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Definition: Cote |
CoteNoun1. A small shelter for domestic animals (as sheep or pigeons). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "cote" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1532. (references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Abode | Cot, cabin, hut, chalet, croft, shed, booth, stall, hovel, bothy, shanty, dugout, wigwam; pen; (inclosure); barn, bawn; kennel, sty, doghold, cote, coop, hutch, byre; cow house, cow shed; stable, dovecote, columbary, columbarium; shippen; igloo, iglu, jacal; lacustrine dwelling, lacuslake dwelling, lacuspile dwelling; log cabin, log house; shack, shebang, tepee, topek. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Cote |
| English words defined with "cote": bell gable ♦ Provence. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "cote": Africa, Western ♦ Cat Proverbs, CI$. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Cote" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. French (odds, pressmark, price, quotation), Italian (grindstone, hone, whetstone), Spanish (hitch). |
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![]() | Camp on the side of Mount Cote Triangulation party of William M. Scaife. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. | ![]() | [Wing of Infirmiry. College of Dentistry A.E.F. University. Cote D'Or, France]. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
![]() | Mark 117, 500-pound and 750-pound bombs lined up on the carrier's flight deck, awaiting loading on aircraft for strikes on North Vietnam. Photographed in the South China Sea by JOC Robert S. Moeser and PH1 Jean C. Cote during February and March 1965. Credit: NAVY. | ![]() | Catapult crewmen position an A-4C "Skyhawk" attack plane for launch, 24 March 1965. The carrier was then operating in Southeast Asian waters. Photographed by PH1 Jean Cote and PHC Robert Moeser. This A-4C appears to be Bureau # 149508. Markings below the cockpit indicate that the plane's assigned pilot was Lieutenant Commander Olof M. Carlson. Credit: NAVY. |
![]() | Cote. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Sir Cote Male Taile. Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | Pigeon cote of Mexican farmer near Combes, Texas. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Detail of henhouse and pigeon cote. Mays Avenue camp, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | Mrs. Eloie Cote. Her husband was out picking potatoes on their small farm near Lille, Maine. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Abbott Laboratories, 1350 Cote de Liesse, Montreal, Canada. Boiler room. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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| "Cote d'opale 1" by Blanquart Matthieu Commentary: "Sea, beach, sun, wave." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | The market for used vehicles in Cote d’Ivoire has grown considerably over the last ten years. (references) | |
As with most countries in Sub-Sahara Africa, Cote d’Ivoire is not ready to manufacture automobiles. (references) | ||
The late 1980s and the early 1990's saw increased investments in hotel construction in Cote d'Ivoire. (references) | ||
Children | Benin | Children are sent from poorer families to Cotonou and then some of the children are sent to Gabon, the Cote d'Ivoire, and the Central African Republic to help in markets and around the home. (references) |
Civil Liberties | Cote d'Ivoire | The Government and the Union of Journalists of Cote d'Ivoire began work on new legislation that will decriminalize the press law. (references) |
Liberia | The U.N. High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) reported that, at year's end, there were approximately 81,000 Liberian refugees in Guinea, 120,000 in Cote d'Ivoire, 10,000 in Ghana, 7,000 in Sierra Leone, and 2,000 in Nigeria. (references) | |
Economic History | Cote d'Ivoire | In the summer of 2000, violence returned to Cote d'Ivoire. (references) |
Cote d'Ivoire | The political system in Cote d'Ivoire is president-dominated. (references) | |
Cote D'ivoire | In year 2000, total imports to Cote d'Ivoire were estimated at USD 2.50 billion. (references) | |
Human Rights | Liberia | There were no further developments in the November 2000 attacks reportedly in northeastern Nimba, which resulted in numerous deaths; it was unclear whether the rebel incursion was from Guinea or Cote d'Ivoire. (references) |
Colombia | The investigation continued of the December 2000 killing of congressional peace commission chairman Diego Turbay Cote, his mother councilwoman Ines Cote, and five other persons in Caqueta department (near the FARC demilitarized zone). (references) | |
Seychelles | In July Simeon Ake, an Organization of African Unity's (OAU) representative from the Cote d'Ivoire, led a two-person delegation to the country from the Commission on Human and People's Rights; however, there was no report released publicly by year's end. (references) | |
Minorities | Cote d'Ivoire | Tensions continued in the west and the center of the country between ethnic Beoule Ivoirian natives and settlers from Burkina Faso and Mali, many of whom were born in Cote d'Ivoire or have lived in the country up to 30 years. (references) |
Political Economy | Cote D'ivoire | The Democratic Party of Cote d'Ivoire (PDCI) has 94 seats, and smaller parties and independent deputies have 28 seats. (references) |
Mali | Children were trafficked into forced labor in Cote d'Ivoire; the Government returned a number of these children to their families during the year. (references) | |
Trade | Cote D'ivoire | Additionally, U.K.-based Standard Chartered Bank opened a branch in Cote d'Ivoire in 2001. (references) |
Chad | Chadian importers would have to use an approved bank in Senegal, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Benin or Gabon. (references) | |
Tanzania | The African Development Bank (AFDB), headquartered in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, is an international financial institution created by Africans in 1963 to promote the economic and social development of its member African countries. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Burkina Faso | Children from Mali often are trafficked to Cote d'Ivoire. (references) |
Burkina Faso | Destinations for trafficked Burkinabe children include Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, and Nigeria. (references) | |
Mali | During the year, more than 300 children were returned to their families from Cote d'Ivoire. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Cote" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 86.79% of the time. "Cote" is used about 53 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 |
| Noun (proper) | 86.79% | 46 | 50,285 |
| Noun (singular) | 13.21% | 7 | 133,076 |
| Total | 100.00% | 53 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "cote" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Cote | Last name | 13,000 | 900 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
Expressions using "cote": bell cote ♦ Cote d'Azur ♦ cote divoire ♦ Cote D'ivoire ♦ Cote d'Ivoire franc ♦ Republic of Cote d'Ivoire. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "cote": cote-hardie, Cote-rotie. | |
Ending with "cote": dove-cote, sheep-cote. | |
| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
cote d azure | 221 | cote d azure property | 16 |
cote d ivoire | 149 | kelo cote | 16 |
cote | 69 | cote d azure real estate | 15 |
hotel cote d ivoire | 46 | z cote | 15 |
alpes azure cote d hotel provence | 40 | cote bastide | 14 |
immobilier cote d azure | 37 | abidjan cote d ivoire | 13 |
abidjan cote divoire | 37 | cote de l occasion | 12 |
la cote basque | 32 | cote d azure france | 12 |
cote d azure hotel | 28 | camping cote d azure | 12 |
argus cote | 27 | nice cote d azure | 11 |
automobile cote | 26 | cote occasion | 10 |
cote d or | 26 | la cote basque restaurant | 10 |
cote dazur | 22 | cote de azure | 10 |
azure cote location | 21 | cote voiture | 10 |
cote nord | 20 | cote sud | 10 |
cote azure | 19 | cote divoire | 9 |
cote d azure villa | 19 | cote vermeille | 9 |
tex cote | 19 | tina cote | 9 |
agence azure cote d immobiliere | 17 | bassam cote divoire grand | 9 |
azure cote d map | 17 | cote le | 8 |
cote d or chocolate | 8 | ||
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "cote"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | Vathë (corral, ear ring, eardrop, fold, pen, Pinfold, run, runway, sheep pen, sheep-cote, sheepfold, stockyard, yard), Kotec (hencoop, henhouse, hutch, pen, roost), Kafaz (cage, coop, hutch, mew, trellis). (various references) | |
Arabic | زريبة (corral, cowshed, crib, fold, house, pen, pound, shed, stable, yard), برج حمام. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | Кошара, Гълъбарник, Вкарвам В Кошара. (various references) | |
Czech | Chlívek (puddle, shed). (various references) | |
French | Parc. (various references) | |
German | Stall (barnstable, byre, coop, cowshed, henhouse, hutch, Mews, pen, pigpen, pigsty, shed, stable, stall, stud, sty). (various references) | |
Greek | όάνδρα Για Ζώα, ίαλύβι, ίαλύβη Για Ζώα. (various references) | |
Hebrew | ֱיתן ײפורים. (various references) | |
Hungarian | Utolér (gain on, gain upon, to come up with, to gain on, to gain upon, to overhaul, to run down), Galambdúc (columbarium, dovecot, dovecote, loft, pigeon-hole, pigeonry). (various references) | |
Italian | Riparo (apron, breastwork, cover, fender, protection, refuge, screen, shelter, shield). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | otecay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | curral (cattle shed, corral, kraal, pen, pinfold, pound, stable, stall, stockyard, sty), redil (pen, sheep-cote, sheepfold, stable, stall, sty), aprisco (fold, pen, sty). (various references) | |
Romanian | Coteţ (coop, hen-roost, hogsty, kennel), Porumbar (blackthorn, columbary, corn-crib, dove cot, dove-cote, granary, loft, pigeonry), şopron (barn, cot, shed). (various references) | |
Russian | хлев (cow-house, cowshed, piggery, pigsty), Овчарня, Загонять В Загон, Загон Для Скота, овчарня (sheep fold, sheepfold, sheep-fold), загон (corral, cot, paddock, pen, pound, roundup, yard), Хлев. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | tor (cattle pen, lair, pen, sheep fold), staja (cow-house, cowshed, stable, stall), preći (change over, cover, cover ground, cross, go over, march, overpass, pass over, pass through, shade, shift, transit, traverse), obor (enclosure, pen). (various references) | |
Spanish | Redil (fold), Aprisco (fold, pen, pound, sheep run, sheepfold). (various references) | |
Swedish | Litet Hus (maisonette). (various references) | |
Thai | เพิงเล็กๆ (สำหรับสัตว์). (various references) | |
Turkish | Kulübe (booth, box, cabin, cottage, crib, hovel, hut, hutch, kiosk, kiosque, Lodge, shack, shanty, shed), Kümes (coop, cot, fowl run, hencoop, hut, hutch, pen), Ağıl (aureola, aureole, compound, corral, cot, fold, halation, hovel, lair, pen, Pinfold, pound, sheep fold, sheep pen, stockyard, yard). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | Кошара (Pinfold), Загін, Загорода, Загоняти В Загін, Хлів. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | cellaria, cellarium. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Exodus Chapter 29, Verse 5 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai labwn taV stolaV enduseiV aarwn ton adelfon sou kai ton citwna ton podhrh kai thn epwmida kai to logeion kai sunayeiV autw to logeion proV thn epwmida |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Indues Aaron vestimentis suis id est linea et tunica et superumerali et rationali quod constringes balteo |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Thow shalt clothe Aaron with his clothes, that is to seie, with rocket, and coote, and coope, and breest broche, that thow shalt streyne with a girdel. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And take the garmentes, and put apon Aaron: the strayte cote, and the tunycle of the Ephod, and the Ephod ad the brestlappe: and gerth the to him with the brodered girdel of the Ephod. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And thou shalt take the garments, and put upon Aaron the coat, and the robe of the ephod, and the ephod, and the breastplate, and gird him with the curious girdle of the ephod: |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And thou shalt take the garments, and put upon Aaron, the coat, and the robe of the ephod, and the ephod, and the breast-plate, and gird him with the curious girdle of the ephod: |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Take the robes, and put the coat and the dress and the ephod and the priest's bag on Aaron; put the band of needlework round him, |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Exodus Chapter 29, Verse 5 |
| Cebuano | Ug kuhaon mo ang mga bisti, ug isul-ob mo kang Aaron ang sinina nga hataas, ug ang kupo sa ephod, ug ang ephod, ug ang tabon sa dughan, ug baksan mo siya sa maayong pagkahabol nga bakus sa ephod. |
| Croatian | Zatim uzmi odijelo i obuci Arona u košulju; stavi na nj ogrtaè opleæka, opleæak i naprsnik i opaši ga tkanicom opleæka. |
| Danish | Tag så Klæderne og ifør Aron Kjortelen, Efodkåben, Efoden og Brystskjoldet og bind Efoden fast på ham med Bæltet. |
| Dutch | Daarna zult gij de klederen nemen, en Aaron den rok, en den mantel des efods, en den efod, en den borstlap aandoen; en gij zult hem omgorden met den kunstelijken riem des efods. |
| Finnish | Ja ota vaatteet ja pue Aaronin ylle ihokas ja kasukan viitta ja kasukka ja rintakilpi; ja sido hänen ympärilleen kasukan vyö. |
| French | Tu prendras les vêtements; tu revêtiras Aaron de la tunique, de la robe de l`éphod, de l`éphod et du pectoral, et tu mettras sur lui la ceinture de l`éphod. |
| German | und die Kleider nehmen und Aaron anziehen den engen Rock und den Purpurrock und den Leibrock und das Schild zu dem Leibrock, und sollst ihn gürten mit dem Gurt des Leibrocks |
| Haitian Creole | Apre sa, w'a pran rad yo, w'a biye Arawon. W'a mete chemiz la, rad la, jile a ak plastwon an sou li. W'a mare sentiwon an nan ren li. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Kenakanlah pakaian imam pada Harun: kemeja, efod, jubah yang menutupi efod, tutup dada dan ikat pinggang. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Kemudian dari pada itu hendaklah kauambil akan pakaian itu, kenakanlah kepada Harun baju dalam dan selimut efod dan efod dan perhiasan dada itu dan berpakaikanlah dia dengan sandang efod, yang perbuatan kepandaian itu; |
| Italian | Prenderai le vesti e rivestirai Aronne della tunica, del manto dell'efod, dell'efod e del pettorale; lo cingerai con la cintura dell'efod; |
| Maori | Na ka mau koe ki nga kakahu, a ka whakakakahu i a Arona ki te koti, ki te koroka o te epora, ki te epora, ki te kouma, ka whitiki hoki i a ia ki te whitiki whakairo o te epora: |
| Norwegian | Og du skal ta klærne og klæ Aron i underkjortelen og overkjortelen som hører til livkjortelen, og livkjortelen og brystduken og binde livkjortelens belte om ham |
| Portuguese | Depois tomarás as vestes, e vestirás a Arão da túnica e do manto do éfode, e do éfode mesmo, e do peitoral, e lhe cingirás o éfode com o seu cinto de obra esmerada; |
| Rumanian | Sq iei vewmintele; sq kmbraci pe Aaron cu tunica, cu mantia efodului, cu efodul wi cu pieptarul, wi sq -l kncingi cu brkul efodului. |
| Swedish | Och du skall taga kläderna och sätta på Aron livklädnaden och efodkåpan och själva efoden och bröstskölden; och du skall fästa ihop alltsammans på honom med efodens skärp. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "cote": coteau, coteaus, coteaux, coted, cotenant, cotenants, coterie, coteries, coterminous, coterminously, cotes. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "cote": dovecote, entrecote, sheepcote. (additional references) | |
Words containing "cote": dovecotes, ecoterrorism, ecoterrorisms, ecoterrorist, ecoterrorists, entrecotes, escoted, picoted, picotee, picotees, scoter, scoters, sheepcotes, uricotelic, uricotelism, uricotelisms, wainscoted. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "cote" (pronounced kō"t) |
| 3 | k ō" t | coat. |
| 2 | -ō" t | afloat, bloat, boat, Capote, connote, demote, denote, devote, dote, float, gloat, goat, groat, haute, misquote, moat, mote, note, oat, outvote, promote, quote, remote, rewrote, rote, throat, Tote, underwrote, unquote, vote, wrote. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-o-t" | |
-1 letter: cot, toe. | |
-2 letters: et, oe, to. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-o-t" | |
+1 letter: cento, comet, comte, conte, coset, coted, cotes, covet, escot, octet, recto. | |
+2 letters: avocet, capote, cenote, centos, cestoi, cestos, citole, closet, clothe, coated, coatee, coater, coedit, coempt, cogent, collet, colter, comate, cometh, comets, comtes, contes, cooter, cootie, copter, coquet, cornet, corset, cortex, corvet, cosets, cosset, costae, costed, coster, coteau, cottae, cotter, cotype, couter, covert, covets, coyest, coyote, decoct, docent, docket, erotic, escort, escots, exotic, hector, lector, locate, locket, nocent, noetic, notice, object, obtect, ocelot, octane, octave, octets, oocyte, pocket, poetic, rector, rectos, rochet, rocket, rotche, scoter, sector, socket, tocher, toecap, touche, troche, vector. | |
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