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[edit] English

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[edit] Pronunciation

IPA: /dɒt/
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Rhymes: -ɒt

[edit] Noun

Singular
dot

Plural
dots

dot (plural dots)

A small spot.

a dot of colour
(grammar) A punctuation mark used to indicate the end of a sentence or an abbreviated part of a word; a full stop; a period.
(orthography): A diacritic mark which may combined with letters in Central European languages such as Vietnamese
(mathematics) A symbol used for separating the fractional part of a decimal number from the whole part, for indicating multiplication or a scalar product, or for various other purposes.
One of the two symbols used in Morse code.
(obsolete) A lump or clot

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(small spot): speck, spot
(at the end of a sentence or abbreviation): (British) full stop, (US) period; point
(mathematics): (in a decimal) decimal point
(in Morse code): dit
(Internet) dot symbol used in internet (URL) or email addresses as a separator.

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terms derived from dot

[edit] Translations

small spot or mark

Chinese:

Mandarin: trad. 小點, simpl. 小点 (xiǎodiǎn)
Chinese Characters: trad. 點, simpl. 点 (diǎn)
Dutch: punt nl(nl) m.
Finnish: piste fi(fi), täplä fi(fi)
French: point fr(fr)
German: Punkt de(de) m.
Greek: κουκίδα el(el) (kukíða) f.
Irish: ponc
Italian: puntino it(it) m.

Japanese: 点 (てん, ten)
Korean: 점 (點, jeom)
Kurdish: leke ku(ku), teqme ku(ku)
Latvian: punkts m.
Polish: kropka pl(pl) f., punkt pl(pl) m.
Portuguese: ponto pt(pt) m.
Russian: точка ru(ru) (tóčka) f.
Spanish: punto es(es) m.
Swedish: prick sv(sv) c., fläck sv(sv) c.
Ukrainian: крапка uk(uk) (krápka) f., точка uk(uk) (tóčka) f.

punctuation mark indicating end of sentence or an abbreviation; full stop; period

Arabic: نقطة ar(ar) (núqTa) f., دوطة ar(ar) (duuTa) f.
Chinese:

Mandarin: trad. 句點, simpl. 句点 (jùdiǎn)
Dutch: punt nl(nl) m.
Finnish: piste fi(fi)
French: point fr(fr) m.
German: Punkt de(de) m.
Greek: τελεία el(el) (telía) f., στιγμή el(el) (stigmí) f.
Italian: punto it(it) m.

Japanese: 終止符 (しゅうしふ, shūshifu), 点 ja(ja) (てん, ten)
Korean: 온점 (-點, onjeom)
Kurdish: niqte ku(ku), xal ku(ku)
Latvian: punkts m.
Polish: kropka pl(pl) f.
Portuguese: ponto pt(pt) m.
Russian: точка ru(ru) (tóčka) f.
Spanish: punto es(es) m.
Swedish: punkt sv(sv) c.

decimal point

Chinese:

Mandarin: trad. 小數點, simpl. 小数点 (xiǎoshùdiǎn)
Dutch: punt nl(nl) m.
Finnish: piste fi(fi)
French: point fr(fr) m.
German: Punkt de(de) m.
Greek: υποδιαστολή el(el) (ipoðiastolí) f.
Italian: punto it(it) m.

Korean: 소수점 (小數點, sosujeom)
Kurdish: niqte, xal
Latvian: punkts m.
Polish: przecinek m. (as decimal comma), kropka f. (as decimal period)
Portuguese: ponto pt(pt) m.
Russian: запятая ru(ru) (zapjatája) f.
Spanish: punto es(es) m.
Swedish: punkt sv(sv) c.

morse code symbol

Chinese:

Mandarin: 點 cmn(cmn), 点 cmn(cmn) (diǎn)
Chinese Characters: trad. 點, simpl. 点 (diǎn)
Dutch: punt nl(nl) m.
Finnish: piste fi(fi)
French: point fr(fr) m.
German: Punkt de(de) m.
Greek: τελεία el(el) (telía) f., βραχύ el(el) (vrakhí) n.
Italian: punto it(it) m.

Korean: 점 (點, jeom)
Kurdish: niqte, xal
Latvian: punkts m.
Polish: kropka pl(pl) f.
Portuguese: ponto pt(pt) m.
Russian: точка ru(ru) (tóčka) f.
Spanish: punto es(es) m.
Swedish: punkt sv(sv) c.

dot in URL's or email addresses

Arabic: نقطة ar(ar) (núqTa) f., دوت ar(ar) (duut, dot) m.
Chinese:

Mandarin: 點 cmn(cmn), 点 cmn(cmn) (diǎn)
French: point fr(fr) m.
German: Punkt de(de) m.
Greek: τελεία el(el) (telía) f.
Italian: punto it(it) m.
Japanese: ドット ja(ja) (dotto), 点 ja(ja) (てん, ten)

Korean: 점 ko(ko) (jeom) (點)
Polish: kropka pl(pl) f.
Portuguese: ponto pt(pt) m.
Russian: точка ru(ru) (tóčka) f., дот ru(ru) (dot) m.
Spanish: punto es(es) m.
Swedish: punkt sv(sv) c.
Ukrainian: крапка uk(uk) (krápka) f., дот uk(uk) (dot) m.

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Estonian: punkt

[edit] Verb

Infinitive
to dot

Third person singular
dots

Simple past
dotted

Past participle
dotted

Present participle
dotting

to dot (third-person singular simple present dots, present participle dotting, simple past and past participle dotted)

(transitive) To cover with small spots (of some liquid).

His jacket was dotted with splashes of paint.
(transitive) To add a dot (the symbol) or dots to.

Dot your is and cross your ts.

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[edit] Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dos.

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IPA: /dɔt/

[edit] Noun

dot f. (plural dots)

dowry, marriage portion

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coureur de dot

Fortune-hunter

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dot f.

daughter

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[edit] Latvian

[edit] Etymology

Cognate with Lithuanian duoti (“‘to give’”)

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dot

to give

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[edit] Noun

dot

nipple, teat

dot

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