jota

See also Jota

English

Wikipedia

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA: /ˈhoʊtə/

Etymology

From Spanish jota.

Noun

jota (plural jotas)

1. A traditional popular dance of the Iberian peninsula with regional variations.
2. The music to which this dance is set, normally of 3/4 or 6/8 time.

Translations

Iberian dance style

• Catalan: jota (ca) f

• Spanish: jota (es) f

Iberian music style

• Catalan: jota (ca) f

• Spanish: jota (es) f

Anagrams

• jato, JATO

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Catalan

Wikipedia ^ca

Etymology 1

From Latin iota.

Noun

jota f (plural jotes)

1. The Latin letter J (lowercase j).

Etymology 2

Wikipedia ^ca

Noun

jota f (plural jotes)

1. jota (Iberian folk dance).
2. jota (music to which a jota is danced)

Hyponyms

• mateixa

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Czech

Noun

jota n

1. iota (Greek letter)

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Dutch

Wikipedia ^nl

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈjoː.taː/

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἰῶτα (iōta). The sense "small amount" developed 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

jota f (plural jota's, diminutive jotaatje)

1. iota (Greek letter)
2. (negative polarity item) iota (small amount)

   Ik snap er geen jota van.

   I don’t understand a thing of it.

Synonyms

• (small amount): snars, (vulgar) bal, reet, hol

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Finnish

Etymology

inflected form of joka

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: jo‧ta
• Rhymes: -otɑ
• IPA: [ˈjotɑ]

Pronoun

jota

1. Partitive singular form of joka.
2. (relative) who, which, that.

   • Nainen, jota en näe,...
     • The woman (who/that) I don't see...

3. (relative) who(m), which, that.

   • Nainen, jota varten ostin kukkia,...
     • The woman for whom I bought flowers... / The woman (that/who) I bought flowers for...

Anagrams

• ajot, jaot, ojat

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French

Etymology

From Spanish jota

Pronunciation

• IPA: /xo.ta/

Noun

jota m (plural jotas)

1. jota (dance)

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Gothic

Romanization

jōta

1. See 𐌾𐍉𐍄𐌰

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Carioca) IPA: /ˈʒɔtɐ/
• (Brazil) IPA: /ˈʒɔta/
• Homophone: Jota

Etymology 1

From Latin iota, from Ancient Greek ἰῶτα (“iota”), from Semitic.

Noun

jota m (plural jotas)

1. jay (name of the letter J, j)

Related terms

• iota

Coordinate terms

• i, cá/capa

Etymology 2

From Spanish jota (“jota”), from earlier xota, from Mozarabic *šáwta, from Latin saltō (“I dance”).

Noun

jota f (plural jotas)

1. jota (dance)
2. jota (music)

Related terms

• saltar
• salto

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Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA: /ˈxot̪a/

Etymology 1

From Latin iota, from Ancient Greek ἰῶτα (“iota”).

Noun

jota f (plural jotas)

1. jot; iota
2. the name of the letter j
3. a jack in a deck of cards

Etymology 2

Noun

jota f (plural jotas)

1. (Mexico) gay male

   ¡Ay que jota!

Synonyms

• (gay male): maricón

Etymology 3

Wikipedia ^es

From older xota, from Mozarabic *šáwta, from Latin saltō (“I dance”).

Noun

jota f (plural jotas)

1. jota (Iberian folk dance)
2. jota (music to which a jota is danced)

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Swedish

Noun

jota n

1. (negative polarity item) iota (small amount)

Usage notes

Almost exclusively used in the expression inte ett jota (“not the slightest, not at all, nothing”).