cottage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɒt.ɪd͡ʒ/
ipa: /ˈkɑt.ɪd͡ʒ/
ipa: [ˈkɑɾ.ɪd͡ʒ]
note: weak vowel merger
ipa: /ˈkɑt.əd͡ʒ/
note: weak vowel merger
ipa: [ˈkɑɾ.əd͡ʒ]
rhymes: -ɒtɪdʒ
Forms: form: cottages
Etymology: Late Middle English, from Anglo-Norman cotage and Medieval Latin cotagium, from Old Northern French cot, cote (“hut, cottage”) + -age (“surrounding property”), from Proto-Germanic *kutan, *kuta- (“shed”), probably of non-Indo-European origin, possibly borrowed from Uralic; compare Finnish kota (“hut, house”) and Hungarian ház (“house”), both from Proto-Finno-Ugric/Proto-Uralic *kota. However, also compare Dutch and English hut.
Old Northern French cote is probably from Old Norse kot (“hut”), cognate of Old English cot of same Proto-Germanic origin.
Slang sense “public toilet” from 19th century, due to resemblance.
Senses: synonyms: cot
hut
glosses: A small house.
examples: text: Most cottages in the area were larger and more elaborate than my home.
text: Thinks I to myself, “Sol, you're run off your course again. This is a rich man's summer ‘cottage’ and if you don't look out there's likely to be some nice, lively dog taking an interest in your underpinning.”
ref: 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter I, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
glosses: A seasonal home of any size or stature, a recreational home or a home in a remote location.
synonyms: word: bathroom
word: latrine
word: necessarium
word: toilet
word: toilet room
word: urinal
word: water closet
word: WC
word: cloaca
word: closet
word: jacques
word: kocay
word: siege
word: cludgie
word: neddy
word: netty
word: shield
word: six
word: facilities
word: ladies and gentlemen
word: lavatory
word: lavabo
word: necessary
word: necessary room
word: office
word: office of ease
word: place
word: potty
word: privy
word: small room
word: smallest room
word: throne room
word: cottage
word: geography
word: House of Lords
word: khazi
word: usual offices
word: restroom
word: teahouse
word: tearoom
word: washroom
raw_tags: used in Canada
word: closet of decency
word: closet of ease
word: house of office
word: necessary place
word: purging place
word: vault
word: withdraught
word: wardrobe
word: shitter
word: urination station
word: bog
word: carsey
word: crapper
word: karzy
word: lats
word: lav
word: lavvy
word: loo
word: thunderbox
raw_tags: in Australia
word: can
word: john
word: johnny
word: bogger
word: brasco
word: dike
raw_tags: in New Zealand
word: dunny
raw_tags: in New Zealand
word: jacks
word: jakes
glosses: A public lavatory.
synonyms: word: gingerbread office
word: tea room
word: tearoom
word: teahouse
word: tea house
glosses: A meeting place for homosexual men.
Derived terms: cottage bacon
cottage cheese
cottage cheese ass
cottagecore
cottage court
cottage food operation
cottage fried potatoes
cottage fries
cottage fry
Cottage Grove
cottage home
cottage hospital
cottage industry
cottageless
cottagelike
cottage loaf
cottage orchard
cottage orné
cottage parent
cottage piano
cottage pie
cottage pudding
cottager
cottage suite
cottagey
Creole cottage
electronic cottage
summer cottage
Swiss Cottage
telecottage
Related terms: cosset
cot
coterie