côte

Inherited from Middle French coste, from Old French coste, from Latin costa.

• IPA^(key): /kot/

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côte f (plural côtes)

1. rib (bone)
2. hill, slope
3. coast

• accoster
• côté
• intercostal

• “côte”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

From Old French coste, from Latin costa.

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côte f (plural côtes)

1. (Jersey, geography) coast
2. (Jersey) rib

• La Côte (“Gaspé”)
• Côte d'Iviéthe (“Ivory Coast”)