adj
Meaning 1
Of a thing or concept, of or pertaining to Scotland.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
Scottish
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.ɪʃ/
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US: /ˈskɑ.tɪʃ/
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Scotland: /ˈskɔt.ɪʃ/
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Australian: /ˈskɔt.ɪʃ/
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Australian: [ˈskɔɾ.ɪʃ]
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CMU ARPABET: S K AA1 T IH0 SH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Of a person, native to, born in or whose ancestors originally came from Scotland.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
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name
Meaning 3
Scottish English, the varieties of English spoken in Scotland.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
Meaning 4
Short for Scottish Gaelic
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, rare
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noun
Meaning 5
the people of Scotland.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: collective, plural, plural-only, with-definite-article
Qualifier: i. e. the Scottish
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adjective
Meaning 6
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: Scots, Scotch
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 7
the dialect of English used in Scotland
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Scots, Scots English
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: English, English language
Narrower terms: Lallans, Scottish Lallans
History
Etymology
From Middle English Scottich, from Old English Sċyttisċ, equivalent to Scot + -ish. Compare West Frisian Skotsk (“Scottish”), Dutch Schots (“Scottish”), German schottisch (“Scottish”), Danish skotsk (“Scottish”), Icelandic skoskur (“Scottish”). Doublet of Scotch and Scot.
Across languages
Translations
129 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: إِسْكُتْلَنْدِيّ (ʔiskutlandiyy) — of or pertaining to Scotland
- Asturian: escocés — of or pertaining to Scotland
- Belarusian: шатла́ндскі (šatlándski) — of or pertaining to Scotland
- Belarusian: шатля́ндзкі (šatljándzki) — of or pertaining to Scotland
- Bulgarian: шотла́ндски (šotlándski) — of or pertaining to Scotland
- Catalan: escocès — of or pertaining to Scotland
- Catalan: escocés — of or pertaining to Scotland
- Chinese Mandarin: 蘇格蘭的 /苏格兰的 (Sūgélán de) — of or pertaining to Scotland
- Czech: skotský — of or pertaining to Scotland
- Danish: skotsk — of or pertaining to Scotland
- Dutch: Schots — of or pertaining to Scotland
- Esperanto: skota — of or pertaining to Scotland
- Estonian: šoti — of or pertaining to Scotland
- Faroese: skotskur — of or pertaining to Scotland
- Finnish: skotlantilainen — of or pertaining to Scotland
- French: écossais — of or pertaining to Scotland
- Friulian: scozês — of or pertaining to Scotland
- Galician: escocés — of or pertaining to Scotland
- Georgian: შოტლანდიური (šoṭlandiuri) — of or pertaining to Scotland
- German: schottisch — of or pertaining to Scotland
- Greek: σκοτσέζικος (skotsézikos) — of or pertaining to Scotland
- Hawaiian: Kekokia — of or pertaining to Scotland
- Hungarian: skót — of or pertaining to Scotland
- Icelandic: skoskur — of or pertaining to Scotland
- Interlingua: scote — of or pertaining to Scotland
- Interlingua: scotic — of or pertaining to Scotland
- Irish: Albanach — of or pertaining to Scotland
- Italian: scozzese — of or pertaining to Scotland
- Latvian: skotu — of or pertaining to Scotland
- Latvian: skotisks — of or pertaining to Scotland
- Lithuanian: škotų — of or pertaining to Scotland
- Lithuanian: škotiškas — of or pertaining to Scotland
- Macedonian: шкотски (škotski) — of or pertaining to Scotland
- Marathi: स्कॉटिश (skŏṭiś) — of or pertaining to Scotland
- Norwegian Bokmål: skotsk — of or pertaining to Scotland
- Norwegian Nynorsk: skotsk — of or pertaining to Scotland
- Occitan: escocés — of or pertaining to Scotland
- Old English: Sċyttisċ — of or pertaining to Scotland
- Persian: اسکاتلندی (eskâtlandi) — of or pertaining to Scotland
- Polish: szkocki — of or pertaining to Scotland
- Portuguese: escocês — of or pertaining to Scotland
- Romanian: scoțian — of or pertaining to Scotland
- Russian: шотла́ндский (šotlándskij) — of or pertaining to Scotland
- Scottish Gaelic: Albannach — of or pertaining to Scotland
- Serbo-Croatian: шко̏тскӣ — of or pertaining to Scotland
- Serbo-Croatian: škȍtskī — of or pertaining to Scotland
- Slovak: škótsky — of or pertaining to Scotland
- Slovene: škotski — of or pertaining to Scotland
- Upper Sorbian: šotiski — of or pertaining to Scotland
- Spanish: escocés — of or pertaining to Scotland
- Swedish: skotsk — of or pertaining to Scotland
- Tagalog: Eskoses — of or pertaining to Scotland
- Ukrainian: шотла́ндський (šotlándsʹkyj) — of or pertaining to Scotland
- Welsh: Albanaidd — of or pertaining to Scotland
- Arabic: إِسْكُتْلَنْدِيّ (ʔiskutlandiyy) — of a person
- Asturian: escocés — of a person
- Catalan: escocès — of a person
- Catalan: escocés — of a person
- Czech: skotský — of a person
- Danish: skotsk — of a person
- Esperanto: skota — of a person
- Estonian: šoti — of a person
- Faroese: skotskur — of a person
- Finnish: skotlantilainen — of a person
- French: écossais — of a person
- Friulian: scozês — of a person
- Galician: escocés — of a person
- Georgian: შოტლანდიელი (šoṭlandieli) — of a person
- German: schottisch — of a person
- Greek: Σκοτσέζος (Skotsézos) — of a person
- Hawaiian: Kekokia — of a person
- Hungarian: skót — of a person
- Interlingua: scote — of a person
- Interlingua: scotic — of a person
- Irish: Albanach — of a person
- Italian: scozzese — of a person
- Latvian: skotu — of a person
- Latvian: skotisks — of a person
- Lithuanian: škotų — of a person
- Lithuanian: škotiškas — of a person
- Marathi: स्कॉटिश (skŏṭiś) — of a person
- Norwegian Bokmål: skotsk — of a person
- Norwegian Nynorsk: skotsk — of a person
- Occitan: escocés — of a person
- Old English: Sċyttisċ — of a person
- Polish: szkocki — of a person
- Portuguese: escocês — of a person
- Romanian: scoțian — of a person
- Russian: шотла́ндский (šotlándskij) — of a person
- Scottish Gaelic: Albannach — of a person
- Slovak: škótsky — of a person
- Spanish: escocés — of a person
- Swedish: skotsk — of a person
- Tagalog: Eskoses — of a person
- Ukrainian: шотла́ндський (šotlándsʹkyj) — of a person
- Welsh: Albanaidd — of a person
- Asturian: escoceses — the people of Scotland
- Catalan: escocès — the people of Scotland
- Catalan: escocés — the people of Scotland
- Czech: Skoti — the people of Scotland
- Czech: Skotové — the people of Scotland
- Danish: skotterne — the people of Scotland
- Dutch: Schotten — the people of Scotland
- Esperanto: skotoj — the people of Scotland
- Estonian: šotlased — the people of Scotland
- Faroese: skoti — the people of Scotland
- Finnish: skotlantilaiset — the people of Scotland
- French: les Écossais — the people of Scotland
- Galician: escoceses — the people of Scotland
- Georgian: შოტლანდიელები (šoṭlandielebi) — the people of Scotland
- German: Schotten — the people of Scotland
- Greek: Σκοτσέζοι (Skotsézoi) — the people of Scotland
- Hawaiian: Kekokia — the people of Scotland
- Italian: gli scozzesi — the people of Scotland
- Khmer: ស្កុតលែនដ៍ (skotlɛɛn) — the people of Scotland
- Latvian: skoti — the people of Scotland
- Marathi: स्कॉटिश (skŏṭiś) — the people of Scotland
- Old English: Sċottas — the people of Scotland
- Polish: Szkoci — the people of Scotland
- Portuguese: escoceses — the people of Scotland
- Romanian: scoțieni — the people of Scotland
- Russian: шотла́ндцы (šotlándcy) — the people of Scotland
- Scottish Gaelic: na h-Albannaich — the people of Scotland
- Serbo-Croatian: Škoti — the people of Scotland
- Slovak: Škóti — the people of Scotland
- Spanish: escocés — the people of Scotland
- Spanish: escocesa — the people of Scotland
- Swedish: skottar — the people of Scotland
- Tagalog: Eskoses — the people of Scotland
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