escote
See also: escoté
Galician
Etymology 1
From Old French escot (“payment”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *skutą (“that which is thrown, shot, projectile, bullet, missile”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /esˈkɔte̝/
Noun
escote m (plural escotes)
- individual share or part of a payment (i.e. the portion held by one person of a financial commitment that was made jointly with others)
Derived terms
- a escote
Etymology 2
Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *skutą (“that which is thrown, shot, projectile, bullet, missile”); cognate with English shoot.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /esˈkɔte̝/
Noun
escote m (plural escotes)
- shoot, sprout
Etymology 3
From escotar (“to prune”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /esˈkɔte̝/
Noun
escote m (plural escotes)
- cleavage, neckline
Noun
escote m (plural escotes)
- a cut fragment of wood
- Synonym: escoto
References
- “escotar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “escot” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “escote” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “escote” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “escote” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “escote” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Spanish
Etymology
From escotar, from cota, or borrowed from Old French escot, from Frankish.
Noun
escote m (plural escotes)
- cleavage, neckline
Derived terms
- escote barco
- escote corazón
- pagar a escote
Related terms
- escotilla
- escotado
Verb
escote
- inflection of escotar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “escote”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014