# bote
## English
### Alternative forms

* bot

### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Middle English bōte (“advantage, benefit, profit; relief, salvation; atonement, amends, expiation; cure”), from Old English bōt (“help, relief, advantage, remedy; compensation for an injury or wrong; (peace) offering, recompense, amends, atonement, reformation, penance, repentance”), from Proto-West Germanic *bōtu, from Proto-Germanic *bōtō (“recompense”). Doublet of boot (inherited from the same Middle English word).

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /bəʊt/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (US) IPA: /boʊt/
* Rhymes: -əʊt, -oʊt

### Noun

bote (countable and uncountable, plural botes) (law, historical)
* Atonement, compensation, amends, satisfaction; as, manbote, a compensation for a man slain.
* A privilege or allowance of necessaries, especially in feudal times.
* A right to take wood from property not one's own.

#### Usage notes

* Often used to form compounds indicating a right to take wood only for a specific purpose.

#### Synonyms

* estovers

#### Derived terms

* boteless
* burghbote
* cartbote
* firebote
* frithbote
* haybote
* hedgebote
* housebote
* maegbote
* manbote
* plowbote, ploughbote
* theftbote
* wainbote

#### References

* “bote”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
* Middle English Dictionary

### Anagrams

* -to-be, Beto, Tebo, Tobe, beot, boet, to-be, tobe

## Afrikaans
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbʊə.tə/

### Noun

bote
* plural of boot

## Albanian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbote/
* Rhymes: -ote
* Hyphenation: bó‧te

### Noun

bote f (plural bote, definite botja, definite plural botet)
* clay vessel; pitcher
    Synonyms: shtambë, poç, kënatë, brokë
* bump, impact, shock, encounter
* bottle
    Synonym: shishe

#### Declension
### Noun

bote
* indefinite dative/ablative singular of botë

### Further reading

* FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎, 1980
* “bote”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
* Mann, S. E. (1948) “bote”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 34

## Bikol Central
### Etymology

Clipping of botelya.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbote/ [ˈbo.te]
* Hyphenation: bo‧te

### Noun

bóte
* bottle

## Cebuano
### Etymology

From Spanish bote (“boat”), from Middle English bot, from Old English bāt, from Proto-Germanic *baitaz.

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: bo‧te
* IPA: /ˈbote/ [ˈbo.t̪e]

### Noun

bote
* a lifeboat

## Galician
### Verb

bote
* inflection of botar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

## Khumi Chin
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bo˥.te˧/

### Verb

bote
* to hit, beat

### References

* K. E. Herr (2011) The phonological interpretation of minor syllables, applied to Lemi Chin‎, Payap University, page 48

## Middle English
### Etymology 1

From Old English bōt, from Proto-West Germanic *bōtu, from Proto-Germanic *bōtō. The final vowel is generalised from the Old English inflected forms.

#### Alternative forms

* boot, bot, boote

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈboːt(ə)/

#### Noun

bote (plural botes or boten)
* Help, advantage, benefit; that which is good, helpful, or relieving:
    Heo lufeden bi wurten, bi moren, and bi rote; nas þer nan oðer boten. — Layamon's Brut, 1275
** Saving or extrication from distress or danger; something or someone which provides it.
** Salvation (release or rescue from eternal punishment), or one who acts as salvation
** An avenue of escape; a method through which one can release themselves from danger.
** Utility, usefulness; that which is useful, expedient, or suitable.
** A reprieve or the offering of forgiveness from punishment or danger.
* Activity done as redress or recompense for (one's or another's) sins; expiation.
    Iesu […] For synne þat hath my soule bounde, Let þi blessed blood be my bote. — Iesu þat art hevene
* Mirth, gladness; the feeling or emotion of being happy and joyful.
* The quelling, curing, or expurgation of disease or sickness; medical recovery.
* (rare) Recompense, amends or compensation; behaviour in return for one's wrongs.
* (rare) An extra, augment, or addition; something to boot.
* (rare) A medicinal or pharmaceutical cure or remedy; something used to quell disease.
* (rare) Repair work; the act of fixing structures or buildings.
    Þey shulde..do bote to brugges þat to-broke were. — Pier's Plowman, 1400

##### Related terms

* boteles
* boten
* botnen

##### Descendants

* English: boot
* → English: bote (also from Old English bōt)
* Scots: bute, buit

### Etymology 2

Old French bote (Modern French botte), from Old French bot, bote, probably related to bot (“club-foot”), bot (“fat, short, blunt”); ultimately of Germanic origin, from Frankish *butt, from Proto-Germanic *buttaz, *butaz (“cut off, short, numb, blunt”).

#### Alternative forms

* (Northern) but, buyt, bute
* boot, bot, boote

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈboːt(ə)/

#### Noun

bote (plural botes)
* A boot or similar item of footwear; a shoe with a cover for part of the leg.
* (rare) A cover for the leg.

##### Derived terms

* boten

##### Descendants

* English: boot
** → Scots: boot
* Scots: bute, buit

##### References

* “bọ̄te, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-1-5.

### Etymology 3

From Old English bāt.

#### Noun

bote
* Alternative form of bot (“boat”)

### Etymology 4

From Old English bōtian.

#### Verb

bote
* Alternative form of boten (“to resolve”)

## Old English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈboː.te/

### Noun

bōte
* inflection of bōt:
** nominative plural
** accusative singular/plural
** genitive/dative singular

## Old French
### Etymology 1

Perhaps of Germanic origin, from Frankish *bautan (“to strike”).

#### Noun

bote oblique singular, f (oblique plural botes, nominative singular bote, nominative plural botes)
* boot (specifically, a high-sided leather shoe that also covers the bottom of the leg)

##### Descendants

* French: botte
* → Middle English: bote
** English: boot
*** → Scots: boot
** Scots: bute, buit
* → Irish: buatais (from the plural botes)

### Etymology 2

Latin buttis.

#### Noun

bote oblique singular, f (oblique plural botes, nominative singular bote, nominative plural botes)
* cask; barrel

### Etymology 3

See bat.

#### Noun

bote oblique singular, m (oblique plural botes, nominative singular botes, nominative plural bote)
* Alternative form of bat

### References

* Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX$^e$ au XV$^e$ siècle (1881) (bote, supplement)
* ↑ Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈbɔ.t͡ʃi/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈbɔ.t͡ʃi/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈbɔ.te/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈbɔ.tɨ/
* Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɔt͡ʃi, (Portugal) -ɔtɨ
* Homophone: bot

### Etymology 1

From Old French bot, from Middle English bot, from Old English bāt.

#### Noun

bote m (plural botes)
* rowing boat (boat propelled only by oars)
* (by extension) any small boat
    Synonym: barquinho

### Etymology 2

Deverbal of botar (“to put; to lay”).

#### Noun

bote m (plural botes)
* (biology) an animal's sudden thrust forward towards its prey
* (figurative) a sudden attack
* (Brazil, soccer) a goalkeeper's jump to catch the ball

##### Derived terms

* errar o bote

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

bote
* inflection of botar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

### Further reading

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

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbote/ [ˈbo.t̪e]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -ote
* Syllabification: bo‧te

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle English bot, from Old English bāt (“boat”).

#### Noun

bote m (plural botes)
* boat, dinghy
    Synonym: barco
* vessel, can, canister, container, jar, tin
    Synonym: recipiente
* jackpot, pot, pool (large cash prize)
    Synonym: gordo
* (Mexico) jail
    Synonyms: cárcel, prisión, chucho (Chile)

##### Derived terms

* a bote pronto
* bote de basura
* bote de metralla
* bote de premios (“prize pool”)
* bote de remo/bote a remos/bote de remos (“rowboat”)
* bote neutral
* bote salvavidas (“lifeboat”)
* bote volador (“flying boat”)
* chupar del bote
* dar bote
* darse el bote
* de bote
* de bote y voleo
* de bote en bote
* en el bote

##### Descendants

* → Cebuano: bote

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

bote m (plural botes)
* bounce

### Etymology 3
#### Verb

bote
* inflection of botar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “bote”, 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

## Tagalog
### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈbote/ [ˈboː.t̪ɛ]
* Rhymes: -ote
* Syllabification: bo‧te

### Etymology 1

Clipping of botelya, from Spanish botella, from French bouteille, from Late Latin butticula. See also botiha.

#### Noun

bote (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜆᜒ)
* bottle
    Synonym: (dated) botelya

##### Derived terms

* de-bote
* ibote
* isabote
* magbobote
* magbote
* magsabote

##### Related terms

* botelyita
* botiha
* embotelyador

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish bote, from Middle English bot, from Old English bāt (“boat”).

#### Noun

bote (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜆᜒ)
* lifeboat
* speedboat

### Further reading

* “bote”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

## Venetan
### Noun

bote
* plural of bota

## Yogad
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish bote.

### Noun

bote
* bottle