"sot" meaning in French

See sot in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /so/, /sɔ/ (note: older, now chiefly Belgium) Audio: Fr-sot.ogg Forms: sotte [feminine], sots [masculine, plural], sottes [feminine, plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Middle French sot, from Old French sot, from Medieval Latin sottus (“foolish”), of uncertain ultimate origin. Possibly an expressive interjection, similar to modern zut! (“damn it!”). This Latin word was borrowed into Germanic languages such as Dutch zot, Old English sott (modern English sot). Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm|sot|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French sot, {{inh+|fr|frm|sot}} Inherited from Middle French sot, {{inh|fr|fro|sot}} Old French sot, {{der|fr|la-med|sottus||foolish}} Medieval Latin sottus (“foolish”), {{onomatopoeic|fr|title=expressive}} expressive, {{cog|nl|zot}} Dutch zot, {{cog|ang|sott}} Old English sott, {{cog|en|sot}} English sot Head templates: {{fr-adj|f=sotte}} sot (feminine sotte, masculine plural sots, feminine plural sottes)
  1. silly, foolish, stupid Derived forms: il n'y a pas de sot métier
    Sense id: en-sot-fr-adj-WOeAybzV Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 31 69
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Personality Disambiguation of Personality: 0 0

Noun

IPA: /so/, /sɔ/ (note: older, now chiefly Belgium) Audio: Fr-sot.ogg Forms: sots [plural], sotte [feminine]
Etymology: Inherited from Middle French sot, from Old French sot, from Medieval Latin sottus (“foolish”), of uncertain ultimate origin. Possibly an expressive interjection, similar to modern zut! (“damn it!”). This Latin word was borrowed into Germanic languages such as Dutch zot, Old English sott (modern English sot). Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm|sot|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French sot, {{inh+|fr|frm|sot}} Inherited from Middle French sot, {{inh|fr|fro|sot}} Old French sot, {{der|fr|la-med|sottus||foolish}} Medieval Latin sottus (“foolish”), {{onomatopoeic|fr|title=expressive}} expressive, {{cog|nl|zot}} Dutch zot, {{cog|ang|sott}} Old English sott, {{cog|en|sot}} English sot Head templates: {{fr-noun|m|f=sotte}} sot m (plural sots, feminine sotte)
  1. imbecile, fool Tags: masculine Derived forms: sottise
    Sense id: en-sot-fr-noun-f70NLscd Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French links with redundant target parameters, French onomatopoeias Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 31 69 Disambiguation of French links with redundant target parameters: 0 100 Disambiguation of French onomatopoeias: 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Personality Disambiguation of Personality: 0 0

Inflected forms

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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/ff/Fr-sot.ogg"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "saut"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "sauts"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "sceau"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "sceaux"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "seau"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "seaux"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "sots"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɔ/",
      "note": "older, now chiefly Belgium"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "sots"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sot"
}

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