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pot.

pot, jar, vase, tin, can, carton (a container of any of various materials)

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Meaning & usage

noun/po//pɔ//pɔt//pot/
  1. pot, jar, vase, tin, can, carton (a container of any of various materials)

    masculine
  2. cooking pot (any vessel used to cook food)

    masculine
  3. dish

    masculine
  4. potty (the pot used when toilet-training children)

    childish · masculine
  5. drink, jar, bevvy (alcoholic beverage)

    colloquial · masculine
  6. do (UK), bash, drinks party (a small, informal party or celebration)

    colloquial · masculine
  7. pot, kitty, pool (money staked at cards, etc.)

    masculine
  8. luck (success; chance occurrence, especially when favourable)

    informal · masculine
  9. a half-litre bottle or measure of wine

    masculine
  10. a pre-metric unit of measure, equivalent to 1.5 litres

    masculine
  11. a paper size, about 40 by 31 cm

    masculine
  12. arse, ass (the buttocks)

    masculine · slang · vulgar
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle French pot, from Old French pot (“pot”), from Vulgar Latin pottum, pottus (“pot, jar”), from Frankish *pott, from Proto-Germanic *puttaz (“pot, jar, tub”), from Proto-Indo-European *budn- (“a kind of vessel”). More at English pot.

noun/pɔt/
  1. pot, weed (cannabis, marijuana)

    North-America · masculine · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from English pot.

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