English
Etymology
From Old English Scottas (“people from Ireland, Irishmen”), from Late Latin Scotti (see Scōtī for more).
See Scoti.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈskɒt/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈskɑt/
- (Scotland) IPA(key): /ˈskɔʔ/
- Rhymes: -ɒt
- Homophone: Scott
Noun
Scot (plural Scots)
- A person born in or native to Scotland.
- Synonyms: Scotsman, Scotchman
Usage notes
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Translations
a person born in or native to Scotland
- Armenian: Շոտլանդացի (Šotlandacʻi)
- Asturian: escocés (ast) m, escocesa (ast) f
- Bulgarian: шотландец m (šotlandec), шотландка f (šotlandka)
- Catalan: escocès (ca) m, escocesa (ca) f, (archaic) escot (ca) m, (archaic) escota (ca) f
- Valencian: escocés (ca) m, escocesa (ca) f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 蘇格蘭人 / 苏格兰人 (zh) (sūgélánrén)
- Czech: Skot (cs) m, Skotka (cs) f
- Danish: skotte (da) c
- Dutch: Schot (nl) m, Schotse (nl) f
- Esperanto: skoto (man or woman), skotino (woman)
- Estonian: šotlane (male, female), šotlanna (female)
- Faroese: skoti m
- Finnish: skotti (fi)
- French: Écossais (fr) m, Écossaise (fr) f
- Galician: escocés (gl) m, escocesa f
- Georgian: შოტლანდიელი (ka) (šoṭlandieli)
- German: Schotte (de) m, Schottin (de) f
- Greek: Σκωτσέζος (el) m (Skotsézos)
- Hawaiian: Kekokia
- Hungarian: skót (hu)
- Icelandic: Skoti m
- Irish: Albanach (ga) m, Scot m (historical), Scotach m (rare)
- Italian: scozzese (it) m or f
- Japanese: スコットランド人 (ja) (Sukottorando-jin)
- Khmer: ស្កុត (skot)
- Korean: 스코틀랜드 사람 (seukoteullaendeu saram)
- Latvian: skots m, skotiete f
- Lithuanian: škòtas m, škòtė f
- Macedonian: Шкот m (Škot), Шкотла́нѓанец m (Škotlánǵanec), Шко́тка f (Škótka), Шкотла́нѓанка f (Škotlánǵanka)
- Norwegian: skotte (no) m
- Occitan: escocés (oc) m
- Polish: Szkot (pl) m, Szkotka (pl) f
- Portuguese: escocês (pt) m, escocesa (pt) f
- Romanian: scoțian (ro) m, scoțiană (ro) f
- Russian: шотла́ндец (ru) m (šotlándec), шотла́ндка (ru) f (šotlándka)
- Scottish Gaelic: Albannach m
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Roman: Škȍt (sh) m
- Slovak: Škót m, Škótka f
- Spanish: escocés (es) m, escocesa (es) f
- Swahili: Mskoti, Mskochi
- Swedish: skotte (sv) c
- Volapük: (♂♀) Skotänan (vo), (♂) hi-Skotänan, (♀) ji-Skotänan
- Yiddish: סקאַט m (skat)
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Proper noun
Scot (plural Scots)
- A surname
- A male given name transferred from the surname, of rare usage, variant of Scott.
See also
References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “Scot”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
- “Scot”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- C. Oman, A History of England before the Norman Conquest, London, 1910, p. 157
Anagrams
Irish
Etymology
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Noun
Scot m (genitive singular Scoit, nominative plural Scoit)
- (historical) Scot, Irishman
Declension
Declension of Scot (first declension)
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Derived terms
- Scotach (“Scottish; Scotch-Irish”, adjective)
- Scotach m (“Scot, Scotsman; Irishman of Scottish descent”)
Further reading