-ote
French, suffix
-ote is spelled O-T-E (3 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written French, the 24,887th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). -ote is a French feminine suffix meaning “suffix indicating provenance” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a female equivalent of -ot. On this page, ôte is a different word: “first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive”. On this page, ôté is a different word: “past participle of ôter”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Suffixe servant à former des noms d’habitant (gentilés), des noms de peuple, des noms de langue…”.
What does -ote mean in English?
suffix
- 1
femininemasculinesuffix indicating provenance
Caire + -ote → cairote, Cairote
suffix
- 1
femininefemale equivalent of -ot
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of ôter
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
preposition: 1. En exceptant, sauf.
suffix: 1. Suffixe servant à former des noms d’habitant (gentilés), des noms de peuple, des noms de langue (glottonymes), souvent du Proche-Orient, ainsi que les adjectifs correspondant.
suffix: 1. Suffixe servant à créer des mots féminins à partir de radicaux de noms, de noms propres, de verbes.
noun: 1. Hibou moyen-duc.
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 -ote
- ôtée feminine
- ôtés masculine plural
- ôtées feminine plural
- otes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is -ote in French?
-ote appears 1.5 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).