Feminine
hotte
Meaning
- (feminine) carrying basket, burden basket
- (feminine) chimney flue
- (broadly, feminine) hood (metal covering that leads to a vent to suck away smoke or fumes)
- (broadly, feminine) hood (metal covering that leads to a vent to suck away smoke or fumes)
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɔt/
Etymology
In summary
Borrowed from Frankish *hotta (“basket”). Compare regional German Hotte. Sense “flue” from the trapezoid shape of a reversed carrying basket.
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