Scottish
pronunciation
How to pronounce Scottish in British English:
UK [ˈskɒtɪʃ]
How to pronounce Scottish in American English:
US [ˈskɑːtɪʃ]
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- Noun:
- the dialect of English used in Scotland
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- Adjective:
- of or relating to or characteristic of Scotland or its people or culture or its English dialect or Gaelic language
Word Origin
- Scottish (adj.)
- late Old English Scottisc; see Scot + -ish. Related: Scottishness.
Example
- 1. Fewer scottish ambulances responded quickly to potentially life-threatening emergency calls .
- 2. But 42 % of non-whites in scotland , most of them muslim , are happy to declare themselves scottish .
- 3. No doubt the english ministers will be studying the scottish debate closely .
- 4. One reason is that scottish academics have got better at making money from their research .
- 5. Kate 's middle-class family was invited to the queen 's scottish estate last month .