cottage

B1 Topic:House & Home

US /ˈkɑt.ɪd͡ʒ/ UK /ˈkɒt.ɪd͡ʒ/ See IPA manual

Freq #6022

Meanings

1

noun
A small, often old house, usually in the countryside.

They spent the weekend in a tiny stone cottage by the lake.
2

noun
A small holiday home, often in a remote or scenic place.

Every summer the family drives up to their cottage by the sea.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a small, often old house,... cot hutbungalow

Word family

Forms cottagescottagey

Derived forms cottagecorecottagelesscottagelikecottagercottageytelecottage

Related forms cosset cot coterie

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Phrases (1)

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cottage cheese
a mild white cheese consisting of soft, moist curds

Noun + noun

Etymology

Late Middle English, from Anglo-Norman cotage and Medieval Latin cotagium, from Old Northern French cot, cote (“hut, cottage”) + -age (“surrounding property”), from Proto-Germanic *kutą, *kuta- (“shed”), probably of non-Indo-European origin, possibly borrowed from Uralic; compare Finnish kota (“hut, house”) and Hungarian ház (“house”), both from Proto-Finno-Ugric/Proto-Uralic *kota. However, also compare Dutch and English hut. Old Northern French cote is probably from Old Norse kot (“hut”), cognate of Old English cot of same Proto-Germanic origin. Slang sense “public toilet” from 19th century,…

cotage xno cotagium la-med cot fro-nor *kutą Proto-Germanic *kota urj-pro

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# cottage

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈkɑt.ɪd͡ʒ/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈkɒt.ɪd͡ʒ/
**Frequency rank:** 6022

## Meanings
1. A small, often old house, usually in the countryside.
2. A small holiday home, often in a remote or scenic place.

## Examples
- They spent the weekend in a tiny stone cottage by the lake.
- Every summer the family drives up to their cottage by the sea.

## Derived Forms
- cottagecore
- cottageless
- cottagelike
- cottager
- cottagey
- telecottage

## Related Forms
- cosset
- cot
- coterie

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: cotage
- Root: cotagium
- Root: cot
- Root: *kutą
- Root: *kota

## Etymology
Late Middle English, from Anglo-Norman cotage and Medieval Latin cotagium, from Old Northern French cot, cote (“hut, cottage”) + -age (“surrounding property”), from Proto-Germanic *kutą, *kuta- (“shed”), probably of non-Indo-European origin, possibly borrowed from Uralic; compare Finnish kota (“hut, house”) and Hungarian ház (“house”), both from Proto-Finno-Ugric/Proto-Uralic *kota. However, also compare Dutch and English hut. Old Northern French cote is probably from Old Norse kot (“hut”), cognate of Old English cot of same Proto-Germanic origin. Slang sense “public toilet” from 19th century,…

## AI Etymology
cottage late Middle English, from Anglo-Norman cotage and Medieval Latin cotagium, from Old Northern French cot, cote (“hut, cottage”) + -age (“surrounding property”), from Proto-Germanic *kutą, *kuta- (“shed”), probably of non-Indo-European origin, possibly borrowed from Uralic; compare Finnish kota (“hut, house”) and Hungarian ház (“house”), both from Proto-Finno-Ugric/Proto-Uralic *kota. However, also compare Dutch and English hut. Old Northern French cote is probably from Old Norse kot (“hut”), cognate of Old English cot of same Proto-Germanic origin. Current senses include A small, often old house, usually in the countryside and A small holiday home, often in a remote or scenic place. English relatives and later formations include cottagecore, cottageless, cottagelike, cosset, cot.

## Topics
- House & Home

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