cotonete
Spanish, noun/kotoˈnete/
cotonete is spelled C-O-T-O-N-E-T-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 41 million words in written Spanish, the 227,226th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cotonete is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “cotton swab” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Palillo con una o dos puntas cubiertas de algodón que se utiliza en medicina para recoger muestras y…”.
What does cotonete mean in English?
noun
- 1
Mexicomasculinecotton swab
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Palillo con una o dos puntas cubiertas de algodón que se utiliza en medicina para recoger muestras y, también, en cosmética e higiene personal.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of cotonete
- cotonetes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cotonete?
- /kotoˈnete/
- [ko.t̪oˈne.t̪e]
- [kot̪oˈnet̪e]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is cotonete in Spanish?
cotonete appears about once in every 41 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).