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cottage

noun
/ˈkɒt.ɪd͡ʒ/UK/ˈkɑt.ɪd͡ʒ/

Etymology

Late Middle English, from Anglo-Norman cotage and Medieval Latin cotagium, from Old Northern French cot, cote (“hut, cottage”) + -age (“surrounding property”), from Proto-Germanic *kutą, *kuta- (“shed”), probably of non-Indo-European origin, possibly borrowed from Uralic; compare Finnish kota (“hut, house”) and Hungarian ház (“house”), both from Proto-Finno-Ugric/Proto-Uralic *kota. However, also compare Dutch and English hut. Old Northern French cote is probably from Old Norse kot (“hut”), cognate of Old English cot of same Proto-Germanic origin. Slang sense “public toilet” from 19th century, due to resemblance.

  1. derived from *kota✻
  2. derived from *kutą✻
  3. derived from cot
  4. derived from cotagium
  5. derived from cotage

Definitions

  1. A small house.

    • So when four years were wholly finished, / She threw her royal robes away. / “Make me a cottage in the vale,” she said, / “Where I may mourn and pray.

  2. A seasonal home of any size or stature, a recreational home or a home in a remote…

    A seasonal home of any size or stature, a recreational home or a home in a remote location.

    • Most cottages in the area were larger and more elaborate than my home.
    • Thinks I to myself, “Sol, you're run off your course again. This is a rich man's summer ‘cottage’ and if you don't look out there's likely to be some nice, lively dog taking an interest in your underpinning.”

  3. A public lavatory.

  4. ›+ 6 more definitions

    1. A meeting place for homosexual men.

    2. To stay at a seasonal home, to go cottaging.

    3. To have homosexual sex in a public lavatory

      To have homosexual sex in a public lavatory; to practice cottaging.

    4. A township in Saline County, Illinois.

    5. An unincorporated community in Macon County, Missouri, United States.

    6. A village in Rivière du Rempart District, Mauritius.

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Derived

cottage bacon, cottage cheese, cottage cheese ass, cottagecore, cottage country, cottage court, cottage food operation, cottage fried potatoes, cottage fries, cottage fry, Cottage Grove, cottage home, cottage hospital, cottage industry, cottageless, cottagelike, cottage loaf, cottage orchard, cottage orné, cottage parent, cottage piano, cottage pie, Cottage Point, cottage pudding, cottager, cottage suite, cottagey, Creole cottage, electronic cottage, summer cottage, Swiss Cottage, telecottage

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA