hotte

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Frankish *hotta (basket).

Pronunciation

  • (aspirated h) IPA(key): /ɔt/
  • Rhymes: -ɔt

Noun

hotte f (plural hottes)

  1. carrying basket, burden basket
  2. (chemistry) fume hood
  3. hood (metal covering that leads to a vent to suck away smoke or fumes)
  4. la hotte du Père Noël = Santa Claus's sack

Derived terms

Further reading

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.