# pote
## English
### Etymology

From Middle English poten, from Old English potian (“to push, thrust, strike, butt, goad”), from Proto-Germanic *putōną (“to stab, push, poke”). Cognate with Dutch poten (“to plant”), Norwegian Nynorsk pota (“to poke”). More at put.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /pəʊt/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (General American) IPA: /poʊt/
* Rhymes: -əʊt, -oʊt

### Verb

pote (third-person singular simple present potes, present participle poting, simple past and past participle poted)
* (obsolete) To push, thrust.
* To poke (with a stick etc.).

#### Derived terms

* potter

### Anagrams

* -tope, Tope, poet, poët, tope

## Afrikaans
### Noun

pote
* plural of poot

## 'Are'are
### Verb

pote
* be full

### References

* Kateřina Naitoro, A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax (2013)

## Bourguignon
### Etymology

From Latin porta.

### Noun

pote f (plural potes)
* door

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈpotɛ]

### Noun

pote m
* vocative singular of pot

## Danish
### Etymology

From Middle Low German pote, of uncertain ultimate origin; perhaps equivalent to the Romance cognates of French patte, from Vulgar Latin *pauta, a borrowing from a substrate language.

### Noun

pote c (singular definite poten, plural indefinite poter)
* paw

#### Inflection
## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Verb

pote
* (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of poten

### Anagrams

* poet, toep.

## French
### Etymology

Clipping of poteau.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɔt/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔt

### Noun

pote m or f by sense (plural potes)
* (informal) mate (UK), buddy (US)

### References

* ↑ Trésor de la Langue française informatisée, s.v. "pote" : retrieved 2 June 2013, .

### Further reading

* “pote”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

### Anagrams

* opte, opté

## Galician
### Etymology 1

15th century. Probably borrowed from Old French pot, from Proto-Germanic *puttaz (“pot, jar, tub”), from Proto-Indo-European *budn- (“a kind of vessel”). Doublet of pota.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpɔte̝/

#### Noun

pote m (plural potes)
* (cooking) pot
** 1457, Fernando R. Tato Plaza, editor, Libro de notas de Álvaro Pérez, notario da Terra de Rianxo e Postmarcos, Santiago: Concello da Cultura Galega, page 182:Gomes de Sespooõ diso que nõ sabía máis, saluo que posera en súa casa Martj́n de Dorrõ hũu pote e que despoys fora por el e o leuaraGomez of Cespón said that he know nothing, except that Martin of Dorrón left a pot in his house, but that later he came for it and took it away
* (cooking) a three feet iron container with lid

##### Derived terms

* a pote (“galore”)
* bolo de pote (“dumpling”)

##### Related terms

* bote (“flask; tin”)
* potaxe (“potage”)

### Etymology 2

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *pūto (“swollen”), from Proto-Indo-European *bu- (“to swell”). Compare English pout.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpɔte̝/

#### Noun

pote m (plural potes)
* bump or swelling in the head caused by an injury

##### Derived terms

* facer o pote (“to pout”)

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “pote”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “pote”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “pote”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “pote”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “pote”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
* ↑ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “bote I”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

## Haitian Creole
### Etymology

From French apporter (“bring”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pote/

### Verb

pote
* bring

## Interlingua
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpo.te/

### Verb

pote
* present of poter
* imperative of poter

## Italian
### Verb

pote
* Archaic form of può, third-person singular present indicative of potere

### Anagrams

* peto, tope

## Latin
### Participle

pōte
* vocative masculine singular of pōtus

### References

* “pote”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “pote”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

## Madurese
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)putiq.

### Adjective

pote
* white (bright and colourless)

### Noun

pote
* white (colour)

## Middle Dutch
### Etymology

From Old Dutch *pota, of uncertain ultimate origin; perhaps equivalent to the Romance cognates of French patte, from Vulgar Latin *pauta, a borrowing from a substrate language.

### Noun

pôte m or f
* paw, claw
    Synonym: voet

#### Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

#### Descendants

* Dutch: poot
* Limburgish: poeat

### Further reading

* “pote”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
* Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “pote (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II

## Middle English
### Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch pote, from Old Dutch *pota, related to Middle Low German pōte and Middle French pote (< Germanic) More at English paw.

#### Noun

pote (plural potes)
* An animal's paw's fur or the animal's paw itself.
** 1398, James Hamilton Wylie, “Appendix A: Duchy of Lancaster Records”, in History of England under Henry the Fourth‎, volume 4, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1898, page 173:Fur Potes de Calabr'.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
** 1420, City of London (England). Corporation, Calendar of Plea and Memoranda Rolls Preserved Among the Archives of the Corporation of the City of London at the Guild-hall‎, volumes 1413-1437, The University Press, published 1943, page 75:One gown of blue colour furred with potes of calabre, 28(please add an English translation of this quotation)
** 1481, William Carton, “68: Godfrey is wounded by a Bear.”, in Mary Noyes Colvin, PhD., editor, Godeffroy of Boloyne; or, The siege and conqueste of Jerusalem‎, London: Published for the Early English Text Society by Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co., translation of original by William of Tyre, published 1893, page 113:[…] the beeste […] embraced hym with his potes, or feet to fore, […](please add an English translation of this quotation)
** 1497, “Will of R. Burton”, in Susan Flood, editor, St. Albans Wills 1471-1500‎, Hertfordshire Record Society, published 1993, page 141:My wife's blewe gowne engrayned furred with powtes.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

pote
* Alternative form of pot

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Noun

pote m (definite singular poten, indefinite plural poter, definite plural potene)
* paw

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From French pot (“pot”), from Vulgar Latin pottum (“pot, jar”), from Proto-Germanic *puttaz (“pot, jar, tub”), from Proto-Indo-European *budn- (“a kind of vessel”).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈpɔ.t͡ʃi/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈpɔ.t͡ʃi/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈpɔ.te/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈpɔ.tɨ/
* Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɔt͡ʃi, (Portugal) -ɔtɨ
* Hyphenation: po‧te

### Noun

pote m (plural potes)
* pot, moderately large open container
    Synonyms: cântaro, talha
* (historical, measure) pot, a traditional unit of liquid volume equal to 7–13 liters depending on the area of Portugal
* tupperware, a lidded plastic container

#### Synonyms

* (unit of volume): cântaro, alqueire

#### Coordinate terms

* (unit of volume): quartilho ($^1$⁄$_{24}$ pote), canada ($^1$⁄$_6$ pote), almude (2 potes)

#### Derived terms

* chover a potes
* potão
* pote de mel
* potinho

#### Descendants

* → Kadiwéu: boote

### Further reading

* “pote”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “pote”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpote/ [ˈpo.t̪e]
* Rhymes: -ote
* Syllabification: po‧te

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Catalan pot (“container”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *puttaz.

#### Noun

pote m (plural potes)
* pot
* stew
* (Basque Country, Navarre) glass of wine (drunk in a bar)

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

pote
* inflection of potar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “pote”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Swahili
### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Adjective

pote
* Pa class inflected form of -ote.

### Adverb

pote
* everywhere

## Tarantino
### Etymology

From French poche.

### Noun

pote
* pocket