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Inherited from Old French cotoun, coton, from Italian cotone, from Arabic قُطُن (quṭun), variants of Arabic قُطْن (quṭn); see cotton for more.
coton m (plural cotons)
- cotton (material)
- avoir les jambes en coton
- coton hydrophile
- coton ouaté
- cotonner
- cotonneux
- cotonnier
- filer du mauvais coton
- filer un mauvais coton
- → Portuguese: cotão
- “coton”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
From Old French cotoun, from Italian cotone, from Arabic قُطْن (quṭn, “cotton”). Compare aketon.
coton (uncountable)
- cotton (fiber of Gossypium spp.)
- (Late Middle English) cotton fabric
- (rare) cotton plant (Gossypium spp.)
- “cotǒun, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
coton n (uncountable)
- cotton (string)
Zacatlán-Ahuacatlán-Tepetzintla Nahuatl
Borrowed from Spanish cotón, from French coton, from Italian cotone, from Arabic قُطُن (quṭun).
Compare Highland Puebla Nahuatl coto̱n, Morelos Nahuatl koton, Tetelcingo Nahuatl icotu.
coton
- Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C. (2006) “Tlen ica se motlaquentia”, in Pequeño diccionario ilustrado: Náhuatl de los municipios de Zacatlán, Tepetzintla y Ahuacatlán[1], segunda edición edition, Tlalpan, D.F. México: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 19