lottery

English

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Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈlɒtə(ɹ)i/ X-SAMPA: /"lQt@(r)i/
• (US) IPA: /ˈlɑːɾɚɹi/

Etymology

from Italian lotteria, from the same root as Old English hlot (cognate with lot).

Noun

lottery (plural lotteries)

1. A scheme for the distribution of prizes by lot or chance, especially a gaming scheme in which one or more tickets bearing particular numbers draw prizes, the other tickets are blanks.
2. (figuratively) An affair of chance.
3. (obsolete, Shakespeare) Allotment; a thing allotted.

Translations

scheme for the distribution of prizes by lot or chance

• Burmese: ထီ (my) (hti)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 抽獎 (cmn), 抽奖 (cmn) (chōujiǎng), 抽彩 (cmn) (chōucǎi), 樂透 (cmn), 乐透 (cmn) (lètòu)

• Czech: loterie (cs) f
• Dutch: loting, loterij, lottrekking
• Esperanto: loterio (eo)
• Finnish: arpajaiset (fi) pl, arvonta (fi)
• French: loterie (fr) f
• German: Lotterie (de) f
• Hungarian: lottó (hu)

• Icelandic: happdrætti (is) n, lottó (is) n
• Italian: lotteria (it) f
• Japanese: 宝くじ (ja) (たからくじ, takarakuji)
• Jèrriais: lot'tie f
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: هایبه‌خت

• Macedonian: лотарија (mk) (lotárija) f
• Malayalam: ഭാഗ്യക്കുറി (bhaagyakkuRi)
• Romanian: loterie (ro) f
• Russian: лотерея (ru) (lotɛréja) f 

affair of chance

• Dutch: loterij (nl)
• Finnish: arpapeli, onnenpeli

• Hungarian: lutri (hu)
• Malayalam: ഭാഗ്യക്കുറി (bhaagyakkuRi)

archaic: allotment

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Translations to be checked

• Spanish: lotería f

• Swedish: lotteri n