skaut

skaut m anim

1. scout (member of the scout movement)

From Old Norse skaut (“corner of a square cloth; corner of a sail or sheet; flap, skirt of a cloak; lap; a square piece of a cloth, kerchief”),^[1] akin to Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍄𐍃 (skauts, “projecting edge, fringe”), German Schoß.

• IPA^(key): /skøyːt/
• Rhymes: -øyːt

skaut n (genitive singular skauts, nominative plural skaut)

1. lap
2. headdress, hood
3. electrode

• (lap): kelta
• (electrode): rafskaut

• Suðurskautslandið (“Antarctica”)

skaut

1. first/third-person singular past indicative active of skjóta

• IPA^(key): /skaut/

skaut (transitive, 1st conjugation, present skauju, skauj, skauj, past skāvu)

1. to embrace
2. to hug

From Old Norse skaut.

skaut n (definite singular skautet, indefinite plural skaut, definite plural skauta or skautene)

1. a headscarf (often referring to traditional dress)

skaut

1. (non-standard since 2005) past tense of skyte

• “skaut” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /skæʉt/

From Old Norse skaut.

skaut n (definite singular skautet, indefinite plural skaut, definite plural skauta)

1. (clothing) a headscarf (often referring to traditional dress)
2. (nautical) corner on a sail, sometimes including its rope

skaut

1. past tense of skyta

• “skaut” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• kusta, skuta, stuka, sukat, tuska

Possibly from Proto-Germanic *skautaz m (“corner, wedge”), from the Proto-Indo-European root *(s)kewd- (“to throw, shoot, pursue, rush”). Related to skjóta. Cognates include English sheet.

skaut n

1. corner of a square cloth
2. corner of a sail or sheet
3. flap, skirt of a cloak
4. lap
5. headscarf, especially for women

• skjóta

• “skaut”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Borrowed from English scout, from Middle English scout, scoult, from Old French escoute, from escouter, from Latin auscultō.

• IPA^(key): /ˈskawt/

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• Rhymes: -awt
• Syllabification: skaut

skaut m pers (female equivalent skautka)

1. (scouting) scout (member of the scout movement)

• skaut in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• skaut in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• IPA^(key): /skǎut/
• Hyphenation: ska‧ut

skàut m (Cyrillic spelling ска̀ут)

1. scout (member of the scout movement)