ouate

Meaning

Noun

cotton wool

Verb

1. (first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person) inflection of ouater:
2. (form-of, imperative, second-person, singular) inflection of ouater:

Concepts

cotton wool

padding

wadding

absorbent cotton

cotton

cotton plant

batting

cotton-wool

cotton fiber

Synonyms

coton

coton hydrophile

coussin

mise

bourre

rembourrage

Translations

ovatta

watten

Watte

bambagia

vatka

algodão

guata

pamuk

algodón

buata

cotone

βαμβάκι

cotó

gossypium

Pronounced as (IPA)

/wat/

Etymology

Cognate with Arabic: بَتّ

Cognate with Hebrew: בָּֽתִּים

In summary

Uncertain. Often connected to Arabic بِطَانَة (biṭāna, “lining, inner part”), but this is phonologically difficult. Also compared to Arabic بَتّ (batt, “a square, thick, and loosely woven garment”), Hebrew בָּֽתִּים (bāttīm, “garments or hangings”) in II Kings 23:7, but this is commonly seen as a scribal error for בַּדִּים (baddīm), or כֻּתֹּונׅים (kuttōnīm). There is also the possibility of Japanese 綿 (wata, “raw cotton, cotton plant”) but improbable due to lack of contact.