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Watte.

cotton wool

5 characters2 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈvatə/
  1. cotton wool

    feminine · uncountable · usually
Where this word comes from

Late 17th century, from Dutch watten, from Middle French ouate, of unknown origin. Despite close semantics and phonetics, probably not from Proto-Germanic *wēdiz (“garment”).

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