potta

Borrowed from Swedish potta, from Old Norse pottr and/or Middle Low German pot, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *puttaz.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpotːɑ/, [ˈpo̞t̪ːɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -otːɑ
• Syllabification^(key): pot‧ta
• Hyphenation^(key): pot‧ta

potta

1. potty, chamber pot

   Synonyms: keija, yöastia

2. (slang) helmet

• “potta”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023

• patto, potat, tapot, topat

potta

1. indefinite accusative plural of pottur
2. indefinite genitive plural of pottur

From second half of XIII century, found in central-southern varieties. Borrowed from Franco-Provençal pota (“protruded lips, pout”), probably a rebracketing of *lippotte, diminutive of French lippe (“protruded lip”), from Middle Dutch lippe (“lip”), from Proto-Indo-European *leb- (“to droop, sag, slip”). For the derogatory sense, cf. English cunt and twat.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔt.ta/
• Rhymes: -ɔtta
• Hyphenation: pòt‧ta

potta f (plural potte)

1. (vulgar) the vulva, pussy
   1. (Tuscan, figurative) arrogance, ostentation, airs

potta m or f by sense (masculine plural potti, feminine plural potte)

1. (Tuscan, figurative) an arrogant person, a douchebag

   smettila di fare il potta ― stop being a douchebag

• patto

• potten

potta m or f

1. definite feminine singular of potte

potta f

1. definite singular of potte

Derived from Middle Low German pot, from Proto-Germanic *puttaz (“pot, jar, tub”). Doublet of pott.

potta c

1. potty: small, usually plastic, chamber pot used as toilet for small children
2. (synonym: nattkärl) chamber pot

• pottfrisyr (“bowl cut”)
• pottsork

• bäcken (“bedpan”)

• potta in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• potta in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• potta in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)