cottage

CEFRB1

/ˈkɒt.ɪd͡ʒ/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A small house, usually in the countryside.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A public lavatory.

Examples

  • The cottage looked as if nobody were living in it.

  • There is a cottage beyond the bridge.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • [ˈkɑɾ.ɪd͡ʒ]

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A seasonal home of any size or stature, a recreational home or a home in a remote location.

  2. A small house.

  3. A meeting place for homosexual men.

More examples

In context

  • We headed for the mountain cottage.

  • Most cottages in the area were larger and more elaborate than my home.

  • So when four years were wholly finished, / She threw her royal robes away. / “Make me a cottage in the vale,” she said, / “Where I may mourn and pray.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

Late Middle English, from Anglo-Norman cotage and Medieval Latin cotagium, from Old Northern French cot, cote (“cottage, hut”) + -age (“surrounding property”), from Old Norse kot, from Proto-Germanic *kutą, *kuta- (“shed”), probably of non-Indo-European origin, possibly borrowed from Proto-Finno-Ugric/Proto-Uralic *kota (“hut, tent”), probably akin to Proto-Iranian *kátah (“house; roof”). However, also compare Dutch and English hut. Cognates Cognate with Saterland Frisian Koate (“cottage, hut, small house”), Dutch kot (“ramshackle housing”), German Kate, Kote (“cot, cottage, hut”), Norwegian Bokmål kote (“cot, cottage, hut”), Norwegian Nynorsk kot, kott (“small house; small room”), Norwegia...