hottentot — hottentot, ote [ ɔtɑ̃to, ɔt ] adj. et n. • 1685; mot holl. « bégayeur » ♦ Relatif à un peuple de pasteurs nomades de l Afrique du Sud Ouest (parfois appliqué abusivement aux Bochimans, leurs voisins). Population hottentote. Spécialt Vénus… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Hottentot — Hot ten*tot, n. [D. Hottentot; so called from hot and tot, two syllables of frequent occurrence in their language. Wedgwood.] 1. (Ethnol.) One of a degraded [1913 Webster] 2. The language of the Hottentots, which is remarkable for its clicking… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
*hottentot — ● hottentot nom masculin Langue du groupe khoisan, proche du bochiman, parlée principalement en Namibie par environ 100 000 locuteurs. ● hottentot, hottentote adjectif Relatif aux Hottentots. ● hottentot, hottentote (expressions) adjectif La… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Hottentot — 1670s, from S.African Dutch, said to mean stammerer, it is from hot en tot hot and tot, nonsense words imitative of the clicking, jerking Khoisan speech … Etymology dictionary
Hottentot — [hät′ n tät΄] n. [Afrik, lit., hot & tot, echoic of click consonants characteristic of their language] 1. a member of a nomadic pastoral people of SW Africa 2. the Khoisan language of this people adj. of the Hottentots or their language or… … English World dictionary
Hottentot — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Hottentot désigne une population d Afrique du Sud, la population Khoïkhoï les espèces de poissons marins du genre Pachymetopon Catégorie : Homonymie … Wikipédia en Français
Hottentot — noun a) A member of the Khoekhoe group of peoples. I was told that the Hottentots were uncommonly ugly and disgusting, but I do not think them so bad. Their features are small and their cheekbones immense, but they have a kind expression and… … Wiktionary
Hottentot — [ hɒt(ə)ntɒt] noun & adjective offensive used to refer to Khoikhoi peoples. Origin Du., perh. a repetitive formula in a Nama dancing song, transferred by Du. sailors to the people themselves, or from Ger. hotteren totteren stutter (with ref. to… … English new terms dictionary
Hottentot — /ˈhɒtəntɒt/ (say hotuhntot) noun, adjective → Khoikhoi. {Dutch, ? from German hotteren totteren stutter, stammer} Usage: Khoikhoi is now the preferred term and Hottentot is regarded as offensive …
hottentot — bronzinis jūrinis karosas statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas taksono rangas rūšis atitikmenys: lot. Pachymetopon blochi angl. hangberger; hottentot rus. готтентот; тёмный бронзовый карась ryšiai: platesnis terminas – bronziniai jūriniai… … Žuvų pavadinimų žodynas
