Watte
German (Berlin)
/ˈvatə/
noun
Definitions
- (usually) cotton wool
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch, Flemish watten derived from Middle French ouate.
Origin
Middle French
ouate
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- cumwad English
- jizzwad English
- snotwad English
- tightwad English
- unwad English
- wad English
- wadcutter English
- wadder English
- wadding English
- Bällchen German
- Wattebällchen German
- Zucker German
- Zuckerwatte German
- wattig German
- ovatta Italian
- watten Dutch, Flemish
- ouate French
- ouater French
- ouaterie French
- ouateux French
- ва́та Russian
- вата Russian
- ватка Russian
- ватник Russian
- ватный Russian
- bata Spanish, Castilian
- wadmal Middle English
- vata Czech
- vato Esperanto
- vata Serbo-Croatian
- вата Serbo-Croatian
- ouate Middle French
- uataq Yup'ik