What does scottish mean?
Definitions for scottish
ˈskɒt ɪʃscot·tish
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word scottish.
Princeton's WordNet
Scottish, Scots, Scots Englishadjective
the dialect of English used in Scotland
Scots, Scottish, Scotchadjective
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'"
Wiktionary
Scottishadjective
Of a person, native to or born in Scotland.
Scottishadjective
Of a thing or concept, of or pertaining to Scotland.
Scottishnoun
The people of Scotland.
Etymology: From Scot + -ish.
ChatGPT
scottish
Scottish generally refers to anything related to Scotland, a country in the United Kingdom located in the northern part of Great Britain. This includes its culture, people, geography, history, music, languages (such as Scottish Gaelic and Scots), foods, and traditions. A person who is Scottish is someone who is from Scotland or of Scottish descent.
Webster Dictionary
Scottishadjective
of or pertaining to the inhabitants of Scotland, their country, or their language; as, Scottish industry or economy; a Scottish chief; a Scottish dialect
Etymology: [From Scot a Scotchman: cf. AS. Scyttisc, and E. Scotch, a., Scots, a.]
British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'scottish' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #979
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'scottish' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2679
Adjectives Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'scottish' in Adjectives Frequency: #122
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of scottish in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of scottish in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of scottish in a Sentence
I feel everything that I’ve done the last 24 years, from my card and what I’ve played and committed throughout the years – 389 tournaments that I’ve played on the European tour, holding two tour cards but still staying as committed as I’ve been to the European tour like I have - I wanted to play [the Scottish Open].
The leaders of the other main political parties and I promised extensive new powers for the Scottish Parliament -- a vow -- with a clear process and timetable, and now, here we have it: new powers for Scotland, built to last, securing our united future.
There is uncertainty around the world, every time there's any election there will be a period where clients and candidates step back and slow down their decision making, we saw it with the Scottish referendum (in 2014), we saw it with the general election (last year), and I'm sure we will see it with an EU referendum that is imminent here.
The Scottish Government will get new borrowing powers – so that it can manage its budget effectively and invest up to 3 billion pounds in vital infrastructure, while being accountable to the Scottish people for its decisions.
I’ve been a fishmonger for 35 years and I have never seen a halibut this size, i’ve done big fish before but this is off the scale. It’s the biggest Scottish fish I have ever seen.
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