hottentot

Hot·ten·tot

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [hot-n-tot]
- /ˈhɒt nˌtɒt/
- /ˈhɒtn.tɒt/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [hot-n-tot]
- /ˈhɒt nˌtɒt/

Definitions of hottentot word

noun hottentot Khoikhoi. 1
noun hottentot any of the languages of this people, belonging to the Khoisan family 0
noun hottentot a member of a nomadic pastoral people of SW Africa 0
noun hottentot the Khoisan language of this people 0
adjective hottentot of the Hottentots or their language or culture 0

See all 5 definitions of hottentot

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Origin of hottentot

First appearance:

before 1670

One of the 47% oldest English words

1670-80; < Afrikaans; origin uncertain

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Parts of speech for Hottentot

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Hottentot

hottentot popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 68% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

hottentot usage trend in Literature

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