cabot

1. 1.

   son of John Cabot who was born in Italy and who led an English expedition in search of the Northwest Passage and a Spanish expedition that explored the La Plata region of Brazil; in 1544 he published a map of the world (1476-1557)

   SynonymsSebastian Cabot

   Broaderexplorercartographer
2. 2.

   Italian explorer who led the English expedition in 1497 that discovered the mainland of North America and explored the coast from Nova Scotia to Newfoundland (ca. 1450-1498)

   SynonymsJohn CabotGiovanni Cabato

   Broadernavigator

Other forms of cabot

plural

cabots·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about cabot

What does cabot mean?

cabot means "son of John Cabot who was born in Italy and who led an English expedition in search of the Northwest Passage and a Spanish expedition that explored the La Plata region of Brazil; in 1544 he published a map of the world (1476-1557)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in cabot?

cabot has 2 syllables: cab-ot. The stress falls on "cab". In IPA it is /ˈkæbət/.

What is another word for cabot?

Close synonyms include Sebastian Cabot, John Cabot, Giovanni Cabato. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cabot a common word?

cabot is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.