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hotte.

carrying basket, burden basket

5 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/ɔt/
  1. carrying basket, burden basket

    feminine
    la hotte du Père Noël
  2. chimney flue

    feminine
  3. hood (metal covering that leads to a vent to suck away smoke or fumes) kitchen hood, extractor hood (electrical kitchen device fitted over a cooker and connected to a flue designed to suck off any vapours from cooking)

    broadly · feminine
  4. hood (metal covering that leads to a vent to suck away smoke or fumes) fume hood (ventilated compartment in which chemical procedures may be undertaken without the escape of noxious fumes into the local environment)

    broadly · feminine
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Frankish *hotta (“basket”). Compare regional German Hotte. Sense “flue” from the trapezoid shape of a reversed carrying basket.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.