Boot

== English == === Etymology === As an English surname, from the noun boot. As a Dutch and German surname, from Bote (“messenger”), compare Bode. Also an occupational surname for a boatman, from boot. === Proper noun === Boot A surname. A small village in Eskdale parish, Cumberland, Cumbria, England, previously in Copeland borough (OS grid ref NY1701). === Anagrams === OOTB, boto == Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /boːt/ Hyphenation: Boot Rhymes: -oːt === Proper noun === Boot a surname == German == === Etymology === Via Middle Low German bōt, from Middle English bot (compare modern English boat). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /boːt/ Homophone: bot === Noun === Boot n (strong, genitive Bootes or Boots, plural Boote, diminutive Bötchen n or Bötlein n) boat 3 January 1994, “Namen und Nachrichten: 3 656 Kubaner flüchteten 1993”, Berliner Zeitung: ==== Usage notes ==== The diminutive Böötchen is proscribed nowadays and rather rare. ==== Declension ==== ==== Hyponyms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Kashubian: bôt === Further reading === “Boot” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “Boot” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “Boot” in Duden online “Boot” in Duden online Boot on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de == Hunsrik == === Etymology === From Middle Low German bōt, from Middle English bot. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpoːt/ Rhymes: -oːt Syllabification: Boot === Noun === Boot n (plural Boot) boat === Further reading === Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “Boot”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch == Limburgish == === Alternative forms === boot (Veldeke spelling) boeat (uncommon variant) boeët (Southeast Limburgish) === Etymology === From Middle English bot (“boat, ship”), from Old English bāt, from Proto-West Germanic *bait, from Proto-Germanic *baitaz. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /boːt/ Hyphenation: Boot Rhymes: -oːt === Noun === Boot n (German-based spelling, Eupen spelling) boat Synonyms: Scheep (general), Schéff (Eupen) == Plautdietsch == === Etymology === From Middle Low German bōt, from Middle English bot. === Noun === Boot n boat, skiff, yawl