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  • hottentot — hottentot, ote [ ɔtɑ̃to, ɔt ] adj. et n. • 1685; mot holl. « bégayeur » ♦ Relatif à un peuple de pasteurs nomades de l Afrique du Sud Ouest (parfois appliqué abusivement aux Bochimans, leurs voisins). Population hottentote. Spécialt Vénus… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Hottentot — Hot ten*tot, n. [D. Hottentot; so called from hot and tot, two syllables of frequent occurrence in their language. Wedgwood.] 1. (Ethnol.) One of a degraded [1913 Webster] 2. The language of the Hottentots, which is remarkable for its clicking… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Hottentot cherry — Hottentot Hot ten*tot, n. [D. Hottentot; so called from hot and tot, two syllables of frequent occurrence in their language. Wedgwood.] 1. (Ethnol.) One of a degraded [1913 Webster] 2. The language of the Hottentots, which is remarkable for its… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Hottentot's bread — Hottentot Hot ten*tot, n. [D. Hottentot; so called from hot and tot, two syllables of frequent occurrence in their language. Wedgwood.] 1. (Ethnol.) One of a degraded [1913 Webster] 2. The language of the Hottentots, which is remarkable for its… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • *hottentot — ● hottentot nom masculin Langue du groupe khoisan, proche du bochiman, parlée principalement en Namibie par environ 100 000 locuteurs. ● hottentot, hottentote adjectif Relatif aux Hottentots. ● hottentot, hottentote (expressions) adjectif La… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Hottentot god — or Hottentot s god noun Praying mantis • • • Main Entry: ↑Hottentot …   Useful english dictionary

  • Hottentot's god — Hottentot god or Hottentot s god noun Praying mantis • • • Main Entry: ↑Hottentot …   Useful english dictionary

  • Hottentot — ► NOUN & ADJECTIVE ▪ used to refer to the Khoikhoi peoples of South Africa and Namibia. USAGE The word Hottentot is now regarded as offensive with reference to people (where Khoikhoi or, specifically, Nama, are the standard terms) but is still… …   English terms dictionary

  • Hottentot — 1670s, from S.African Dutch, said to mean stammerer, it is from hot en tot hot and tot, nonsense words imitative of the clicking, jerking Khoisan speech …   Etymology dictionary

  • Hottentot — [hät′ n tät΄] n. [Afrik, lit., hot & tot, echoic of click consonants characteristic of their language] 1. a member of a nomadic pastoral people of SW Africa 2. the Khoisan language of this people adj. of the Hottentots or their language or… …   English World dictionary

  • Hottentot Venus — Sarah Baartman (* etwa 1789 am Gamtoos River, Südafrika; † 29. Dezember 1815 in Paris) gelangte als Hottentot Venus, französisch Vénus hottentote, in Europa zu Weltruhm. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Biographie 1.1 Herkunft 1.2 London 1.3 Englische… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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