Scottish

Scottish

See also: scottish

English

Etymology

From Middle English Scottich, from Old English Sċyttisċ, equivalent to Scot +‎ -ish. Compare West Frisian Skotsk (“Scottish”), Dutch Schots (“Scottish”), German schottisch (“Scottish”), Danish skotsk (“Scottish”), Icelandic skoskur (“Scottish”). Doublet of Scotch and Scots.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈskɒt.ɪʃ/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈskɑt.ɪʃ/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /ˈskɔ.tɪʃ/
• Hyphenation: Scot‧tish

Adjective

Scottish (comparative more Scottish, superlative most Scottish)

1. Of a thing or concept, of or pertaining to Scotland.
2. Of a person, native to, born in or whose ancestors originally came from Scotland.

Translations

of or pertaining to Scotland

Arabic: إِسْكُتْلَنْدِيّ‎ (ʾiskutlandiyy) Belarusian: шатла́ндскі (šatlándski), шатля́ндзкі (šatljándzki) Bulgarian: шотла́ндски (šotlándski) Catalan: escocès (ca), escocés (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 蘇格蘭的／苏格兰的 (zh) (Sūgélán de) Czech: skotský (cs) Danish: skotsk (da) Dutch: Schots (nl) Esperanto: skota Estonian: šoti Faroese: skotskur Finnish: skotlantilainen (fi) French: écossais (fr) Galician: escocés (gl) German: schottisch (de) Greek: σκοτσέζικος (el) (skotsézikos) Hawaiian: Kekokia Hungarian: skót (hu) Icelandic: skoskur (is) Interlingua: scote, scotic Irish: Albanach (ga) Italian: scozzese (it) Latvian: skotu, skotisks Lithuanian: škotų (lt), škotiškas Macedonian: шкотски (škotski) Marathi: स्कॉटिश (skŏṭiś) Norwegian: Bokmål: skotsk (no) Nynorsk: skotsk Occitan: escocés (oc) Old English: Sċyttisċ Persian: اسکاتلندی‎ (fa) (eskâtlandi) Polish: szkocki (pl) Portuguese: escocês (pt) Romanian: scoțian (ro) Russian: шотла́ндский (ru) (šotlándskij) Scottish Gaelic: Albannach Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: шко̏тскӣ Roman: škȍtskī (sh) Slovak: škótsky (sk) Slovene: škotski (sl) Spanish: escocés (es) Swedish: skotsk (sv) Tagalog: Eskoses Ukrainian: шотла́ндський (šotlándsʹkyj) Welsh: Albanaidd

of a person

Arabic: إِسْكُتْلَنْدِيّ‎ (ʾiskutlandiyy) Catalan: escocès (ca), escocés (ca) Czech: skotský (cs) Danish: skotsk (da) Esperanto: skota Estonian: šoti Faroese: skotskur Finnish: skotlantilainen (fi) French: écossais (fr) Galician: escocés (gl) German: schottisch (de) Greek: Σκοτσέζος (el) (Skotsézos) Hawaiian: Kekokia Hungarian: skót (hu) Interlingua: scote, scotic Irish: Albanach (ga) Italian: scozzese (it) Latvian: skotu, skotisks Lithuanian: škotų (lt), škotiškas Marathi: स्कॉटिश (skŏṭiś) Norwegian: Bokmål: skotsk (no) Nynorsk: skotsk Occitan: escocés (oc) Old English: Sċyttisċ Polish: szkocki (pl) Portuguese: escocês (pt) Romanian: scoțian (ro) Russian: шотла́ндский (ru) (šotlándskij) Scottish Gaelic: Albannach Slovak: škótsky (sk) Spanish: escocés (es) Swedish: skotsk (sv) Tagalog: Eskoses Ukrainian: шотла́ндський (šotlándsʹkyj) Welsh: Albanaidd

Noun

Scottish

1. (collective, in the plural, with definite article, i. e. the Scottish) the people of Scotland.

Related terms

• Scot
• Scotch
• Scotchman
• Scotchwoman
• Scots
• Scotsman
• Scotswoman
• Scottie
• Scottishman

 

Translations

the people of Scotland

Catalan: escocès (ca), escocés (ca) Czech: Skoti m pl, Skotové m pl Danish: skotterne (da) c pl Dutch: Schotten m pl Esperanto: skotoj pl Estonian: šotlased Faroese: skoti m Finnish: skotlantilaiset pl French: les Écossais (fr) m pl Galician: escoceses m pl German: Schotten m pl Greek: Σκοτσέζοι (el) (Skotsézoi) Hawaiian: Kekokia Italian: gli scozzesi (it) m pl Khmer: ស្កុតលែនដ៍ (skotlɛɛn) Latvian: skoti Marathi: स्कॉटिश (skŏṭiś) Navajo: Ałnáʼnoodǫ́ǫ́z dineʼé Old English: Sċottas (ang) m pl Polish: Szkoci m pl Portuguese: escoceses m pl Romanian: scoțieni m pl Russian: шотла́ндцы (ru) m pl (šotlándcy) Scottish Gaelic: na h-Albannaich m pl Serbo-Croatian: Škoti pl Slovak: Škóti m pl Spanish: escocés (es) m, escocesa (es) f Swedish: skottar (sv) c pl Tagalog: Eskoses

Noun

Scottish

1. (uncountable) short for Scottish English, the varieties of English spoken in Scotland.
2. (uncountable, rare) short for Scottish Gaelic.

Usage notes

Formerly, "Scotch" was used as an alternative for "Scots" or "Scottish". The current convention is as follows:

• "Scottish" for most purposes, including people, animals, and things in general.
• "Scots" also for people, and for identifiably human matters and institutions (e.g., the Scots, Scotsmen; Scots Law (capitalized); the Scots language, which is never "the Scottish language"; rarely Scots culture, which is more commonly Scottish culture). It appears in combining form in Scots-Irish. The Scots pine is named after Scotland, though not limited to it.
• "Scotch" is sometimes (and decreasingly) used for foods produced in Scotland (e.g., Scotch salmon, Scotch tomatoes; more commonly Scottish), and always for Scotch whisky (never "Scottish whisky"). It also appears in Scotch bonnet, Scotch egg, Scotch broth and the scotch doubles tournament format (which is usually lower-cased); and in the Scotch Game or Scotch Opening in chess. Scotch is otherwise best avoided, especially as applied to people, as Scots themselves consider it offensive, including the archaic Scotchmen and Scotchwomen.

Further reading

• Scottish on Wikipedia.Wikipedia