hottentot
French, noun/ɔ.tɑ̃.to/
hottentot is spelled H-O-T-T-E-N-T-O-T (9 letters) and appears about once in every 28 million words in written French, the 170,198th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hottentot is a French masculine noun meaning “Hottentot (language)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ancien nom des langues khoïsan parlé par les peuples khoïkhoï et bochiman”.
What does hottentot mean in English?
adjective
- 1
Hottentot
noun
- 1
masculineHottentot (language)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Relatif au peuple khoïkhoï.
noun: 1. Ancien nom des langues khoïsan parlé par les peuples khoïkhoï et bochiman.
noun: 1. Membre d'un peuple qui vit dans le sud de l'Afrique.
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 hottentot
- hottentote feminine
- hottentots masculine plural
- hottentotes feminine plural
- Hottentots plural
- Hottentote feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hottentot?
- /ɔ.tɑ̃.to/
- ^((h aspiré))\ɔ.tɑ̃.to\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is hottentot in French?
hottentot appears about once in every 28 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).