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say it: skahts
scots is a noun and adjective meaning "the dialect of English used in Scotland". It is pronounced /ˈskɑts/ — skahts. It carries 2 recorded senses.
the dialect of English used in Scotland
Scotland
of or relating to or characteristic of Scotland or its people or culture or its English dialect or Gaelic language
“Scots Gaelic”
“the Scots community in New York”
“`Scottish' tends to be the more formal term as in `The Scottish Symphony' or `Scottish authors' or `Scottish mountains'”
“`Scotch' is in disfavor with Scottish people and is used primarily outside Scotland except in such frozen phrases as `Scotch broth' or `Scotch whiskey' or `Scotch plaid'”
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.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for scots come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.