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English

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Possibly a modification of Scottish Gaelic boiteag (“maggot”).

Alternative forms

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.
    • 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
Translations

Etymology 2

From bottom.

Verb

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

  1. (British, 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.

Etymology 3

    Clipping of robot.

    Alternative forms

    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, 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:
        The bot juddered to a halt, as the whole lower segment of its power arm darkened.
    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.
      • 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, 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, 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, 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 The Atlantic‎, retrieved 2021-09-01:
        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.
    3. (video games) A computer-controlled character in a video game, especially a multiplayer one.
      Synonyms: NPC, AI
      • 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.
    4. (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:
        "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."
    5. (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, →ISSN, retrieved 2024-06-10:
        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
    Translations

    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

    References

    • Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967

    Anagrams

    Afrikaans

    Pronunciation

    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

    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

    Bislama

    Etymology

    From English boat.

    Noun

    bot

    1. boat

    Catalan

    Etymology 1

    Deverbal from botar.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    bot m (plural bots)

    1. jump, leap
      Synonyms: salt, saltiró

    Etymology 2

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

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    bot m (plural bots)

    1. boat
      Synonyms: barca, vaixell

    Etymology 3

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

    Pronunciation

    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

    Further reading

    Etymology 4

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    bot

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

    Dalmatian

    Alternative forms

    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

    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
    More information Declension of, uninflected ...
    Declension of bot
    uninflected bot
    inflected botte
    comparative botter
    positive comparative superlative
    predicative/adverbial botbotterhet botst
    het botste
    indefinite m./f. sing. bottebotterebotste
    n. sing. botbotterbotste
    plural bottebotterebotste
    definite bottebotterebotste
    partitive botsbotters—
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    Declension
    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

    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
    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)

    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

    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

    Noun

    bot m (plural bots)

    1. (computing) bot

    Further reading

    German

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    bot

    1. first/third-person singular preterite of bieten

    Hungarian

    Etymology

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

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    bot (plural botok)

    1. stick, staff
    2. walking stick, cane
      Synonyms: sétabot, sétapálca

    Declension

    More information singular, plural ...
    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
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    More information possessor, single possession ...
    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
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    Derived terms

    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

    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 2024).

    Indonesian

    Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:
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    Pronunciation

    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

    Unknown. (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

    1. arching the back to stretch the body

    Further reading

    Jamaican Creole

    Etymology

    Derived from English but.

    Pronunciation

    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

    From Old English bāt.

    Alternative forms

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    bot (plural botes)

    1. A seafaring vessel or watercraft; a device for navigating the waters:
      1. A boat (a watercraft or vessel smaller than a ship).
      2. A boat stowed on a ship for utility purposes, especially for tendering.
    2. (figurative) The path or course of one's life; one's direction.
    Derived terms
    Descendants
    References

    Etymology 2

    From Old Norse búð.

    Noun

    bot

    1. Alternative form of bothe (“booth”)

    Etymology 3

    From Old English batt.

    Noun

    bot

    1. Alternative form of bat

    Etymology 4

    From Old English bōt.

    Noun

    bot

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

    Etymology 5

    From Old French bote.

    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

    Descendants

    Mutation

    More information radical, lenition ...
    Mutation of bot
    radicallenitionnasalization
    botbot
    pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/    		mbot
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    Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Middle Irish.
    All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

    Norwegian Bokmål

    Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
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    Etymology

    From Old Norse bót.

    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

    References

    Norwegian Nynorsk

    Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
    Wikipedia nn

    Etymology

    From Old Norse bót.

    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

    References

    Old Czech

    Alternative forms

    Etymology

      Etymology tree
      Proto-Indo-European *bʰewd-der.
      Proto-Germanic *bautaną
      Frankish *bautander.?
      Old French botebor.
      Old Czech bot

      Borrowed from Old French bote.

      Pronunciation

      Noun

      bot m inan

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

      Declension

      More information singular, dual ...
      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
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      Declension of bot (hard o-stem)
      This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
      See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

      Descendants

      References

      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

      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:

      More information singular, plural ...
      singular plural
      nominative bōt bōta, bōte
      accusative bōte bōta, bōte
      genitive bōte bōta
      dative bōte bōtum
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      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”)
      • dǣdbōtlihting (“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

      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

      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

      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

      • Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (bot) (sense #1, 'toad' and #2, 'strike')
      • bot on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub (sense #3, 'boat' and a citation or sense #4, 'end')

      Old Javanese

      Alternative forms

      Pronunciation

      Etymology 1

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

      Adjective

      bot

      1. heavy
      Derived terms
      Descendants

      Etymology 2

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

      Noun

      bot

      1. style, make
      Derived terms
      • 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

      Etymology

        Etymology tree
        Proto-Indo-European *bʰewd-der.
        Proto-Germanic *bautaną
        Frankish *bautander.?
        Old French botebor.
        Old Czech botbor.
        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): (10th–15th CE) /bɔt/
        • IPA(key): (15th 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, volume XI, 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)‎, 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)‎, 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, 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, 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, , , volume XLVII, page 354:
            Wyechecz sz botha *blathra
            [Wiecheć z bota *blathra]
          • Middle of the 15th century, Rozmyślanie o żywocie Pana Jezusa‎, 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, 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, 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

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        Alternative forms

        Etymology

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

        Noun

        bōt f

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

        Declension

        More information singular, plural ...
        Declension of bōt (consonant stem)
        singular plural
        indefinite definite indefinite definite
        nominative bōt bōtin bø̄ter bø̄trina(r), -rena(r)
        accusative bōt bōtina, -ena bø̄ter bø̄trina(r), -rena(r)
        dative bōt bōtinni, -inne bōtum, -om bōtumin, -omen
        genitive bōta(r) inna(r) bōta bōtanna
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        More information singular, plural ...
        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
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        Pronunciation

        Etymology 1

        Borrowed from English bot.

        Noun

        bot m animal

        1. (computing) bot
        Declension
        More information singular, plural ...
        singular plural
        nominative bot boty
        genitive bota botów
        dative botowi botom
        accusative bota boty
        instrumental botem botami
        locative bocie botach
        vocative bocie boty
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        Etymology 2

        See but.

        Noun

        bot m inan (diminutive botek)

        1. ankle boot
        2. Middle Polish form of but
        Declension
        More information singular, plural ...
        singular plural
        nominative bot boty
        genitive botu botów
        dative botowi botom
        accusative bot boty
        instrumental botem botami
        locative bocie botach
        vocative bocie boty
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        Further reading

        • bot in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
        • bot in Polish dictionaries at PWN
        • Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (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/
          • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈbɔ.te/, (proscribed, but common) /ˈbu.te/

        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)

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