côte

Definitions of côte
  1. noun
    a slope or hillside
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    coteau, flanc
    the side or slope of a hill
  2. noun
    a small cut of meat including part of a rib
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    tranche
    a piece of meat that has been cut from an animal carcass
  3. noun
    any of the 12 pairs of curved arches of bone extending from the spine to or toward the sternum in humans (and similar bones in most vertebrates)
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    os
    rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates
  4. noun
    the land along the edge of a body of water
    synonyms: bord, littoral
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    types:
    littoral
    the shore of a sea or ocean
    bord de la mer
    the shore of a sea or ocean regarded as a resort
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    géologie
    (geology) the geological features of the earth
  5. noun
    the shore of a sea or ocean
    synonyms: littoral
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    types:
    bord de la mer
    the shore of a sea or ocean regarded as a resort
    type of:
    bord, littoral
    the land along the edge of a body of water
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