cottage

== English == === Etymology === Late Middle English, from Anglo-Norman cotage and Medieval Latin cotagium, from Old Northern French cot, cote (“cottage, hut”) + -age (“surrounding property”), from Old Norse kot, from Proto-Germanic *kutą, *kuta- (“shed”), probably of non-Indo-European origin, possibly borrowed from Proto-Finno-Ugric/Proto-Uralic *kota (“hut, tent”), probably akin to Proto-Iranian *kátah (“house; roof”). However, also compare Dutch and English hut. Slang sense “public toilet” from 19th century, due to resemblance. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkɒt.ɪd͡ʒ/ (General American, weak vowel distinction) IPA(key): /ˈkɑt.ɪd͡ʒ/, [ˈkɑɾ.ɪd͡ʒ] (weak vowel merger) IPA(key): /ˈkɑt.əd͡ʒ/, [ˈkɑɾ.əd͡ʒ] Rhymes: -ɒtɪdʒ Hyphenation: cot‧tage === Noun === cottage (plural cottages) A small house. Synonyms: cot, hut A seasonal home of any size or stature, a recreational home or a home in a remote location. (UK, slang, archaic) A public lavatory. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:bathroom (Polari) A meeting place for homosexual men. Synonyms: gingerbread office, tea room, tearoom, teahouse, (US) tea house ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== cosset cot coterie ==== Descendants ==== → French: cottage ==== Translations ==== === Verb === cottage (third-person singular simple present cottages, present participle cottaging, simple past and past participle cottaged) To stay at a seasonal home, to go cottaging. (intransitive, Polari, of men) To have homosexual sex in a public lavatory; to practice cottaging. === References === === Further reading === cottage on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Eric Partridge (2005), “cottage”, in Tom Dalzell and Terry Victor, editors, The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, volume 1 (A–I), London; New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, page 486. == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from English cottage. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kɔ.taʒ/ (also) IPA(key): /kɔ.tɛdʒ/ === Noun === cottage m (plural cottages) cottage === Further reading === “cottage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Portuguese == === Noun === cottage m (uncountable) cottage cheese (a cheese curd product) === Further reading === “cottage”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026