Scots

• IPA^(key): /skɒts/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /ˈskɔts/

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• Rhymes: -ɒts

Borrowed from Scots Scots, from Middle Scots Scottis, from Old English Scottysċ, a late variant of earlier Scyttisċ (“Scottish”). Doublet of Scottish.

Scots

1. 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.

   Synonyms: Scottish, Lowland Scots

• See Scottish and Scotch.

• Middle Scots
• Synthetic Scots
• Doric
• Shetlandic, Shetlandish (Shetland Scots)
• Ulster Scots, Ullans

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Scots terms
• Ullans

Scots (not comparable)

1. (sometimes proscribed) Scottish.

   Synonyms: Scotch, Scottish

• See Scottish and Scotch.

Scots

1. plural of Scot

• See Scottish and Scotch.

• ISO 639-3 code sco (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Scots, sco ⁠
• “Scots”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

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