chott
Appearance
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French chott, from Arabic شَطّ (šaṭṭ). Some of the alternative forms/synonyms (shatt, shat) derive directly from Arabic.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]chott (plural chotts)
- (geology) A dry salt lake, in the Saharan area of Africa, that stays dry in the summer but receives some water in the winter.
- Synonym: sabkha
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ “chott”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- ^ “chott”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- ^ “shott”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Arabic شَطّ (šaṭṭ).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]chott m (plural chotts)
Further reading
[edit]- “chott”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Manx
[edit]Noun
[edit]chott
- Lenited form of cott.
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- English terms derived from the Arabic root ش ط ط
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- English countable nouns
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