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Date "QUOT" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references) |
"QUOT" is a common misspelling or typo for: quit, quota, quote, quoted. |
| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Quot Quot linguas calles, tot homines vales. As many languages as you know, so many separate individuals you are worth. Attributed to Charles V. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Slang in 1811 | COT, or QUOT. A man who meddles with women's household business, particularly in the kitchen. The punishment commonly inflicted on a quot, is pinning a greasy dishclout to the skirts of his coat. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Discord | Phrase: quot homines tot sententiae; no love lost between them, non nostrum tantas componere lites; Mars gravior sub pace latet. |
Dissent | Phrase: many men many minds; quot homines tot sententiae; tant s'en faut; il s'en faut bien;no way; by no means; count me out. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: QUOT |
| Specialty definitions using "QUOT": COT. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "QUOT": Quotiety. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "QUOT" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. Latin (as many, as many (indecl.), as many as, how many, of what number). |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "QUOT" is generally used as a lexical verb (base form) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "QUOT" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 100% | 2 | 245,945 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "QUOT": quot homines tot sententiae. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "QUOT"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Russian | цитата (citation, excerption, quotation, quote). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Genesis Chapter 47, Verse 8 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Eipen de faraw tw iakwb posa eth hmerwn thV zwhV sou |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et interrogatus ab eo quot sunt dies annorum vitae tuae |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And askyde of hym, How feele ben the dayes of the yeris of thi lijf? |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And Pharao axed Iacob how old art thou? |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How old art thou? |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And Pharaoh said to Jacob, How old art thou? |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And Pharaoh said to him, How old are you? |
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| Language | Genesis Chapter 47, Verse 8 |
| Cebuano | Ug miingon si Faraon kang Jacob: Kapid-an na ka mga adlaw sa mga tuig ang imong kinabuhi? |
| Croatian | A faraon upita Jakova: "Koliko ti je godina?" |
| Danish | Farao spurgte Jakob: "Hvor mange er dine Leveår?" |
| Dutch | En Farao zeide tot Jakob: Hoe vele zijn de dagen der jaren uws levens! |
| Finnish | Niin farao kysyi Jaakobilta: "Kuinka monta ikävuotta sinulla on?" |
| French | Pharaon dit à Jacob: Quel est le nombre de jours des années de ta vie? |
| German | Pharao aber fragte Jakob: Wie alt bist du? |
| Haitian Creole | farawon an mande l': -Ki laj ou? |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | dan raja bertanya kepadanya, "Berapa umur Bapak?" |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka kata Firaun kepada Yakub: Berapakah sudah umur nenek? |
| Maori | A ka mea a Parao ki a Hakopa, Ka hia ou tau? |
| Norwegian | Og Farao spurte Jakob: Hvor mange er dine leveår? |
| Rumanian | Faraon a kntrebat pe Iacov: ,,Care este numqrul zilelor anilor vieyii tale?`` |
| Swedish | Men Farao frågade Jakob: "Huru hög är din ålder?" |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "QUOT": quota, quotabilities, quotability, quotable, quotably, quotas, quotation, quotations, quote, quoted, quoter, quoters, quotes, quoth, quotha, quotidian, quotidians, quotient, quotients, quoting. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "QUOT": aliquot. (additional references) | |
Words containing "QUOT": aliquots, misquotation, misquotations, misquote, misquoted, misquotes, misquoting, nonquota, outquote, outquoted, outquotes, outquoting, unquote, unquoted, unquotes, unquoting. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "o-q-t-u" | |
-1 letter: out. | |
-2 letters: to, ut. | |
| Words containing the letters "o-q-t-u" | |
+1 letter: quoit, quota, quote, quoth, toque. | |
+2 letters: coquet, loquat, quarto, quoits, quotas, quoted, quoter, quotes, quotha, roquet, toques, toquet, torque. | |
+3 letters: aliquot, bosquet, bouquet, coquets, coquito, croquet, equator, loquats, quartos, questor, quittor, quixote, quoited, quoters, quoting, roquets, toquets, torqued, torquer, torques, unquote. | |
+4 letters: aliquots, aquatone, bosquets, bouquets, boutique, coequate, conquest, coquetry, coquette, coquitos, cotquean, croquets, eloquent, equation, equators, misquote, moquette, mosquito, nonquota, opaquest, outquote, paroquet, postique, quaestor, quantong, quatorze, question, questors, quittors, quixotes, quixotic, quixotry, quoiting, quotable, quotably, quotient, roqueted, torquate, torquers, torquing, turquois, unquoted, unquotes. | |
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