coto
French, noun/ko.to/
coto is spelled C-O-T-O (4 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written French, the 109,514th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Coto is a French feminine noun meaning “clipping of cotorep” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Nom usuel de Ocotea odorifera, arbre bolivien de la famille des Lauraceae (Lauracées), dont le bois possède…”.
What does coto mean in English?
noun
- 1
derogatoryfemininemasculineslangclipping of cotorep
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Nom usuel de Ocotea odorifera, arbre bolivien de la famille des Lauraceae (Lauracées), dont le bois possède une odeur camphrée.
noun: 1. Type de singe d’Amérique du Sud.
noun: 1. Personne en situation de handicap.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of coto
- cotos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce coto?
- /ko.to/
- \ko.to\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is coto in French?
coto appears about once in every 11 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).