How to pronounce cottage
American English pronunciation
KOT-ij
- IPA
- /ˈkɑtɪdʒ/
- Syllables
- KOT · ij (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What cottage means
A small, cozy house, often in the country
In a sentence: We stayed in a tiny cottage by the lake all summer.
Where it comes from: It comes from cote, an old word for a hut. No one is sure where cote came from, but it is probably very old.
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