Standard Lemma guide

Scot

name · noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈskɒt/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: /ˈskɑt/
  • Scotland: /ˈskɔʔ/
  • rhymes with -ɒt
  • homophone: Scott
  • /skɒt/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: S K AA1 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A surname

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

A male given name transferred from the surname, of rare usage, variant of Scott.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A person born in or native to Scotland.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Scotsman, Scotchman

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A local tax, paid originally to the lord or ruler and later to a sheriff.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK, historical

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

A fury; a fit of temper.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete, slang

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

a native or inhabitant of Scotland

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Scotsman, Scotchman

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: European

Narrower terms: Scotswoman, Scotchwoman, Glaswegian, Highlander, Scottish Highlander, Highland Scot, Lowlander, Scottish Lowlander, Lowland Scot

History

Etymology

From Old English Sċottas (“people from Ireland, Irishmen”), from Late Latin Scōttī (see Scōtī for more). See Scoti.

From Middle English scot, scott, from Old English scot, scott, sċeot, ġescot (“contribution; payment; tax; fine”), from Old Norse skot, from Proto-Germanic *skutą (“that which is thrown or cast; projectile; missile”), related to English shoot. Later influenced by Old French escot (Modern écot), itself of Germanic origin. Doublet of shot.

Across languages

Translations

74 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: Շոտլանդացի (Šotlandacʻi) — a person born in or native to Scotland
  • Asturian: escocés — a person born in or native to Scotland
  • Asturian: escocesa — a person born in or native to Scotland
  • Bulgarian: шотландец (šotlandec) — a person born in or native to Scotland
  • Bulgarian: шотландка (šotlandka) — a person born in or native to Scotland
  • Catalan: escocès — a person born in or native to Scotland
  • Catalan: escocesa — a person born in or native to Scotland
  • Catalan: escot — a person born in or native to Scotland
  • Catalan: escota — a person born in or native to Scotland
  • Catalan: escocés — a person born in or native to Scotland
  • Catalan: escocesa — a person born in or native to Scotland
  • Chinese Mandarin: 蘇格蘭人 /苏格兰人 (sūgélánrén) — a person born in or native to Scotland
  • Czech: Skot — a person born in or native to Scotland
  • Czech: Skotka — a person born in or native to Scotland
  • Danish: skotte — a person born in or native to Scotland
  • Dutch: Schot — a person born in or native to Scotland
  • Dutch: Schotse — a person born in or native to Scotland
  • Esperanto: skoto — a person born in or native to Scotland
  • Esperanto: skotino — a person born in or native to Scotland
  • Estonian: šotlane — a person born in or native to Scotland
  • Estonian: šotlanna — a person born in or native to Scotland
  • Faroese: skoti — a person born in or native to Scotland
  • Finnish: skotti — a person born in or native to Scotland
  • French: Écossais — a person born in or native to Scotland
  • French: Écossaise — a person born in or native to Scotland
  • Galician: escocés — a person born in or native to Scotland
  • Galician: escocesa — a person born in or native to Scotland
  • Georgian: შოტლანდიელი (šoṭlandieli) — a person born in or native to Scotland
  • German: Schotte — a person born in or native to Scotland
  • German: Schottin — a person born in or native to Scotland
  • Greek: Σκωτσέζος (Skotsézos) — a person born in or native to Scotland
  • Hawaiian: Kekokia — a person born in or native to Scotland
  • Hungarian: skót — a person born in or native to Scotland
  • Icelandic: Skoti — a person born in or native to Scotland
  • Irish: Albanach — a person born in or native to Scotland
  • Irish: Scot — a person born in or native to Scotland
  • Irish: Scotach — a person born in or native to Scotland
  • Italian: scozzese — a person born in or native to Scotland
  • Japanese: スコットランド人 (Sukottorando-jin) — a person born in or native to Scotland
  • Khmer: ស្កុត (skot) — a person born in or native to Scotland
  • Korean: 스코틀랜드인 (seukoteullaendeu'in) — a person born in or native to Scotland
  • Korean: 스코틀랜드 사람 (seukoteullaendeu saram) — a person born in or native to Scotland
  • Latvian: skots — a person born in or native to Scotland
  • Latvian: skotiete — a person born in or native to Scotland
  • Lithuanian: škòtas — a person born in or native to Scotland
  • Lithuanian: škòtė — a person born in or native to Scotland
  • Macedonian: Шкот (Škot) — a person born in or native to Scotland
  • Macedonian: Шкотла́нѓанец (Škotlánǵanec) — a person born in or native to Scotland
  • Macedonian: Шко́тка (Škótka) — a person born in or native to Scotland
  • Macedonian: Шкотла́нѓанка (Škotlánǵanka) — a person born in or native to Scotland
  • Norwegian: skotte — a person born in or native to Scotland
  • Occitan: escocés — a person born in or native to Scotland
  • Polish: Szkot — a person born in or native to Scotland
  • Polish: Szkotka — a person born in or native to Scotland
  • Portuguese: escocês — a person born in or native to Scotland
  • Portuguese: escocesa — a person born in or native to Scotland
  • Romanian: scoțian — a person born in or native to Scotland
  • Romanian: scoțiană — a person born in or native to Scotland
  • Russian: шотла́ндец (šotlándec) — a person born in or native to Scotland
  • Russian: шотла́ндка (šotlándka) — a person born in or native to Scotland
  • Scottish Gaelic: Albannach — a person born in or native to Scotland
  • Serbo-Croatian: Škȍt — a person born in or native to Scotland
  • Slovak: Škót — a person born in or native to Scotland
  • Slovak: Škótka — a person born in or native to Scotland
  • Spanish: escocés — a person born in or native to Scotland
  • Spanish: escocesa — a person born in or native to Scotland
  • Swahili: Mskoti — a person born in or native to Scotland
  • Swahili: Mskochi — a person born in or native to Scotland
  • Swedish: skotte — a person born in or native to Scotland
  • Turkish: İskoç — a person born in or native to Scotland
  • Volapük: Skotänan — a person born in or native to Scotland
  • Volapük: hi-Skotänan — a person born in or native to Scotland
  • Volapük: ji-Skotänan — a person born in or native to Scotland
  • Yiddish: סקאַט (skat) — a person born in or native to Scotland