lacôte

Côte collides on its ASCII slug with two other words: the everyday noun côté ("side", see cote) and, without any accent at all, a separate word cote meaning a rating or quotation (a share's cote, a film's popularity rating). All three ultimately share the Latin root costa, but they are distinct words today - a seaside côte is not a côté, even though the accent is easy to drop by mistake. From "rib" the word stretched naturally to "coastline" (the rib-like curve of a shore) and to "slope" (a hillside, and by extension a steep bit of road).