dot

See also đốt, Dot, and DOT

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Old English dott.

Pronunciation

• (RP) enPR: dŏt, IPA: /dɒt/, X-SAMPA: /dQt/
• (GenAm) enPR: dät, IPA: /dɑt/, X-SAMPA: /dAt/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ɒt

Noun

dot (plural dots)

1. A small spot.

   a dot of colour

2. (grammar) A punctuation mark used to indicate the end of a sentence or an abbreviated part of a word; a full stop; a period.
3. A diacritical mark comprised of a dot above or below any of various letters of the Latin script. Examples include: Ȧ, Ạ, Ḅ, Ḃ, Ċ, etc.
4. (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.
5. One of the two symbols used in Morse code.
6. (obsolete) A lump or clot

Synonyms

• (small spot): speck, spot
• (at the end of a sentence or abbreviation): full stop (UK), period (US), point
• (as a diacritic): tittle (over the letters i and j )
• (mathematics): (in a decimal) decimal point
• (in Morse code): dit

Derived terms

terms derived from dot

centered dot, centred dot connect the dots dotcom dot-matrix printer dot product dottel

dottle dotty join the dots middle dot off one's dot the year dot

Translations

small spot or mark

Bengali: বিন্দু (bn) (bindu) Bulgarian: точка (bg) f., точица (bg) f. Chinese: Mandarin: trad. 小點, simpl. 小点 (xiǎodiǎn) Chinese Characters: trad. 點, simpl. 点 (diǎn) Czech: tečka (cs), bod (cs) Dutch: punt (nl) m. Estonian: täpp (et) Finnish: piste (fi), täplä (fi), pilkku (fi) French: point (fr) German: Punkt (de) m. Greek: κουκίδα (el) (koukída) f. Hungarian: pont (hu), pötty (hu) Irish: ponc (ga) m.

Italian: puntino (it) m. Japanese: 点 (てん, ten) Korean: 점 (點, jeom) Kurdish: leke (ku), teqme (ku) Latvian: punkts (lv) m. Lithuanian: taškas (lt) m., (diminutive) taškelis (lt) m., (diminutive) taškiukas (lt) m. Polish: kropka (pl) f., punkt (pl) m. Portuguese: ponto (pt) m. Russian: точка (ru) (tóčka) f. Spanish: punto (es) m. Swedish: prick (sv) c., fläck (sv) c. Turkish: nokta (tr) Ukrainian: крапка (uk) (krápka) f., точка (uk) (tóčka) f. Volapük: pün (vo), (diminutive) pünil (vo)

punctuation mark

Arabic: نقطة (ar) (núqTa) f., دوطة (ar) (duuTa) f. Bulgarian: точка (bg) f. Chinese: Mandarin: trad. 句點, simpl. 句点 (jùdiǎn) Czech: tečka (cs) Dutch: punt (nl) m. Esperanto: punkto (eo) Estonian: punkt (et) Finnish: piste (fi) French: point (fr) m. German: Punkt (de) m. Greek: τελεία (el) (teleía) f., στιγμή (el) (stigmí) f. Hungarian: pont (hu)

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

diacritical mark

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Maltese: please add this translation if you can O'odham: please add this translation if you can Polish: kropka f. Sanskrit: please add this translation if you can Spanish: please add this translation if you can Turkish: please add this translation if you can Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can Yoruba: please add this translation if you can

decimal point

Bulgarian: точка (bg) f. Chinese: Mandarin: trad. 小數點, simpl. 小数点 (xiǎoshùdiǎn) Czech: desetinná čárka (cs) Dutch: punt (nl) m. Finnish: piste (fi), desimaalipiste (fi); pilkku (fi), desimaalipilkku (fi) (Finnish uses comma instead of point) French: point (fr) m. German: Punkt (de) m. Greek: υποδιαστολή (el) (ypodiastolí) f.

Hungarian: tizedesjegy (hu), tizedesvessző (hu) Italian: punto (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) m. Russian: запятая (ru) (zapjatája) f. Spanish: punto (es) m. Swedish: punkt (sv) c.

morse code symbol

Bulgarian: точка (bg) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 點 (cmn), 点 (cmn) (diǎn) Chinese Characters: trad. 點, simpl. 点 (diǎn) Czech: tečka (cs) Dutch: punt (nl) m. Finnish: piste (fi) French: point (fr) m. German: Punkt (de) m. Greek: τελεία (el) (teleía) f., βραχύ (el) (vrachý) n.

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

dot in URL's or email addresses

Arabic: نقطة (ar) (núqTa) f., دوت (ar) (duut, dot) m. Bulgarian: точка (bg) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 點 (cmn), 点 (cmn) (diǎn) Czech: tečka (cs) French: point (fr) m. German: Punkt (de) m. Greek: τελεία (el) (teleía) f. Hungarian: pont (hu) Irish: ponc (ga) m.

Italian: punto (it) m. Japanese: ドット (ja) (dotto), 点 (ja) (てん, ten) Korean: 점 (ko) (jeom) (點) Polish: kropka (pl) f. Portuguese: ponto (pt) m. Russian: точка (ru) (tóčka) f., дот (ru) (dot) m. Spanish: punto (es) m. Swedish: punkt (sv) c. Turkish: nokta (tr) Ukrainian: крапка (uk) (krápka) f., дот (uk) (dot) m.

Verb

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

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

   His jacket was dotted with splashes of paint.

2. (transitive) To add a dot (the symbol) or dots to.

   Dot your is and cross your ts.

Derived terms

• dot do dot
• dot the i's and cross the t's

Anagrams

• DTO, ODT, tod

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔt

Noun

dot m. and f. (plural dotten, diminutive dotje)

1. cutie, something small and adorable
2. darling, sweetie (almost always used in its diminutive form - dotje)
3. (informal) a lot, a large amount

   een dot geld - a lot of money

4. a swab

Synonyms

• (cutie): kleintje
• (darling): schatje, liefje

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dos, dotis.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /dɔt/

Noun

dot f. (plural dots)

1. dowry, marriage portion

Derived terms

• coureur de dot

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Kurdish

Noun

dot f.

1. daughter

Related terms

• dotmam
• keç
• pis

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Latvian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *deh₃- (“to give”). Cognate with Lithuanian duoti (“to give”)

Verb

dot (third-person present tense dod, third-person past tense deva)

1. to give

Conjugation

conjugation of dot

infinitive (nenoteiksme)			dot
		singular (vienskaitlis)			plural (daudzskaitlis)
		1st person (pirmā persona)	2nd person (otrā persona)	3rd person (trešā persona)	1st person (pirmā persona)	2nd person (otrā persona)	3rd person (trešā persona)
indicative (īstenības izteiksme)		es	tu	viņš / viņa	mēs	jūs	viņi / viņas
	present (tagadne)	dodu	dod	dod	dodam	dodat	dod
	past (pagātne)	devu	devi	deva	devām	devāt	deva
	future (nākotne)	došu	dosi	dos	dosim	dosiet, dosit	dos
imperative (pavēles izteiksme)		-	(tu)	viņš / viņa	mēs	(jūs)	viņi / viņas
		—	dod	lai dod	dosim	dodiet	lai dod
subjunctive (vēlējuma izteiksme)		es	tu	viņš / viņa	mēs	jūs	viņi / viņas
		dotu	dotu	dotu	dotu	dotu	dotu
relative (atstāstījuma izteiksme)		es	tu	viņš / viņa	mēs	jūs	viņi / viņas
	present (tagadne)	dodot	dodot	dodot	dodot	dodot	dodot
	future (nākotne)	došot	došot	došot	došot	došot	došot
debitive (vajadzības izteiksme)		man	tev	viņam / viņai	mums	jums	viņiem / viņām
		jādod	jādod	jādod	jādod	jādod	jādod

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Lojban

Rafsi

dot

1. Rafsi of dotco.

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Malay

Noun

dot

1. nipple, teat

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Volapük

Noun

dot (plural dots)

1. doubt

Declension

declension of dot

	singular	plural
nominative	dot	dots
genitive	dota	dotas
dative	dote	dotes
accusative	doti	dotis
predicative	dotu	dotus
vocative	o dot!	o dots!