hotte

Borrowed from Frankish *hotta (“basket”).

• ^{(aspirated h)} IPA^(key): /ɔt/
• Rhymes: -ɔt

hotte f (plural hottes)

1. carrying basket, burden basket

   la hotte du Père Noël ― Santa Claus's sack

2. hood (metal covering that leads to a vent to suck away smoke or fumes)

   Synonym: hotte aspirante

   1. kitchen hood, extractor hood (electrical kitchen device fitted over a cooker and connected to a flue designed to suck off any vapours from cooking)
   2. fume hood (ventilated compartment in which chemical procedures may be undertaken without the escape of noxious fumes into the local environment)

• hottée

• “hotte”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.