Scots

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Scots

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skɒts/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /ˈskɔts/

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• Rhymes: -ɒts

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Scots Scots, from Middle Scots Scottis, from Old English Scottysċ, a late variant of earlier Scyttisċ (“Scottish”). Doublet of Scottish.

Proper noun

Scots

1. A Germanic language closely related to English and descended from northern dialects of Middle English, spoken in parts of Scotland, now especially in the northeastern and southern regions of the country.

   Synonyms: Scottish, Lowland Scots

Usage notes

• See Scottish and Scotch.

Meronyms

• Middle Scots
• Synthetic Scots
• Doric
• Shetlandic, Shetlandish (Shetland Scots)
• Ulster Scots, Ullans

Derived terms

• Scots acre
• Scots-Irish
• Ulster Scots

Translations

Lowland Scots language

Arabic: إسكتلندية f (ʔiskutlandiyya) Asturian: escocés (ast) m Catalan: escocès (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 低地蘇格蘭語 / 低地苏格兰语 (dīdì Sūgélányǔ) Czech: skotština (cs) f Danish: skotsk (da) Esperanto: skota Faroese: skotskt (fo) n Finnish: skotti (fi), skotin kieli French: écossais (fr) m, scots (fr) m Galician: escocés (gl) m German: Niederschottisch n, Schottisch n Greek: σκωτς (skots) Hawaiian: ʻōlelo Kekokia Hindi: स्कॉट्स m (skŏṭs) Irish: Albainis f Jamaican Creole: Skats Japanese: スコットランド語 (ja) (sukottorandogo) Norwegian: Bokmål: skotsk (no) m Nynorsk: skotsk m Occitan: escocés (oc) m, scòts m Polish: szkocki (pl) m Portuguese: ânglico escocês m Romanian: scoțiană joasă f Russian: шотла́ндский (язы́к) (ru) m (šotlándskij (jazýk)) Scots: Scots Ulster Scots: Scotch Scottish Gaelic: Albais f, Beurla Ghallta m Slovak: škótština f Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: please add this translation if you can Upper Sorbian: please add this translation if you can Spanish: escocés (es) m Swedish: lågskotska (sv) c, skotska (sv) Turkish: İskoçça (tr) Welsh: Sgoteg f West Frisian: Skotsk (fy) n

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Scots terms
• Ullans

Adjective

Scots (not comparable)

1. Scottish.

   Synonyms: Scotch, Scottish

Usage notes

• See Scottish and Scotch.

Derived terms

• pound Scots
• Scots broom
• Scots English
• Scots Gaelic
• Scots law
• Scotsman
• Scotsperson
• Scots pint
• Scots plough
• Scots whist
• Scotswoman

Translations

Scottish

Asturian: escocés (ast) Czech: skotský (cs) Esperanto: skoto Faroese: skotskur French: écossais (fr) Galician: escocés (gl) German: schottisch (de) Norwegian: Bokmål: skotsk (no) Nynorsk: skotsk Romanian: scoțian (ro) Russian: шотла́ндский (ru) (šotlándskij) Scottish Gaelic: Albannach Slovak: škótsky (sk) Swedish: skotsk (sv)

Etymology 2

Noun

Scots

1. plural of Scot

Usage notes

• See Scottish and Scotch.

Further reading

• ISO 639-3 code sco (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Scots, sco ⁠
• “Scots”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Anagrams

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