cote
noun
a shelter, coop, or small shed for sheep, pigs, pigeons, etc.
côtes
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pluralof côte.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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We round out this week’s list with a great value côtes du rhône and a heritage red from southern Italy.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 31, 2022
The movement, an automatic Dubois-Dépraz 9000, is decorated with circular graining on the bridges and a snailed côtes de Genève motif on the rotor.
From New York Times ● Apr. 25, 2013
Eh, believe me, Messieurs, give no more côtes mal taillées to men of letters; too proud to receive favors, they are often too much in distress to endure losses.
From Beaumarchais and the War of American Independence by Elizabeth S. Kite
For we have seen a French geography-book in which Côtentin was explained to mean the land of coasts; the peninsular shape of the district gave it "trois côtes," and so it was called Côtentin.
From Sketches of Travel in Normandy and Maine by William Holden Hutton
As they retreated, the French occupied the villages of Vaux and Damloup, at the foot of the côtes.
From World's War Events, Vol. II by Francis J. (Francis Joseph) Reynolds
