English
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Etymology
As the plant and the textile, it derives from the Ar. ARchar|�ط� (qúţun).
As a placename, "Cotton" came from Anglo-Saxon cot-tūn, meaning "cottage farmstead".
As a surname, it comes from the placename. As a nickname, it comes from the plant material.

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-cotton.ogg|Audio (US)
IPA|/k�t�n/ (Aust,UK), /k��n/ (UK)
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-�t�n|-�t�n

Noun
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1. A plant that encases its seed in a thin fiber that is harvested and used as a fabric or cloth.
2. The textile that is harvested from the cotton plant.

Related terms
cotton candy
cotton pad
cotton to
cotton wool
cotton on

Translations
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Arabic: ARchar|�ط� IPAchar|(quţn, qúţun) m
Basque: algodoi, kotoin
Bosnian: pamuk#Bosnian|pamuk m
Bulgarian: пам�к (pamùk) m
Chinese: �� (miánhua)
Danish: bomuld
Dutch: katoen m, katoenplant m
Esperanto: kotono (raw), katuno (woven)
Finnish: puuvilla
Filipino: bulak
French: coton m
German: Baumwolle f
Hausa: àtáfááa
Hebrew: ��תנ� (kutna) f
Hungarian: pamut
Indonesian: kapas, kapuk, katun
Italian: cotone m
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Japanese: 綿 (��, wata), ���� (kotton)
Kurdish: KUchar|��ک��
Norwegian: bomull
Portuguese: algodão m
Romanian: bumbac m
Russian: �лопок m (khlópok), ва�а|ва��а (váta) f
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: пам�к#Serbian|пам�к m
:Roman: pamuk#Serbian|pamuk m
Slovene: bombaž m
Spanish: algodón m
Swedish: bomull
Telugu: పత�తి (patthi)
Turkish: pamuk#Turkish|pamuk
Ukrainian: бавовник (bavóvnyk) m
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Bosnian: pamuk#Bosnian|pamuk m
Bulgarian: пам�к (pamùk) m
Dutch: katoen n
German: Baumwolle f
Hebrew: ��תנ� (kutna) f
Hungarian: pamut
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Kurdish: KUchar|��ک��
Romanian: bumbac n
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: пам�к#Serbian|пам�к m
:Roman: pamuk#Serbian|pamuk m
Ukrainian: бавовна (bavóvna) f
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Adjective
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1. Made of cotton.

Translations
trans-top|made of cotton
Bosnian: pamu�ni#Bosnian|pamu�ni
Bulgarian: пам��ен (pamù�еn)
Danish: bomuld
German: baumwollen (rare), Baumwoll-, aus Baumwolle
Hungarian: pamut
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Kurdish: KUchar|��ک��
Romanian: de bumbac
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: пам��ни#Serbian|пам��ни
:Roman: pamu�ni#Serbian|pamu�ni
Slovene: bombažen m, bombažna f, bombažno n
Ukrainian: бавовн�ний (bavóvn�anyj, bavovn�ányj) m
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