pot

Senso (English)

  1. pot, jar, vase, tin, can, carton (a container of any of various materials)
  2. cooking pot (any vessel used to cook food)
  3. dish
  4. potty (the pot used when toilet-training children)
  5. (colloquial) drink, jar, bevvy (alcoholic beverage)
  6. (colloquial) do (UK), bash, drinks party (a small, informal party or celebration)
  7. pot, kitty, pool (money staked at cards, etc.)
  8. (informal) luck (success; chance occurrence, especially when favourable)
  9. a half-litre bottle or measure of wine
  10. a pre-metric unit of measure, equivalent to 1.5 litres
  11. a paper size, about 40 by 31 cm
  12. (slang,vulgar) arse, ass (the buttocks)

Frequenza

B2
Pronunciato come (IPA)
/po/
Etimologia (English)

In summary

Inherited from Middle French pot, from Old French pot (“pot”), from Vulgar Latin pottum, pottus (“pot, jar”), from Frankish *pott, from Proto-Germanic *puttaz (“pot, jar, tub”), from Proto-Indo-European *budn- (“a kind of vessel”). More at English pot.

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