: catre — portable or temporary bed
• Russian: ко́йка (kójka) — portable or temporary bed
• Russian: раскладу́шка (raskladúška) — portable or temporary bed
• Spanish: catre — portable or temporary bed
• Spanish: catrera — portable or temporary bed
• Spanish: colombina — portable or temporary bed
• Spanish: catre de tijera — portable or temporary bed
• Swedish: hopfällbar säng — portable or temporary bed
• Swedish: brits — portable or temporary bed
• Volapük: flegülabed — portable or temporary bed
• Yiddish: באַנקבעטל (bankbetl) — portable or temporary bed
• Bulgarian: ко́йка (kójka) — nautical: wooden bed frame
• Finnish: riippusänky — nautical: wooden bed frame
• Hebrew: עַרְסָלָה (arsalah) — nautical: wooden bed frame
• Russian: ко́йка (kójka) — nautical: wooden bed frame
• Russian: подвесна́я посте́ль (podvesnája postélʹ) — nautical: wooden bed frame
• Yiddish: באַנקבעטל (bankbetl) — nautical: wooden bed frame
• Bulgarian: де́тско крева́тче (détsko krevátče) — bed for children
• Catalan: bressol — bed for children
• Chinese Mandarin: 嬰兒床 /婴儿床 (yīng'érchuáng) — bed for children
• Chinese Mandarin: 娃娃床 (wáwachuáng) — bed for children
• Chinese Mandarin: 兒童床 /儿童床 (értóngchuáng) — bed for children
• Chinese Mandarin: 小床 (xiǎochuáng) — bed for children
• Czech: postýlka — bed for children
• Dutch: kinderbed — bed for children
• Dutch: ledikantje — bed for children
• Dutch: wieg — bed for children
• Finnish: lastensänky — bed for children
• Finnish: vauvasänky — bed for children
• Finnish: pinnasänky — bed for children
• French: lit de bébé — bed for children
• French: huche — bed for children
• German: Kinderbett — bed for children
• Greek: κούνια (koúnia) — bed for children
• Italian: greppia — bed for children
• Italian: presepe — bed for children
• Italian: lettino — bed for children
• Italian: culla — bed for children
• Japanese: ベビーベッド (bebībeddo) — bed for children
• Korean: 어린이 침대 (eorini chimdae) — bed for children
• Norwegian: barneseng — bed for children
• Norwegian: sprinkelseng — bed for children
• Portuguese: berço — bed for children
• Russian: де́тская крова́тка (détskaja krovátka) — bed for children
• Serbo-Croatian: креветац — bed for children
• Serbo-Croatian: дечји креветац — bed for children
• Serbo-Croatian: дјечји креветац — bed for children
• Serbo-Croatian: krevetac — bed for children
• Serbo-Croatian: dečji krevetac — bed for children
• Serbo-Croatian: dječji krevetac — bed for children
• Spanish: cuna — bed for children
• Spanish: pesebre — bed for children
• Turkish: bebek karyolası — bed for children
• Ukrainian: дитя́че лі́жечко (dytjáče lížečko) — bed for children
• Welsh: cot — bed for children
• Welsh: crud — bed for children
• Welsh: preseb — bed for children
• Bulgarian: коли́ба (kolíba) — homestead
• Chinese Mandarin: 小屋 (xiǎowū) — homestead
• Finnish: mökki — homestead
• Italian: casolare — homestead
• Italian: capanna — homestead
• Italian: casupola — homestead
• Japanese: 小屋 (koya) — homestead
• Manx: cott — homestead
• Portuguese: casebre — homestead
• Russian: уса́дьба (usádʹba) — homestead
• Russian: хи́жина (xížina) — homestead
• Russian: лачу́га (lačúga) — homestead
• Bulgarian: кошара (košara) — cover or sheath
• Finnish: tuppi — cover or sheath
• Finnish: sormituppi — cover or sheath
• Italian: stalla — cover or sheath
• Italian: stabbio — cover or sheath
• Italian: riparo — cover or sheath
• Italian: capanna — cover or sheath
• Finnish: sormustin — finger cover to prevent static discharge
• Italian: ditale — finger cover to prevent static discharge