adj
Meaning 1
Scottish.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Scotch, Scottish
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
Scots
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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/skɒts/
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Scotland: /ˈskɔts/
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rhymes with -ɒts
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CMU ARPABET: S K AA1 T S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A Germanic language closely related to English and descended from northern dialects of Middle English, spoken in parts of Scotland, now especially in the northeastern and southern regions of the country.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Scottish, Lowland Scots
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
plural of Scot
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, plural
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 4
of or relating to or characteristic of Scotland or its people or culture or its English dialect or Gaelic language
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Scots Gaelic
- the Scots community in New York
- `Scottish' tends to be the more formal term as in `The Scottish Symphony' or `Scottish authors' or `Scottish mountains'
- `Scotch' is in disfavor with Scottish people and is used primarily outside Scotland except in such frozen phrases as `Scotch broth' or `Scotch whiskey' or `Scotch plaid'
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Scottish, Scotch
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
the dialect of English used in Scotland
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Scottish, Scots English
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: English, English language
Narrower terms: Lallans, Scottish Lallans
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Scots Scots, from Middle Scots Scottis, from Old English Scottysċ, a late variant of earlier Scyttisċ (“Scottish”). Doublet of Scottish.
Across languages
Translations
62 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Asturian: escocés — Scottish
- Czech: skotský — Scottish
- Esperanto: skoto — Scottish
- Faroese: skotskur — Scottish
- French: écossais — Scottish
- Galician: escocés — Scottish
- German: schottisch — Scottish
- Norwegian Bokmål: skotsk — Scottish
- Norwegian Nynorsk: skotsk — Scottish
- Polish: szkocki — Scottish
- Romanian: scoțian — Scottish
- Russian: шотла́ндский (šotlándskij) — Scottish
- Scottish Gaelic: Albannach — Scottish
- Slovak: škótsky — Scottish
- Swedish: skotsk — Scottish
- Albanian: skocishte — Lowland Scots language
- Arabic: إسكتلندية (ʔiskutlandiyya) — Lowland Scots language
- Asturian: escocés — Lowland Scots language
- Azerbaijani: şotlandca — Lowland Scots language
- Azerbaijani: skots dili — Lowland Scots language
- Catalan: escocès — Lowland Scots language
- Cherokee: ᏍᎦᏗ (sgadi) — Lowland Scots language
- Chinese Mandarin: 低地蘇格蘭語 /低地苏格兰语 (dīdì Sūgélányǔ) — Lowland Scots language
- Czech: skotština — Lowland Scots language
- Danish: skotsk — Lowland Scots language
- Dutch: Scots — Lowland Scots language
- Esperanto: skota — Lowland Scots language
- Faroese: skotskt — Lowland Scots language
- Finnish: skotti — Lowland Scots language
- Finnish: skotin kieli — Lowland Scots language
- French: écossais — Lowland Scots language
- French: scots — Lowland Scots language
- West-Frisian: Skotsk — Lowland Scots language
- Galician: escocés — Lowland Scots language
- German: Niederschottisch — Lowland Scots language
- German: Schottisch — Lowland Scots language
- Greek: σκωτς (skots) — Lowland Scots language
- Hawaiian: ʻōlelo Kekokia — Lowland Scots language
- Hindi: स्कॉट्स (skŏṭs) — Lowland Scots language
- Irish: Albainis — Lowland Scots language
- Italian: scots — Lowland Scots language
- Jamaican Creole: Skats — Lowland Scots language
- Japanese: スコットランド語 (sukottorandogo) — Lowland Scots language
- Norwegian Bokmål: skotsk — Lowland Scots language
- Norwegian Nynorsk: skotsk — Lowland Scots language
- Occitan: escocés — Lowland Scots language
- Occitan: scòts — Lowland Scots language
- Persian: اسکاتس (eskâts) — Lowland Scots language
- Polish: język scots — Lowland Scots language
- Portuguese: ânglico escocês — Lowland Scots language
- Romanian: scoțiană joasă — Lowland Scots language
- Russian: шотла́ндский — Lowland Scots language
- Scots: Scots — Lowland Scots language
- Scots: Scotch — Lowland Scots language
- Scottish Gaelic: Albais — Lowland Scots language
- Scottish Gaelic: Beurla Ghallta — Lowland Scots language
- Slovak: škótština — Lowland Scots language
- Spanish: escocés — Lowland Scots language
- Swedish: lågskotska — Lowland Scots language
- Swedish: skotska — Lowland Scots language
- Turkish: İskoçça — Lowland Scots language
- Welsh: Sgoteg — Lowland Scots language
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