hottentots

Meaning of hottentots

plural noun

a Khoikhoi person.

Dutch, of uncertain origin: said to be a repetitive formula in a Nama dancing song, transferred by Dutch sailors to the people themselves, or from German hotteren-totteren ‘stutter’ (with reference to their language, in which clicking sounds are used).

Information about hottentots

  • It is a name.
  • The singular form of hottentots is: hottentot.
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Hyphenation of hottentots

hot-ten-tots

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 10 chars.
  • hottentots is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

Words that rhyme with hottentots

tots, paletots, viretots, Hottentots, stots

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