cotón

See also: coton

Galician

Alternative forms

• cotom (reintegrationist)
• cotão (reintegrationist)

Etymology

Ultimately from Arabic قُطْن (quṭn); see cotton for more. Doublet of algodón.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [koˈtoŋ]

Noun

cotón m (plural cotóns)

1. (uncountable) fur, fluff, fuzz
2. (uncountable) lint
3. rags used for cleaning one's hands
4. (uncountable) dust bunny

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “coton”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cotón”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “cotón”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cotón”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French coton, from Italian cotone, from Arabic قُطُن (quṭun).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koˈton/ [koˈt̪õn]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: co‧tón

Noun

cotón m (plural cotones)

1. printed cotton fabric
2. (Mexico) shirt, blouse

Descendants

• → Copala Triqui: cotoó
• → Western Juxtlahuaca Mixtec: kotóo
• → Zacatlán-Ahuacatlán-Tepetzintla Nahuatl: coton

Further reading

• “cotón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10