bottle
English
/ˈbɒ.təl/, /bɒ.ʔəw/, /ˈbɑ.təl/, /ˈbɑ.təl/
noun
Definitions
- A container, typically made of glass or plastic and having a tapered neck, used primarily for holding liquids.
- The contents of such a container.
- A container with a rubber nipple used for giving liquids to infants, a baby bottle.
- (British) Nerve, courage.
- (attributive) A container of hair dye, hence with one’s hair color produced by dyeing.
- (obsolete) A bundle, especially of hay; something tied in a bundle.
- (figurative) Intoxicating liquor; alcohol.
- (printing) the tendency of pages printed several on a sheet to rotate slightly when the sheet is folded two or more times.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English botel (flask, wineskin, bottle) derived from Old French boteille derived from Latin butticula, buttis (cask, bottle, barrel).
Origin
Latin
buttis
Gloss
cask, bottle, barrel
Concept
Semantic Field
Modern world
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Bottlegate English
- Coke English
- antibottleneck English
- archbutler English
- blue English
- bluebottle English
- boodle English
- botija English
- bottle jaw English
- bottle-o English
- bottleable English
- bottlebrush English
- bottlecap English
- bottled English
- bottled water English
- bottlefeeder English
- bottlefish English
- bottlefly English
- bottleful English
- bottlehead English
- bottleholder English
- bottlelike English
- bottleneck English
- bottlenose English
- bottlenosed English
- bottler English
- bottlescrew English
- bottlesworth English
- bottletree English
- bottlewasher English
- bottlo English
- brush English
- butler English
- butlerage English
- butleress English
- butlerless English
- butlerlike English
- butlerly English
- butlership English
- cap English
- cokebottle English
- debottleneck English
- embottle English
- feeder English
- fish English
- fly English
- green English
- greenbottle English
- head English
- holder English
- jaw English
- microbottle English
- multibottle English
- neck English
- nonbottled English
- nose English
- nosed English
- postbottleneck English
- prebottleneck English
- rebottle English
- rebottler English
- screw English
- tree English
- unbottle English
- unbottleable English
- washer English
- *botticula Latin
- *buticla Latin
- *buticula Latin
- *buttia Latin
- botticula Latin
- butticula Latin
- butticula, *buttilia Latin
- butticularius Latin
- buttis Latin
- Beutel German
- Beutelratte German
- Beutelteufel German
- Beutelwolf German
- Butler German
- Einkaufsbeutel German
- Farbbeutel German
- Gefrierbeutel German
- Gleitbeutler German
- Kunststoffbeutel German
- Müllbeutel German
- Papierbeutel German
- Plastbeutel German
- Plastebeutel German
- Plastikbeutel German
- Teebeutel German
- botte Italian
- Butler Dutch, Flemish
- boedel Dutch, Flemish
- boedelscheiding Dutch, Flemish
- butler Dutch, Flemish
- inboedel Dutch, Flemish
- bouteille French
- abrebotellas Spanish, Castilian
- botas Spanish, Castilian
- botella Spanish, Castilian
- botellazo Spanish, Castilian
- botellita Spanish, Castilian
- botellón Spanish, Castilian
- botija Spanish, Castilian
- botijo Spanish, Castilian
- botillería Spanish, Castilian
- πυτίνη Ancient Greek
- *bew- Proto-Indo-European
- flaskehals Norwegian Bokmål
- botelha Portuguese
- botija Portuguese
- *bautaną Proto-Germanic
- *buzdô Proto-Germanic
- ボトル Japanese
- flaskehals Norwegian Nynorsk
- botel Middle English
- boteller Middle English
- butler Middle English
- boteille Old French
- botele Old French
- butiller Old French
- bucanj Serbo-Croatian
- bota Catalan, Valencian
- botifarra Catalan, Valencian
- botija Catalan, Valencian
- बोतल Hindi
- बोतली Hindi
- بطری Persian
- بوتل Persian
- botelya Cebuano
- botol Indonesian
- boedel Middle Dutch
- būtil Old High German
- botal Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- boutelle Norman
- botelya Tagalog
- botol Malay
- biutel Middle High German
- বটল Assamese
- બાટલી Gujarati
- buča Slovene
- ibhodlela Zulu
- बाटली Marathi
- ibhotile Xhosa
- bòter Papiamentu
- botol Tok Pisin
- botel Cornish
- botaila Dalmatian
- botičél Dalmatian
- libhodlela Swati
- Boddel Pennsylvania German
- batra Sranan Tongo
- butul Brunei Malay
- botieya Tetelcingo Nahuatl
- bhotoro Shona
- bojtel Silesian
- botel Bislama
- botal Fiji Hindi
- butelya Yogad
- butéyoną Taos
- botey Yatzachi Zapotec
- poteya Yurok
- jaw
- cap
- fly
- tree
- neck
- Coke
- blue
- head
- fish
- nose
- screw
- brush
- green
- nosed
- holder
- washer
- feeder
- botija
- bottlo
- boodle
- butler
- bottled
- bottler
- rebottle
- embottle
- bottle-o
- unbottle
- butlerly
- bottlecap
- bottlefly
- rebottler
- butleress
- bottleful
- butlerage
- nonbottled
- bottleable
- bottle jaw
- bottlehead
- bottleneck
- bluebottle
- butlerlike
- bottlelike
- cokebottle
- butlerless
- bottletree
- bottlenose
- butlership
- bottlefish
- Bottlegate
- archbutler
- greenbottle
- microbottle
- bottlescrew
- multibottle
- bottlebrush
- bottlenosed
- bottlefeeder
- debottleneck
- bottlesworth
- bottlewasher
- unbottleable
- bottleholder
- prebottleneck
- bottled water
- antibottleneck
- postbottleneck