bot

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Etymology

Clipping of English Bongo with t as a placeholder.

Symbol

bot

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Bongo.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Bongo terms

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /bɒt/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• (US) enPR: bŏt, IPA^(key): /bɑt/

  • Audio (US):

    (file)

• Audio (Australia):

  (file)

• Homophones: bought (cot–caught merger), baht (father–bother merger)
• Rhymes: -ɒt

Etymology 1

Unknown. Possibly a modification of Scottish Gaelic boiteag (“maggot”), but the word already existed in Middle English, so the reverse direction of borrowing is likely. Possibly from Middle Low German [Term?]. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Alternative forms

• bott

Noun

bot (plural bots)

1. The larva of a botfly, which infests the skin of various mammals, producing warbles, or the nasal passage of sheep, or the stomach of horses.
   • c. 1596, William Shakespeare, King Henry IV Part 1, line 2.1.9:

     Peas and beans are as dank here as a dog, and that is the next way to give poor jades the bots.

   • 1946, Canadian Journal of Research: Zoological Sciences, National Research Council of Canada, page 76:

     One deer, later found to be heavily parasitized by bots, suffered severe vomiting attacks during the early spring.

   • 1984, Adrian Forsyth, Kenneth Miyata, Tropical Nature, page 157:

     Jerry prepared a glass jar with sterilized sand to act as a nursery for his pulsating bot, but despite his tender ministrations the larva dried out and died before it could encase itself in a pupal sheath.

Derived terms

• rodent bot

Translations

larva of a botfly

• Portuguese: berne m
• Russian: личи́нка о́вода f (ličínka óvoda)
• Swedish: styngflugelarv c

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ-?

Proto-Indo-European *-mḗn

Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰmḗn

Proto-Germanic *butmaz

Proto-West Germanic *botm

Old English botm

Middle English botme

English bottomclip.

English bot

From bottom.

Verb

bot (third-person singular simple present bots, present participle botting, simple past and past participle botted)

1. (UK, slang) To bugger.
2. (Australia, informal) To ask for and be given something with the direct intention of exploiting the thing’s usefulness, almost exclusively with cigarettes.

   Synonym: (UK) bum

   Can I bot a smoke?

   Jonny always bots off me. I just wish he’d get his own pack.

Noun

bot (plural bots)

1. (UK, slang) The bottom or backside.

Etymology 3

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₃erbʰ-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *h₃órbʰos

Proto-Balto-Slavic *árbas

Proto-Slavic *orbъ

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti

Proto-Balto-Slavic *-éitei

Proto-Slavic *-iti

Proto-Slavic *orbiti

Proto-Indo-European *-otéh₂

Proto-Balto-Slavic *-atā́ˀ

Proto-Slavic *-ota

Proto-Slavic *orbota

Old Czech robota

Czech robota

Czech robotbor.

English robotclip.

English bot

Clipping of robot.

Alternative forms

• 'bot

Noun

bot (plural bots)

1. (science fiction, informal) A physical robot.
   • 1998, David G. Hartwell, editor, Year's best SF 3, page 130:

     I stared at the bot and recognized her for the first time. She was me.

   • 2005, Greg Bear, Quantico‎^[1], page 71:

     As he guided the bot, Andrews reminisced about his younger days in Wyoming, when he had witnessed a mishandled load of wheat puff out a dusty fog.

   • 2007, Peter F. Hamilton, The Dreaming Void‎^[2]:

     The bot juddered to a halt, as the whole lower segment of its power arm darkened.

3. (computing) A piece of software designed to perform a task (often a minor but repetitive one) automatically or on command, especially when operating with the appearance of a (human) user profile or account.
   • 2009, Ryan Farley, Xinyuan Wang, “Roving Bugnet: Distributed Surveillance Threat and Mitigation”, in Dimitris Gritzalis, Javier López, editors, Emerging Challenges for Security, Privacy and Trust: 24th IFIP TC 11 International Information Security Conference‎^[3], page 42:

     The goals of IRC bots vary widely, such as automatically kicking other users off or more nefarious things like spamming other IRC users. In this paper, a free standing IRC bot is presented that monitors an IRC channel for commands from a particular user and responds accordingly.

   • 2009, Richard K. Neumann, Legal Reasoning and Legal Writing: Structure, Strategy, and Style‎^[4], page 91:

     He is particularly good at creating web robots, which are also called bots. A bot is software that searches for certain kinds of websites and then automatically does something — good or bad — on each site. Google uses bots to search and index websites.

   • 2010, Dusty Reagan, Twitter Application Development For Dummies‎^[5], page 59:

     Twitter bots can leverage Twitter′s text message support to allow users to accomplish tasks from their cell phones. You could consider Twitter accounts that are simply an automated import of blog′s RSS feed a Twitter bot.

   • 2017 January 31, Adrienne LaFrance, “The Internet Is Mostly Bots”, in Jeffrey Goldberg, editor, The Atlantic‎^[6], Washington, D.C.: The Atlantic Monthly Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 5 August 2026:

     Some bots help refresh your Facebook feed or figure out how to rank Google search results; other bots impersonate humans and carry out devastating DDoS attacks. […] Overall, bots—good and bad—are responsible for 52 percent of web traffic, according to a new report by the security firm Imperva, which issues an annual assessment of bot activity online.

4. (video games) A computer-controlled character in a video game, especially a multiplayer one.

   Synonyms: NPC, AI

   • 2004, Daniel Sulpizi, “Rally Your Troops for RuneScape2”, in The Toronto Star‎^[7]:

     Next, you are placed in the world of RuneScape, which is similar to our own, with trees, grass, buildings, animals, and of course, people. In RuneScape's shops and banks there are bots (computer-controlled players).

   • 2012, Philip Hingston, Believable Bots: Can Computers Play Like People?, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 232:

     Most games offer both single player mode, in which a player competes against computer rivals—bots—and a multiplayer mode, which is a contest among people only.

5. (video games, slang, derogatory) A supremely unskilled player.
   • 2021 March 6, Aydan Conrad (quoted), Wesley Yin-Poole, “Call of Duty: Warzone squad sets new world record with an astonishing 162 kills in a single game”, in Eurogamer‎^[8], archived from the original on 4 May 2025:

     "That lobby was bronze negative 10!" Aydan joked on-stream, noting how easy it felt for his squad. "We got blessed with the lobby. It was such a bot lobby."

6. (Internet slang, often derogatory) A person with no ability to think for themselves; (by extension) an unintelligent or contemptible person.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:fool, Thesaurus:jerk

   • [2024 June 10, Chris Stokel-Walker, “The word ‘bot’ is increasingly being used as an insult on social media”, in New Scientist‎^[9], →ISSN, archived from the original on 2 September 2026:

     The meaning of the word "bot" on Twitter/X seems to have shifted over time, with people originally using it to flag automated accounts, but now employing it to insult people they disagree with[.]]

Derived terms

• agribot
• aimbot
• Amabot
• antibot
• astrobot
• biobot
• bot farm
• bot herd
• botherder
• bot herder
• botless
• botlike
• botmaster
• botnet
• bottable
• botter
• botty
• Duchovbot
• infobot
• lawbot
• malebot
• male bot
• male-bot
• man-bot
• pleasurebot
• prostibot
• sexbot
• shopping bot
• taxi bot
• troll bot
• Xbot

Related terms

• -bot

Translations

robot — see robot

a piece of software for doing repetitive tasks

• Arabic: بُوت m (būt), بُوت m (bot), رُوبُوت (ar) m (robut), رُوبُوت (ar) m (rūbut)
• Belarusian: бот m (bot), ро́бат m (róbat)
• Bulgarian: бот m (bot)
• Catalan: bot (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 機器人 / 机器人 (zh) (jīqìrén)

• Dutch: bot (nl)
• Esperanto: roboto (eo)
• Finnish: botti (fi)
• French: robot (fr) m, bot (fr) m
• Galician: bot m
• Georgian: ბოტი (boṭi)
• German: Bot (de) m
• Greek: μποτ (el) n (bot), ρομπότ (el) m (rompót)
• Hebrew: בּוֹט (he) m (bot)
• Hindi: बोट (hi) m (boṭ)
• Japanese: ボット (ja) (botto), ロボット (ja) (robotto)
• Korean: 봇 (bot)
• Latin: botum n, robotum n
• Latvian: robotprogrammatūra f, bots m
• Persian: ربات (fa) (robât)
• Polish: bot (pl) m
• Portuguese: bot (pt) m
• Romanian: bot (ro)
• Russian: бот (ru) m (bot), ро́бот (ru) m (róbot)
• Spanish: bot (es) m
• Swedish: bot (sv) c
• Thai: บอต (bɔ̀ɔt)
• Turkish: bot (tr)
• Ukrainian: бот (uk) m (bot), ро́бот (uk) m (róbot)
• Urdu: بوٹ m (boṭ)
• Welsh: bot m

Verb

bot (third-person singular simple present bots, present participle botting, simple past and past participle botted)

1. (video games) To use a bot, or automated program.

   Players caught botting will be banned from the server.

Derived terms

• viewbot

References

• “bot” in Webster’s Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary: Based on Webster’s Third New International Dictionary, 7th edition, Springfield, Mass.: G[eorge] & C[harles] Merriam, 1963 (1967 printing), →OCLC.

Anagrams

• BTO, OTB

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔt/, [bot]

Etymology 1

From Dutch bot, from botte. Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *buddǭ.

Noun

bot (plural botte, diminutive botjie)

1. sprout, bud

Verb

bot (present bot, present participle bot, past participle gebot)

1. to sprout, to bud

Derived terms

• botsel

Etymology 2

From Dutch bot, from Middle Dutch bot. Ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *buttaz.

Adjective

bot (attributive botte, comparative botter, superlative botste)

1. blunt, dull (of an object)
2. obtuse, dull, stupid

Derived terms

• botaf
• botheid

Noun

bot (plural botte, diminutive botjie)

1. a bone
2. (fish) flounder, fluke, butt

   Synonym: botvis

3. (parasitic flatworm) fluke

   Synonym: slakwurm

Etymology 3

Noun

bot

1. alternative spelling of bod

References

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Bislama

Etymology

From English boat. Cognate with Pijin and Tok Pisin bot.

Noun

bot

1. boat (watercraft)

   Bot blong mifala i stap long solwota.

   Our boat is at sea.

2. (particularly) specific kinds of boats:
   1. dinghy (small boat)

      Synonyms: dinggi, openbot

      Bot blong sip hem lus long solwota.

      The ship's dinghy has been lost at sea.

   2. launch (motorboat)

      Synonym: lanis

      Bot blong gavman i kam long moning.

      The government launch came in the morning.

   3. speedboat (fast motorboat)

      Synonyms: spidbot, lanis

      Bot ia i ron kwiktaem tumas.

      This speedboat runs very fast.

Derived terms

• botsed (“boatshed”)
• openbot (“dinghy”)
• selbot (“yacht, sailboat”)
• selingbot (“sailboat”)
• spidbot (“speedboat”)

Related terms

• bosman (“foreman, supervisor”)

See also

• alaminiom (“aluminium; aluminium boat”)
• aotriga (“outrigger canoe”) (rare)
• belaotem (“to bail water from a boat”)
• kenu (“canoe”)
• lanis (“launch; motorboat”)
• sip (“ship”)

References

• Crowley, Terry (2003), “bot”, in A New Bislama Dictionary, 2nd edition, Suva, Fiji: Institute of Pacific Studies, →ISBN, page 59

Catalan

Etymology 1

Deverbal from botar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [ˈbut]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Central, Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈbot]

• Audio (Catalonia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ot

Noun

bot m (plural bots)

1. jump, leap

   Synonyms: salt, saltiró

Related terms

• botejar

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [ˈbo̞t]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Central) [ˈbɔt]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈbot]

• Audio (Catalonia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ot

Noun

bot m (plural bots)

1. boat

   Synonyms: barca, vaixell

Etymology 3

Inherited from Late Latin buttis (“wineskin”), probably of Ancient Greek origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [ˈbut]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Central, Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈbot]

• Audio (Catalonia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ot

Noun

bot m (plural bots)

1. wineskin

   Synonym: odre

2. bagpipes

   Synonyms: bot de gemecs, cornamusa

3. sunfish (large marine fish of the family Molidae)

   Synonym: mola

Derived terms

• ploure a bots i barrals

Further reading

• “bot”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “bot”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “bot” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “bot”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [ˈbut]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Central, Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈbot]

• Audio (Catalonia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ot

Verb

bot

1. inflection of botre:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Chuanqiandian Cluster Miao

Noun

bot

1. width of cloth

Dalmatian

Alternative forms

• buat

Etymology

Possibly from a derivative of Latin battuō, or alternatively of Germanic origin. Compare Italian botta, French botte.

Noun

bot m

1. blow, slap, smack, whack, knock, strike, thud

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔt/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: bot
• Rhymes: -ɔt

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch bot, but, butte, related to Middle Low German but (“dull, plump, coarse”), West Frisian bot (“blunt”). Perhaps ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *butt, from Proto-Germanic *buttaz (“end, butt”).

Adjective

bot (comparative botter, superlative botst)

2. not sharp, blunt, dull

   De schaar is te bot om het papier goed te knippen. ― The scissors are too blunt to cut the paper properly.

3. impolite, badly behaving: curt, blunt, rude

   Zijn opmerking was nogal bot en kwetste haar gevoelens. ― His remark was quite impolite and hurt her feelings.

Declension

Declension of bot
uninflected	bot
inflected	botte
comparative	botter
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		bot	botter	het botst het botste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	botte	bottere	botste
	n. sing.	bot	botter	botste
	plural	botte	bottere	botste
definite		botte	bottere	botste
partitive		bots	botters	—

Declension

• botheid
• botweg

Descendants

• Berbice Creole Dutch: dofu
• → Papiamentu: bòt

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch but. Cognate with English butt, German Butt, in all senses.

Noun

bot n (plural botten, diminutive botje n)

2. bone

   Synonyms: been, knekel, knook

   De dokter heeft vastgesteld dat hij een gebroken bot heeft. ― The doctor has determined that he has a broken bone.

Derived terms

• botachtig
• botbreuk
• botgeleiding
• botkanker
• botweefsel
• penisbot

Etymology 3

From Middle Dutch bot, from Old Dutch *but, from Proto-West Germanic *butt (“stumpy”), from Proto-Germanic *buttaz (“stumpy”). Cognate with English butt (“flatfish”), German Butt (“lefteye flounder”), West Frisian bot (“flounder”).

Noun

bot m (plural botten, diminutive botje n)

2. flounder (a type of fish)

   Ik heb een heerlijke bot gevangen tijdens het vissen. ― I caught a delicious flounder while fishing.

Derived terms

• heilbot
• tarbot

Descendants

• Afrikaans: bot
• → West Frisian: bot

Etymology 4

From French botte.

Noun

bot f (plural botten, diminutive botje n)

1. (Belgium) boot

Etymology 5

Borrowed from English bot, from robot.

Noun

bot m (plural bots, diminutive botje n)

1. a bot (software for repetitive minor tasks; computer-controlled character in video games)

Related terms

• chatbot
• robot
• voicebot

Etymology 6

From Middle Dutch botte (“bud of a flower or fruit”), of uncertain origin:

• perhaps related to Middle High German butzen (“to push”), and ultimately to Proto-West Germanic *bautan (“to push”).
• Alternatively, perhaps related to Middle Low German *butte (as in hāgebutte (“rosehip”)), from Middle High German butte (“hip, rosehip”), from Old High German *butta, from Proto-West Germanic *buʀdā (“swelling, bud”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰew- (“to swell”). If so, then cognate with German Low German Butte, Butt (“bud”), Middle English budde, bodde (whence English bud).

Noun

bot m or f (plural botten, diminutive botje n)

1. (botany) bud

Related terms

• bottel
• botten
• uitbotten

Descendants

• Afrikaans: bot

French

Etymology 1

From Middle French bot (16th c.). Of unknown origin. Perhaps ultimately from Proto-Germanic *buttaz (“butt, stump, end”). If so, a doublet of but.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bo/
  • Rhymes: -o
  • Homophones: bau, baud, bauds, baux, beau, beaux, bots
• IPA^(key): /bɔ/ (older, now chiefly Belgium)
  • Rhymes: -ɔ
  • Homophone: bots

Adjective

bot (feminine bote, masculine plural bots, feminine plural botes)

1. (of a foot) affected by the deformation known as clubfoot

   un pied bot ― a clubfoot

2. (rare, of a hand) affected by a similar-looking deformation

   une main bote ― a deformed hand

Etymology 2

From English bot.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔt/
• Homophones: bote, botes, bots, botte, bottes
• Rhymes: -ɔt

Noun

bot m (plural bots)

1. (computing) bot

Further reading

• “bot”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [boːt]

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

  (file)

• Homophone: Boot

Verb

bot

1. first/third-person singular preterite of bieten

Hungarian

Etymology

From a Slavic, language, from Proto-Slavic *bъtъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbot]
• Rhymes: -ot

Noun

bot (plural botok)

1. stick, staff
2. walking stick, cane

   Synonyms: sétabot, sétapálca

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	bot	botok
accusative	botot	botokat
dative	botnak	botoknak
instrumental	bottal	botokkal
causal-final	botért	botokért
translative	bottá	botokká
terminative	botig	botokig
essive-formal	botként	botokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	botban	botokban
superessive	boton	botokon
adessive	botnál	botoknál
illative	botba	botokba
sublative	botra	botokra
allative	bothoz	botokhoz
elative	botból	botokból
delative	botról	botokról
ablative	bottól	botoktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	boté	botoké
non-attributive possessive – plural	botéi	botokéi

Possessive forms of bot

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	botom	botjaim
2nd person sing.	botod	botjaid
3rd person sing.	botja	botjai
1st person plural	botunk	botjaink
2nd person plural	bototok	botjaitok
3rd person plural	botjuk	botjaik

Derived terms

• (botol →) botoló
• botos
• botoz

Compound words with this term at the beginning

• botbüntetés
• botcsinálta
• botfül, botfülű
• bothőmérő
• botkormány
• botmixer
• botnyelű
• botsáska
• botütés
• botváltó

Compound words with this term at the end

• ásóbot
• bambuszbot
• biliárdbot
• bunkósbot
• furkósbot
• gumibot
• hokibot, jéghokibot
• horgászbot
• járóbot
• juhászbot
• kampósbot
• (koldusbot →) koldusbotra
• marsallbot
• ólmosbot
• pásztorbot
• pecabot
• püspökbot
• rovásbot
• sétabot
• síbot
• stafétabot
• szelfibot
• turistabot
• ültetőbot
• varázsbot
• váltóbot
• vándorbot

Expressions

• a füle botját sem mozdítja

Further reading

• bot in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
• bot in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2026).

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈbot/ [ˈbɔt̪̚]
• Rhymes: -ot
• Syllabification: bot

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English boot, from Middle English boote, bote (“shoe”), from Old French bote (“a high, thick shoe”). Compare Standard Malay but.

Noun

bot (plural bot-bot)

1. (footware) boot: a heavy shoe that covers part of the leg

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English bot.

Noun

bot (plural bot-bot)

1. bot:
   1. (science fiction) a physical robot
   2. (computing) a piece of software designed to perform a minor but repetitive task automatically or on command, especially when operating with the appearance of a (human) user profile or account

Derived terms

• bot stiker

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

bot (plural bot-bot)

1. a container made from nibung fronds, usually used to hold water

Etymology 4

Borrowed from Acehnese [Term?].

Adjective

bot (comparative lebih bot, superlative paling bot)

1. arching the back to stretch the body

Further reading

• “bot”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Jamaican Creole

Etymology

Derived from English but.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bot/

Preposition

bot

1. but

   Im waan unu nof taim, bot unu naa lisn.

   He warned you many times, but you didn't listen.

Further reading

• bot at majstro.com

Javanese

Romanization

bot

1. romanization of ꦧꦺꦴꦠ꧀

Middle English

Etymology 1

PIE root
*bʰeyd-

Inherited from Old English bāt, from Proto-West Germanic *bait, from Proto-Germanic *baitaz.

Alternative forms

• boet, boot, bote
• bat, bate (Early Middle English or Northern); boote, bootte (Late Middle English)
• boyt (East Anglia)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔ̝ːt/

Noun

bot (plural botes)

1. A seafaring vessel or watercraft:
   1. A boat (a vessel smaller than a ship).
   2. A boat stowed on a ship (especially for tendering).
2. (figurative) The path or course of one's life; one's direction.

Derived terms

• botere

Descendants

• English: boat
• Scots: bate, bait
• → Middle Dutch: boot
  • Dutch: boot
    • Afrikaans: boot
• → Middle Low German: bôt, bott
  • Low German: Boot
  • Plautdietsch: Boot
  • → German: Boot
• → North Frisian: böötj
• → Saterland Frisian: Boot
• → West Frisian: boat
• → Catalan: bot
• → Galician: bote
• → Old French: bot
  • → Portuguese: bote
• → Spanish: bote
  • → Cebuano: bote

References

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

Etymology 2

Noun

bot

1. alternative form of bothe (“booth”)

Etymology 3

Noun

bot

1. alternative form of bat

Etymology 4

Noun

bot

1. alternative form of bote (“help, benefit”)

Etymology 5

Noun

bot

1. alternative form of bote (“boot”)

Middle Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *bozdos (“tail, penis”) (compare Welsh both (“hub, nave”), Breton bod (“bush, shrub; branch”)), from Proto-Indo-European *gwosdʰos (“piece of wood”), compare Proto-Slavic *gvozdь (“nail, tack, peg”).

Noun

bot m

1. tail
2. penis

Derived terms

• botach

Descendants

• Irish: bod
• Manx: bwoid
• Scottish Gaelic: bod

Mutation

Mutation of bot

radical	lenition	nasalization
bot	bot pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/	mbot

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Middle Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Middle Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *bod, from Proto-Celtic *butā (cf. Cornish bos, Breton bout), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (“to be, become”); all the b- initial forms are from the same root. The vowel-initial forms are from Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- (“to be”).

The third-person singular present mae originally meant “here is” and is from the same source as yma (“here”) plus Proto-Celtic *esti. The third-person plural maent, maen is derived from the singular by adding the third-person plural verb ending -nt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bod/

Verb

bot

1. to be

Conjugation

Inflection of bot

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative	wyf / oef	wyt	yw; (y) mae; (y) taw; oes relative: yssyð combined with conjunctions: canys (“because…is”), os (“if…is”), ossit (“if there is”)	ym	ywch	ynt; (y) maent; (y) maen	ys / ydys
consuetudinal present/future	byðaf / bytif	byðy	byð / bit; bi; byðhawt; biawt	byðwn	byðwch	byðant / biðan; byðawnt; bwyant; bint	—
imperfect indicative	oeðwn / oyðwn	oeðut	oeð	oeðem	oeðewch	oeðynt / oeðein	oeðit
consuetudinal past	byðwn	byðut	byðei / buei; byðat / bwyat	byðem	byðewch	byðynt / byðyn; buyint; bwyn	byðit
preterite	buum / bum	buost	bu	buam / buom	buawch	buant / buont	buwyt
pluperfect	buasswn	buassut	buassei / byssei	—	—	buassynt / buessynt	—
present subjunctive	bwyf / bof; byðwyf / bythwyf	bych / bwyr; byðych / bythych	bo / boet; byðo / bytho	bom; byðom / bythom	boch; byðoch / bythoch	bont / bon; boent / bwynt; byðont / bythont	byðer; byther
imperfect subjunctive	bewn; byðwn / bythwn	beut / byhut / behut; byðut / bythut	bei / pei; byðei / bythei	beym; byðem / bythem	byðewch / bythewch	beynt; byðynt / bythynt	byðit / bythit
imperative	—	byð / bið	bit / boet / poet	byðwn	byðwch	bint / boent / bwynt	—
verbal noun	bot

Derived terms

• adnabot (“recognize”)
• aduot
• arganuot
• bot wrth (“submit to”)
• canuot
• kyuaruot
• daruot (“happen”)
• goruot
• gwybot (“know”)
• hanuot (“come from”)

Descendants

• Welsh: bod

Mutation

Mutated forms of bot

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
bot	uot / vot	mot	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Middle Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Evans, D. Simon (1964), A Grammar of Middle Welsh (Medieval and Modern Welsh Series; supplementary volume), Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, §§ 144–49, pages 136–45

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse ᛒᚢᛏ (but) (in the Latin script bót) whence also Icelandic bót), from Proto-Germanic *bōtō. Akin to English boot (“remedy, profit”).

Noun

bot f or m (definite singular bota or boten, indefinite plural bøter, definite plural bøtene)

1. a fine (sum of money to be paid as a penalty for an offence)
2. a remedy
3. a patch

Derived terms

• botemiddel
• parkeringsbot

Related terms

• bøtelegge

References

• “bot” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “bot_3” in Norwegian Academy Dictionary (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse ᛒᚢᛏ (but) (in the Latin script bót) whence also Icelandic bót), from Proto-Germanic *bōtō. Akin to English boot (“remedy, profit”).

Noun

bot f (definite singular bota, indefinite plural bøter, definite plural bøtene)

1. a fine (as above)
2. a remedy
3. a patch

Derived terms

• botemiddel
• parkeringsbot

Related terms

• bøtelegge

References

• “bot” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Czech

Alternative forms

• bota

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *bʰew-der.?

Proto-Germanic *bautaną

Frankish *bautander.?

Old French botebor.

Old Czech bot

Borrowed from Old French bote.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈbot/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈbot/

Noun

bot m inan

1. boot (high, tight, close-fitting, often pointed leather shoe, reaching to the ankles or higher)

Declension

Declension of bot (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	bot	boty	boti, botové
genitive	bota, botu	botú	botóv
dative	botu	botoma	botóm
accusative	bot	boty	boty
vocative	bote	boty	boti, botové
locative	botě, botu	botú	botiech
instrumental	botem	botoma	boty

This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.

Descendants

• Czech: bota
• → Old Polish: bot, but
  • Polish: but, bot (Middle Polish), bót (obsolete or Lubawa, Zagórze)
  • Silesian: bōt

References

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916), “bot”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *bōtu (“recompense”).

Cognates

Cognate with Old Frisian bōte, Old Saxon bōta, Dutch boete, Old High German buoza (German Buße), Old Norse bōt (Swedish bot), Gothic 𐌱𐍉𐍄𐌰 (bōta).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /boːt/
• Rhymes: -oːt

Noun

bōt f (nominative plural bōte)

1. help, assistance, rescue, remedy, cure, deliverance from evil
   • Byþ hræd bót. ― The cure will be quick.
2. mending, repair, improvement
   • ... and án swulung þǽre cirican to bóte ― and an offering to the church for repairs
3. compensation for an injury or wrong; (peace) offering, recompense, amends, atonement, reformation, penance, repentance
   • For bóte his synna ― for a redressing of his sins
4. improvement in (moral) condition, amendment
   • Hé tó bóte gehwearf ― he was converted

Declension

Strong ō-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	bōt	bōta, bōte
accusative	bōte	bōta, bōte
genitive	bōte	bōta
dative	bōte	bōtum

Derived terms

• bōtan, bētan (“to amend, repair, restore, cure, atone”)
• bōtettan (“to improve, repair, to better”)
• bōtlēas (“unpardonable, not to be atoned for by bōt”)
• bōtwyrþe (“pardonable, that can be atoned for by bōt”)
• bryċġbōt (“repairing of bridges”)
• burgbōt, burhbōt (“liability for repair of the walls of a town or fortress”)
• ċiriċbōt (“repair of churches”)
• cynebōt (“king's compensation”)
• dǣdbōt (“amends, atonement, repentance, penitence”)
• dǣdbōtliehting (“mitigation of penance”)
• dǣdbōtnes, dǣdbētnes (“penitence”)
• dolgbōt, dolhbōt (“fine or compensation for wounding”)
• eftbōt (“restoration to health”)
• fǣhþbōt (“payment, fine for engaging in a feud”)
• feohbōt (“money compensation”)
• godbōt (“atonement”)
• hādbōt (“compensation for injury or insult to a priest”)
• mǣgbōt (“compensation paid to the relatives of a murdered man, maegbot”)
• mægþbōt (“fine for assault on an unmarried woman”)
• mannbōt (“fine paid to the lord of a man slain”)
• mōnaþbōt (“penance lasting a month”)
• sārbōt (“compensation for wounding”)
• synbōt (“penance”)
• tō bōte (“to boot, with advantage, besides, moreover”)
• twibōte, twibēte (“subject to double compensation”, adjective, adverb)
• wēofodbōt (“fine for injuring a priest”)
• wucubōt (“penance lasting a week”)

Descendants

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

Old French

Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin *padda, probably a Germanic loan from Frankish *paddā (“toad”). Compare Italian botta (“toad”), Old English padde (“toad”), Old Norse padda (“toad”). More at paddock.

Noun

bot oblique singular, f (oblique plural boz or botz, nominative singular bot, nominative plural boz or botz)

1. toad (animal)

Derived terms

• boterel

References

• “bot”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Etymology 2

From boter (“to strike”), from Frankish *buttan, from *bautan (“to hit, strike”).

Noun

bot oblique singular, m (oblique plural boz or botz, nominative singular boz or botz, nominative plural bot)

1. strike; hit; blow

Synonyms

• cop

Etymology 3

See bat.

Noun

bot oblique singular, m (oblique plural boz or botz, nominative singular boz or botz, nominative plural bot)

1. alternative form of bat

Etymology 4

See bout.

Noun

bot oblique singular, m (oblique plural boz or botz, nominative singular boz or botz, nominative plural bot)

1. alternative form of bout

References

• Frédéric Godefroy (1880–1902), “bot”, in Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle […], Paris: F[riedrich] Vieweg; Émile Bouillon, →OCLC. (sense #1, 'toad' and #2, 'strike')
• “bot”, in Anglo-Norman Dictionary, 2nd edition, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion: Aberystwyth University, 2001–2026. (sense #3, 'boat' and a citation or sense #4, 'end')

Old High German

Alternative forms

• pot (Bavarian)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *bod (“command, order”).

Noun

bot n

1. (approving) opinion, decision

Declension

Declension of bot (neuter a-stem)

case	singular	plural
nominative	bot	bot
accusative	bot	bot
genitive	botes	boto
dative	bote	botum
instrumental	botu	—

Derived terms

• gibot (“announcement, order, decree, commandment”)

Descendants

• Middle High German: bot
  • German: (Early New High German, dialectal) bot

References

• Karg-Gasterstädt, Elisabeth; Frings, Theodor; et al., editors (1952–2022), “bot”, in Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch‎^[10] (in German), Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, via Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig
• Köbler, Gerhard (2014), “bot*”, in Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch‎^[11] (in German), 6th edition

Old Javanese

Alternative forms

• bwat

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbot/

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəʀəqat (compare Malay berat). Doublet of bwat and wrat.

Adjective

bot

1. heavy

Derived terms

• abot
• binotan

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦧꦺꦴꦠ꧀ (bot)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buhat. Doublet of bwat and wwat.

Noun

bot

1. style, make

Derived terms

• binot

• binot ranu
• binot rawi
• bot dagaṅ
• bot ranu
• bot rawi

Further reading

• "bot" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Old Polish

Alternative forms

• but

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *bʰew-der.?

Proto-Germanic *bautaną

Frankish *bautander.?

Old French botebor.

Old Czech botbor.

Old Polish obućinflu.

Old Polish bot

Borrowed from Old Czech bot. The change from bot to but was probably influenced by obuć. First attested in 1415.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /bɔt/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /bɔt/

Noun

bot m inan (diminutive butek)

1. (attested in Masovia, Lesser Poland, Greater Poland) footwear, shoe
   • 1920 [1415], Marceli Handelsman, Antoni Rybarski, Kazimierz Tymieniecki, editors, Najdawniejsze księgi sądowe mazowieckie, volume I, number 2559, Płońsk:

     O ctore boti Mscziszek na mø szalowal, thichem ya v Pechni ne wzøl

     [O ktore boty Mściszek na mię żałował, tychem ja u Piechny nie wziął]

   • 1868 [1448], Akta grodzkie i ziemskie z czasów Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej : z archiwum tak zwanego bernardyńskiego we Lwowie w skutek fundacyi śp. Alexandra hr. Stadnickiego‎^[12], volume XI (quotation in Old Polish; overall work in Polish, Latin, and Old Polish), page 328:

     Item *budky pro tribus grossis et buthy magnas usque ad genu IHI-or grossos

     [Item *budky pro tribus grossis et buty magnas usque ad genu IHI-or grossos]

   • 1930 [c. 1455], “Deut”, in Ludwik Bernacki, editor, Biblia królowej Zofii (Biblia szaroszpatacka)‎^{transliteration, transcription}, 25, 9:

     Zona... zvge boti z gego nog

     [Żona... zuje boty z jego nog]

   • 1930 [c. 1455], “Jos”, in Ludwik Bernacki, editor, Biblia królowej Zofii (Biblia szaroszpatacka)‎^{transliteration, transcription}, 5, 16:

     Zvy boty z nog twich, bo myescze, na nyemze to stogis, swymø te gest

     [Zuj boty z nog twych, bo mieście, na niemże to stojisz, swymą te jest]

   • 1927 [c. 1455], Kazimierz Dobrowolski, editor, Przyczynki do dziejów średniowiecznej kultury polskiej z rękopisu szczyrzyckiego, Szczyrzyc, page 324:

     Mnye wthoremu *dzeye luthy. Geszlisz nag, przyodzey[ey] [bo]thy

     [Mnie wtoremu dzieją luty, jesliś nag, przyodziej [bo]ty]

   • 1950 [1470], Władysław Kuraszkiewicz, Adam Wolff, editors, Zapiski i roty polskie XV-XVI wieku z ksiąg sądowych ziemi warszawskiej, number 1275, Warsaw:

     Ysze Woczech Marczina, schina szwego, hu Michala... vgednal sza rzadne odzenye y dal mv szuknya sza trzinaccze grozi a bothi za poltrzecza groza, a on oth nyego przez czasu othszethl

     [Iże Wociech Marcina, syna swego, hu Michała... ujednał za rządne odzienie i dał mu suknią za trzynaćcie groszy a boty za połtrzecia grosza, a on ot niego przez czasu odszedł]

   • 1950 [1471], Władysław Kuraszkiewicz, Adam Wolff, editors, Zapiski i roty polskie XV-XVI wieku z ksiąg sądowych ziemi warszawskiej, number 3051, Warsaw:

     Jakom ya drogy... kxadzv Janowy... nye zasthapyl... *amy go gonyl, any w them gemv szgynaly bothy, pyerz, sschaffran y vszda

     [Jakom ja drogi... ksiądzu Janowi... nie zastąpił... *a my go gonił, ani w tem jemu zginęły boty, pierz, szafran i uzda]

   • 1923 [1478], Helena Polaczkówna, editor, Najstarsza księga sądowa wsi Trześniowa 1419-1609‎^[13], Trześniów, Podkarpackie Voivodeship, page 100:

     Expurgans innocenciam suam al. szwoyą nyevynoscz, czosch byla obwyny[o]na o bothy *zyamischowa

     [Expurgans innocenciam suam al. swoją niewinność, coż była obwini[o]na o boty zamszowe]

   • 1928 [End of the fifteenth century], Jan Janów, editor, Zespół ewangelijny Biblioteki Ordynacji Zamoyskich nr 1116‎^{transliteration, transcription}, Warsaw, page 299:

     Alyecz przyydzye mocznyeyszy, chthorego nye yestem dostoyen rosvyąsacz rzemyszka bothow yego

     [Aleć przyjdzie mocniejszy, chtorego nie jestem dostojen rozwięzać rzemyszka botow jego]

   • 1874-1891 [c. 1500], Rozprawy i Sprawozdania z Posiedzeń Wydziału Filologicznego Akademii Umiejętności‎^{[14], [15], [16]}, volume XLVII, page 354:

     Wyechecz sz botha *blathra

     [Wiecheć z bota *blathra]

   • Middle of the 15th century, Rozmyślanie o żywocie Pana Jezusa‎^[17], page 235:

     Święty Bartło­miej... miał odzienie pawłoczyste na sobie..., a buty perłami i drogiem kamieniem opra­wione,... a to odzienie i ty boty aże do jego świętej śmierci nigdy sie nie starzało

     [Święty Bartło­miej... miał odzienie pawłoczyste na sobie..., a buty perłami i drogiem kamieniem opra­wione,... a to odzienie i ty boty aże do jego świętej śmierci nigdy sie nie starzało]

   • Middle of the 15th century, Rozmyślanie o żywocie Pana Jezusa‎^[18], page 387:

     Ociec rzekł... ku swem sługam:... dajcie pier­ ścień na jego rękę i boty na nogi

     [Ociec rzekł... ku swem sługam:... dajcie pier­ ścień na jego rękę i boty na nogi]

   • Middle of the 15th century, Rozmyślanie o żywocie Pana Jezusa‎^[19], page 638:

     Kristus... rzekł ku swem zwolenikom: Kiedym was słał przez moszny, przez toboły, przez botow..., azali wam czego nie dostawało?

     [Kristus... rzekł ku swem zwolenikom: Kiedym was słał przez moszny, przez toboły, przez botow..., azali wam czego nie dostawało?]

   • c. 1500, Wokabularz lubiński, Lubiń: inkunabuł Archiwum Archidiecezjalnego w Gnieźnie, sygn. Inc. 78d., page 58r:

     *Glipiusz vyechecz s bothą

     [Glipiusz wiecheć z bota]

Derived terms

nouns

• butowe

Descendants

• Polish: but, bot (Middle Polish), bót (obsolete or Lubawa, Zagórze)
• Silesian: bōt

References

• Boryś, Wiesław (2005), “but”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN
• Mańczak, Witold (2017), “but”, in Polski słownik etymologiczny (in Polish), Kraków: Polska Akademia Umiejętności, →ISBN
• Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000), “but”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
• Sławski, Franciszek (1958-1965), “but”, in Jan Safarewicz, Andrzej Siudut, editors, Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), Kraków: Towarzystwo Miłośników Języka Polskiego
• Krystyna Długosz-Kurczabowa (2021), “but”, in Wielki słownik etymologiczno-historyczny języka polskiego, →ISBN
• Dubisz, Stanisław, editor (2003), “but”, in Uniwersalny słownik języka polskiego [Universal Dictionary of the Polish Language]‎^[20] (in Polish), volumes 1–4, Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, →ISBN, →OCLC
• Brückner, Aleksander (1927), “but”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna
• Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “but”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
• K. Nitsch, editor (1954), “But, Bot”, in Słownik staropolski (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw: Polish Academy of Sciences, page 179
• Bożena Sieradzka-Baziur, et al., editors (2011–2015), “but, bot”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
• Ewa Deptuchowa, et al., editors (2023), “(But) Bot”, in Rozariusze z polskimi glosami. Internetowa baza danych [Dictionaries of Polish glosses, an Internet database] (in Polish), Kraków: Pracownia Języka Staropolskiego Instytut Języka Polskiego Polskiej Akademii Nauk

Old Swedish

Alternative forms

• ᛒᚮᛏ

Etymology

From Old Norse bót, from Proto-Germanic *bōtō.

Noun

bōt f

1. improvement
2. benefit, utility
3. cure
4. compensation

Declension

Declension of bōt (consonant stem)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bōt	bōtin, bōtren bōterin, bōteren bōtern	bø̄ter	bø̄trina, bø̄trinar, bø̄trena, bø̄trenar
accusative	bōt	bōtina, bōtena	bø̄ter	bø̄trina, bø̄trinar, bø̄trena, bø̄trenar
dative	bōt	bōtinni, bōtinne	bōtum, bōtom	bōtumin, bōtomen
genitive	bōta, bōtar	bōtinna, bōtinnar	bōta	bōtanna

or

Declension of bōt (i-stem)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bōt	bōtin	bōti(r), -e(r)	bōtina(r), bōtena(r)
accusative	bōt	bōtina, -ena	bōti(r), -e(r)	bōtina(r), bōtena(r)
dative	bōt	bōtinni, -inne	bōtum, -om	bōtumin, -omen
genitive	bōta(r)	bōtinna(r)	bōta	bōtanna

Descendants

• Swedish: bot

Pijin

Etymology

From English boat. Cognate with Bislama and Tok Pisin bot.

Noun

bot

1. dinghy, lifeboat (small boat)

   Coordinate terms: sip, kanu, aotriga

   Smol bot ia save kasem ten man.

   This small dinghy can carry ten people.

2. (by extension) any small wooden boat

   Hem paddol go long smol bot blong hem.

   He paddled away in his small boat.

Usage notes

Used specifically in contrast to kanu (“canoe”) and aotriga (“outrigger canoe”), which refer to traditional watercraft.

See also

• aotriga (“outrigger canoe”)
• kanu (“canoe”)
• sip (“ship, boat”)

References

• Jourdan, Christine with Maebiru, Ellen (2002), “bot”, in Pijin: A trilingual cultural dictionary (Pacific Linguistics; 526), Canberra, ACT: Pacific Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University, →ISBN, page 27

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔt/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔt
• Syllabification: bot
• Homophone: bod

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₃erbʰ-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *h₃órbʰos

Proto-Balto-Slavic *árbas

Proto-Slavic *orbъ

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti

Proto-Balto-Slavic *-éitei

Proto-Slavic *-iti

Proto-Slavic *orbiti

Proto-Indo-European *-otéh₂

Proto-Balto-Slavic *-atā́ˀ

Proto-Slavic *-ota

Proto-Slavic *orbota

Old Czech robota

Czech robota

Czech robotbor.

English robotclip.

English botbor.

Polish bot

Borrowed from English bot.

Noun

bot m animal

1. (computing) bot

Declension

Declension of bot

	singular	plural
nominative	bot	boty
genitive	bota	botów
dative	botowi	botom
accusative	bota	boty
instrumental	botem	botami
locative	bocie	botach
vocative	bocie	boty

Etymology 2

See but.

Noun

bot m inan (diminutive botek)

1. ankle boot
2. Middle Polish form of but

Declension

Declension of bot

	singular	plural
nominative	bot	boty
genitive	botu	botów
dative	botowi	botom
accusative	bot	boty
instrumental	botem	botami
locative	bocie	botach
vocative	bocie	boty

Further reading

• “bot”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[21] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “bot”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[22] (in Polish)
• Maria Renata Mayenowa, et al., editors (2010-2023), “bot”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
• “BUT”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 28.04.2010

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English bot. Doublet of robô.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbɔ.t͡ʃi/, (proscribed, but common) /ˈbu.t͡ʃi/

• Homophone: bote

Noun

bot m (plural bots)

1. (computing) bot (a piece of software for doing repetitive tasks)
2. (video games) bot (a player controlled by software)

Romanian

Alternative forms

• бот (bot) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bot/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ot
• Hyphenation: bot

Etymology 1

Unknown. Possibly from a Vulgar Latin root *botum, perhaps from Latin botulus or from a root *botium, a Germanic borrowing, from Frankish *boce (“knob”), from Old High German bozzan (“to beat”), from Proto-West Germanic *bautan (“to push, strike”).

Compare Italian bozza, French bosse. See also butuc and boț.

Noun

bot n (plural boturi)

1. (of animals) snout, mouth
2. (of a person, vulgar) mouth
3. bump
4. hump
5. (vulgar) blowjob

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	bot	botul	boturi	boturile
genitive-dative	bot	botului	boturi	boturilor
vocative	botule		boturilor

Synonyms

• (mouth): gură
• (bump): umflătură, cucui
• (hump): cocoașă

See also

• cioc
• rât

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English bot.

Noun

bot m (plural boți)

1. bot

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	bot	botul	boți	boții
genitive-dative	bot	botului	boți	boților
vocative	botule		boților

Further reading

• “bot”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₃erbʰ-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *h₃órbʰos

Proto-Balto-Slavic *árbas

Proto-Slavic *orbъ

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti

Proto-Balto-Slavic *-éitei

Proto-Slavic *-iti

Proto-Slavic *orbiti

Proto-Indo-European *-otéh₂

Proto-Balto-Slavic *-atā́ˀ

Proto-Slavic *-ota

Proto-Slavic *orbota

Old Czech robota

Czech robota

Czech robotbor.

English robotclip.

English botbor.

Spanish bot

Borrowed from English bot.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbot/ [ˈbot̪]
• Rhymes: -ot
• Syllabification: bot

Noun

bot m (plural bots)

1. bot (robot)

   Synonym: robot

Further reading

• “bot”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026

Swedish

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish bōt (“improvement”), from Old Norse ᛒᚢᛏ (but) (in the Latin script bót) whence also Icelandic bót), from Proto-Germanic *bōtō. Akin to English boot (“remedy, profit”). Masculine in Late Modern Swedish.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buːt/

• Audio (Gotland):

  (file)

Noun

bot c

1. fine (penalty in money)

Usage notes

• In newer usage, the indefinite plural böter has frequently been reinterpreted as a singular noun due to usage without an article. Thus, for example, the common phrase "betala böter" has shifted in meaning from "pay fines" to "pay a fine". This is unrecognized by language authorities, however.

Declension

Declension of bot

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	bot	bots
	definite	boten	botens
plural	indefinite	böter	böters
	definite	böterna	böternas

Related terms

• böta
• bötfälla

Etymology 2

Originally the same word as etymology 1.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buːt/

• Audio (Gotland):

  (file)

Noun

bot c

1. cure; remedy
2. (religious) penance

Declension

Declension of bot

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	bot	bots
	definite	boten	botens
plural	indefinite	boter	boters
	definite	boterna	boternas

Related terms

• bota
• botemedel

Etymology 3

Unadapted borrowing from English bot.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔt/

Noun

bot c

1. bot (robot)

Declension

Declension of bot

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	bot	bots
	definite	botten	bottens
plural	indefinite	bottar	bottars
	definite	bottarna	bottarnas

Declension of bot

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	bot	bots
	definite	boten	botens
plural	indefinite	botar	botars
	definite	botarna	botarnas

Further reading

• “bot”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Tatar

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *būt (“thigh”).

Noun

bot

1. thigh

Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbot/

Etymology 1

From French botte.

Noun

bot (definite accusative botu, plural botlar)

1. boot

Etymology 2

From English boat

Noun

bot (definite accusative botu, plural botlar)

1. boat

   Synonym: tekne

Declension

Declension of bot

singular plural nominative bot botlar definite accusative botu botları dative bota botlara locative botta botlarda ablative bottan botlardan genitive botun botların Possessive forms nominative singular plural 1st singular botum botlarım 2nd singular botun botların 3rd singular botu botları 1st plural botumuz botlarımız 2nd plural botunuz botlarınız 3rd plural botları botları definite accusative singular plural 1st singular botumu botlarımı 2nd singular botunu botlarını 3rd singular botunu botlarını 1st plural botumuzu botlarımızı 2nd plural botunuzu botlarınızı 3rd plural botlarını botlarını dative singular plural 1st singular botuma botlarıma 2nd singular botuna botlarına 3rd singular botuna botlarına 1st plural botumuza botlarımıza 2nd plural botunuza botlarınıza 3rd plural botlarına botlarına locative singular plural 1st singular botumda botlarımda 2nd singular botunda botlarında 3rd singular botunda botlarında 1st plural botumuzda botlarımızda 2nd plural botunuzda botlarınızda 3rd plural botlarında botlarında ablative singular plural 1st singular botumdan botlarımdan 2nd singular botundan botlarından 3rd singular botundan botlarından 1st plural botumuzdan botlarımızdan 2nd plural botunuzdan botlarınızdan 3rd plural botlarından botlarından genitive singular plural 1st singular botumun botlarımın 2nd singular botunun botlarının 3rd singular botunun botlarının 1st plural botumuzun botlarımızın 2nd plural botunuzun botlarınızın 3rd plural botlarının botlarının

Volapük

Noun

bot (genitive bota, plural bots)

1. boat

Declension

Declension of bot

	Singular	Plural
Nominative	bot	bots
Genitive	bota	botas
Dative	bote	botes
Accusative	boti	botis
Predicative1	botu	botus
Vocative	o bot	o bots

1. Introduced in Volapük Nulik.

Further reading

• “bot”, in Vödabuk (in English, Esperanto, and Volapük)

West Frisian

Etymology 1

From Old Frisian butie, from Proto-West Germanic *butt, from Proto-Germanic *buttaz (“end piece”), related to English butt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bot/

Adjective

bot

1. curt, blunt, rude
2. dull (as a knife)

Inflection

Inflection of bot
uninflected	bot
inflected	botte
comparative	botter
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		bot	botter	it botst it botste
indefinite	c. sing.	botte	bottere	botste
	n. sing.	bot	botter	botste
	plural	botte	bottere	botste
definite		botte	bottere	botste
partitive		bots	botters	—

Further reading

• “bot (II)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Adverb

bot

1. very, quite

Further reading

• “bot (II)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Etymology 2

Uncertain. Possibly derived from etymology 1 in the sense “blunt(-headed fish)”. Compare Dutch bot and English butt (“flatfish”) (and thus the second element of English halibut).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bot/

Noun

bot c (plural botten, diminutive botsje or botke)

1. flounder (a type of fish)

Further reading

• “bot (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
• van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “bot¹”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

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