Scott

English

Alternative forms

• (male given names): Scot, Scottie, Scotty

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skɒt/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɒt
• Homophones: scot, Scot

Proper noun

Scott (countable and uncountable, plural Scotts)

1. (countable) An English ethnic surname transferred from the nickname for someone with Scottish ancestry.
2. (countable) A male given name transferred from the surname.
3. A placename:
   1. A municipality of La Nouvelle-Beauce Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada.
   2. A town in the Rural Municipality of Tramping Lake No. 380, Saskatchewan, Canada.
   3. A number of places in the United States:
      1. An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Lonoke County and Pulaski County, Arkansas.
      2. An unincorporated community in Johnson County, Georgia.
      3. A small unincorporated community in Van Buren Township, LaGrange County, Indiana.
      4. A city in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana.
      5. An unincorporated community in Cole County, Missouri.
      6. A town in Cortland County, New York.
      7. A village in Paulding County and Van Wert County, Ohio.
      8. A former unincorporated community in Wood County, West Virginia.
      9. A town in Brown County, Wisconsin.
      10. A small town in Burnett County, Wisconsin.
      11. A small town in Columbia County, Wisconsin.
      12. A small town in Crawford County, Wisconsin.
      13. A town in Lincoln County, Wisconsin.
      14. A small town in Monroe County, Wisconsin.
      15. A town in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin.
      16. A number of townships in the United States, listed under Scott Township.

Derived terms

• Fort Scott
• Scott City
• Scott connection
• Scott continuity
• Scott-continuous
• Scott County
• Scott-open
• Scotts Bluff County
• Scottsboro
• Scottsburg
• Scottsville
• Scott topology

 

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Scott is the 36^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 439,530 individuals. Scott is most common among White (60.2%) and Black/African American (32.9%) individuals.

Noun

Scott (plural Scotts)

1. (philately, US, Canada) The Scott catalogue of postage stamps.

Interjection

Scott

1. Alternative form of great Scott
   • 1903, Mark Twain, The $30,000 Bequest:

     “Why, I have to find work for the thirty thousand that comes out of the coal, haven't I?”
     “Scott, what a head! I never thought of that. How are you getting along? Where have you arrived?”

See also

• Scot
• Scotus

 

Anagrams

• Cotts

Old English

Etymology

From Latin Scōtī, or from the same source.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃott/, [ʃot]

Proper noun

Sċott m

1. Scot (a Scottish person)
2. (in the plural) Scotland
3. Irish person

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	Sċott	Sċottas
accusative	Sċott	Sċottas
genitive	Sċottes	Sċotta
dative	Sċotte	Sċottum

Derived terms

• Sċottas
• Sċotland, Sċotta land
• Sċyttisċ

Descendants

• Middle English: Scot
  • English: Scot