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)

1. 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)

1. shoot, sprout

Etymology 3

Deverbal from escotar (“to prune”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈkɔte̝/

Noun

escote m (plural escotes)

1. cleavage, neckline

Noun

escote m (plural escotes)

1. a cut fragment of wood

   Synonym: escoto

Etymology 4

Verb

escote

1. inflection of escotar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

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 (do vestido)” 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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈkote/ [esˈko.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ote
• Syllabification: es‧co‧te

Etymology 1

Deverbal from escotar, from cota, or borrowed from Old French escot, from Frankish.

Noun

escote m (plural escotes)

1. neckline
2. cleavage

   Synonym: canalillo

Derived terms

• escote barco
• escote corazón
• pagar a escote

 

Related terms

• escotado
• escotilla

 

Etymology 2

Verb

escote

1. inflection of escotar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “escote”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014