popote

French

Alternative forms

• popotte

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔ.pɔt/

Noun

popote f (plural popotes)

1. (colloquial) simple cooking

   Elle est rentrée chez elle préparer la popote.

   She came home to make some food.

Descendants

• → Romanian: popotă

Further reading

• “popote”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl popōtl (“plant used to make brooms; broom, straw”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /poˈpote/ [poˈpo.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ote
• Syllabification: po‧po‧te

Noun

popote m (plural popotes)

1. (Mexico) drinking straw

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pajita

Further reading

• “popote”, 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

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Adjective

popote

1. Pa class inflected form of -o-ote.

Adverb

popote

1. anywhere; wherever
2. everywhere