โคตร
extremely
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- 1 extremely、damn、as hell
- 2 lineage、ancestry、clan、generation (in a family line)
This word originally refers to ancestry or a family line. In modern casual speech, it is commonly used as a forceful intensifier meaning “extremely” or “damn.”
extremely、damn、as hell
It forcefully emphasizes that a quality or state is far beyond the ordinary degree, often conveying strong emotion.
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โคตรอร่อย khôot àrɔ̀ɔy It’s damn delicious. โคตรอร่อย details
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หนังเรื่องนี้โคตรสนุก nǎŋ rʉ̂aŋ níi khôot sanùk This movie is insanely fun. หนังเรื่องนี้โคตรสนุก details
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วันนี้โคตรเหนื่อย wan níi khôot nʉ̀ay I’m exhausted as hell today. วันนี้โคตรเหนื่อย details
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แพงโคตร ๆ phɛɛŋ khôot khôot It’s ridiculously expensive. แพงโคตร ๆ details
lineage、ancestry、clan、generation (in a family line)
It refers to a line of descent or the family descended from a common ancestor. It can also appear in expressions that count generations.
Learning notes
Explanation
In modern everyday speech, learners are more likely to hear โคตร as an intensifier than as a noun meaning “lineage.” As an intensifier, it usually comes before a word describing a quality or state, as in โคตรดี (“damn good”), โคตรสวย (“extremely beautiful”), and โคตรหิว (“starving”). It may also follow the emphasized word and be repeated, as in แพงโคตร ๆ, which sounds especially emotional and emphatic. It can intensify both positive and negative statements, but it often carries strong feelings such as excitement, amazement, anger, or frustration. As a noun, it refers to ancestral descent or a clan. This older sense is now commonly encountered in compounds such as โคตรเหง้า and โคตรวงศ์, as well as expressions involving generations, such as ชั่วโคตร.
Usage
As an intensifier, it is common in conversations among close friends, social media, and chats. Speakers use it for enthusiastic reactions to food, movies, or games and for forceful complaints about exhaustion, hunger, prices, and similar experiences. In its lineage sense, it appears in discussions of ancestry, set expressions, and statements that invoke someone’s ancestors or entire family line.
Caution
As an intensifier, โคตร is highly informal and can sound crude or disrespectful. Avoid it with senior people, strangers, customers, and in formal workplace settings; มาก, มาก ๆ, or สุด ๆ are safer alternatives. The standard spelling is โคตร. The frequently seen spelling โครต is incorrect. Expressions that combine โคตร with someone’s parents or ancestors can be severe personal insults, not merely casual emphasis.
Differences from similar words
1 extremely synonyms
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มาก is the standard, neutral word for “very.” โคตร is much more forceful, emotional, and rough.
2 lineage synonyms
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ตระกูล is a common, neutral word for a family, house, or clan. โคตร focuses more strongly on ancestral descent and is now often encountered in set expressions and compounds.
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วงศ์สกุล is a formal word for lineage or family descent. โคตร has a similar ancestral sense, but as a standalone word it is less suitable as a neutral everyday term and may sound rough in some contexts.