pot

French

noun
Definitions
  • pot, jar, vase, tin, can, carton container of any of various materials
  • cooking pot any vessel used to cook food
  • (culinary) dish
  • (childish) potty the pot used when toilet-training children
  • (colloquial) drink, jar, bevvy alcoholic beverage
  • (colloquial) do UK, bash, drinks party small, informal party or celebration
  • (card games) pot, kitty, pool money staked at cards, etc.
  • (informal) luck success, chance occurrence, especially when favourable
  • (oenology) half-litre bottle or measure of wine
  • pre-metric unit of measure, equivalent to 1.5 litres
  • paper size, about 40 by 31 cm
  • (slang) arse, ass buttocks

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French pot inherited from Old French pot (pot) inherited from Latin pottum derived from Proto-Germanic *puttaz (pot, jar, tub) derived from Proto-Indo-European *budn- (a kind of vessel, a type of vessel, type of vessel).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*budn-

Gloss

a kind of vessel, a type of vessel, type of vessel

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