hotte

== French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Frankish *hotta (“basket”). Compare regional German Hotte. Sense “flue” from the trapezoid shape of a reversed carrying basket. === Pronunciation === (aspirated h) IPA(key): /ɔt/ Rhymes: -ɔt === Noun === hotte f (plural hottes) carrying basket, burden basket la hotte du Père Noël ― Santa Claus's sack chimney flue (by extension) hood (metal covering that leads to a vent to suck away smoke or fumes) Synonym: hotte aspirante kitchen hood, extractor hood (electrical kitchen device fitted over a cooker and connected to a flue designed to suck off any vapours from cooking) fume hood (ventilated compartment in which chemical procedures may be undertaken without the escape of noxious fumes into the local environment) ==== Derived terms ==== hottée === Further reading === “hotte”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012