iota

See also Iota, and IOTA

English

WOTD - 8 June 2008    

Ancient Greek Alphabet

← theta		→ kappa
Ι ι Ancient Greek: ἰῶτα
Wikipedia article on iota

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /aɪˈəʊtə/, SAMPA: /aI"@U.t@/
• Rhymes: -əʊtə
• (US) IPA: /aɪˈoʊtə/ or IPA: /ajˈowɾə/

• Audio (US)

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἰῶτα (iōta).

• (jot): In reference to a phrase in the New Testament: “until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the Law” (Mt 5:18), iota being the smallest letter of the Greek alphabet.

Noun

iota (plural iotas)

1. The ninth, and smallest, letter of the Greek alphabet.

   As a Greek numeral, iota represents ten.

   There are twelve iotas on that page.

2. A jot; a very small, inconsiderable quantity.

Synonyms

• (jot): See also Wikisaurus:modicum.

Translations

Greek letter

Arabic: إيوتا (ar) ('iyuutaa) f. Catalan: iota (ca) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 約塔 (zh), 约塔 (zh) (yāotǎ) Czech: jota f., iota (cs) f., ióta f. Dutch: jota (nl) c. Finnish: iota (fi) French: iota (fr) m. German: Jota (de) n.

Greek: γιώτα (el) (gióta) n., ιώτα (el) (ióta) n. Interlingua: iota (ia) Italian: iota (it) Japanese: イオタ (ja) (iota), イオータ (ja) (iōta) Korean: 요타 (ko) (yota) Polish: jota (pl) f. Portuguese: iota (pt) m. Russian: йота (ru) (jóta) f.

small amount

Catalan: iota (ca) f. Dutch: jota (nl) c. Finnish: hitunen (fi), hiven (fi) Interlingua: iota (ia) Italian: briciolo (it) m.

Polish: jota (pl) f. Portuguese: pingo (pt) m. Russian: йота (ru) (jóta) f. Spanish: poco (es)

Anagrams

• Oita, Ōita

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Catalan

Wikipedia ^ca

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἰῶτα (iōta).

• (jot): In reference to a phrase in the New Testament.

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA: /ˈjo.tə/ (central)
• Hyphenation: io‧ta

Noun

iota f. (plural iotes)

1. iota (Greek letter)
2. iota (small amount)

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French

Wikipedia ^fr

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἰῶτα (iōta).

Noun

iota m. inv.

1. iota (Greek letter)

Anagrams

• ôtai

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Italian

Wikipedia ^it

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἰῶτα (iōta).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈjɔːta/

Noun

iota m. and f. inv.

1. iota (Greek letter)
2. the letter j/J

Anagrams

• iato

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Spanish

Wikipedia ^es

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἰῶτα (iōta).

Noun

iota f. (plural iotas)

1. iota (Greek letter)