coot
Meaning
- Any of various aquatic birds of the genus Fulica that are mainly black with a prominent frontal shield on the forehead.
- (colloquial) A foolish or eccentric fellow
Synonyms
Fulica
ankle-joint
bald-coot
water-hen
Eurasian Coot
Eurasian coot
Old World coot
a silly person
Translations
folaga
foulque
Blässhuhn
Fulica
fotja
meerkoet
galeirão
φαλαρίδα
focha comúnFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/kuːt/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English cote, coote, cute, cuytt (“coot”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from an unrecorded Old English word, or borrowed from Middle Dutch coet, cuut, kuut (“coot”) (whence modern Dutch koet and meerkoet (“coot”)). Possibly related to Middle High German kūz, kūze (modern German Kauz (“owl”)), Old English cȳta (“kite, bittern”) (whence English kite), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kūts (“bird of prey”). See kite.
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