Scots
See also: scots
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /skɒts/
- Rhymes: -ɒts
Etymology 1
From Scots (from Middle Scots Scottis); variant of Scottish.
Noun
Scots (uncountable)
- A Germanic language closely related to English and descended from northern dialects of Middle English, spoken in parts of Scotland, now especially in the central, northeastern and southern regions of the country.
- Synonym: Lallans
- Scottish English, the varieties of English spoken in Scotland.
- Synonym: Scottish
Derived terms
Translations
Lowland Scots language
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See also
- Wiktionary's coverage of Scots terms
- Ullans
Translations
Scottish
Further reading
- ISO 639-3 code sco (SIL)
- Ethnologue entry for Scots, sco
Scots language on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Ulster Scots on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - “Scots” (US) / “Scots” (UK) in Oxford Dictionaries, Oxford University Press.
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