lotus

English

Nelumbo lutea, the American lotus

Etymology

From Latin lōtus

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -əʊtəs

Noun

lotus (plural lotuses or loti)

1. A kind of aquatic plant, genus Nelumbo in the family Nelumbonaceae.
2. A water lily, genus Nymphaea, especially those of Egypt or India.
3. A legendary plant eaten by the Lotophagi of the Odyssey that caused drowsiness and euphoria.
4. A number of other plants bearing "lotus" in their scientific or common names.
5. An architectural motif of ancient Egyptian temples.

Translations

flower, Nelumbo

• Armenian: լոտոս (hy) (lotos)
• Bengali: পদ্ম (bn) (padma)
• Burmese: ကြာ (my) (kya), ကြာပန်း (my) (kyaban:)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: trad. 蓮花, simpl. 莲花 (Jyutping: lin4 faa1)

  Mandarin: 蓮 (cmn), 莲 (cmn) (lián), 蓮花 (cmn), 莲花 (cmn) (liánhuā)

  Min Nan: 蓮花 (nan) (liân-hue), 蓮 (nan) (liân)

• Czech: lotos (cs) m
• Estonian: lootos (et)
• French: lotus (fr) m
• Georgian: ლოტოსი (ka) (lotosi)
• German: Hornklee (de) m, Lotos (de) m, Lotosblume (de) f, Lotus (de) m
• Greek: λωτός (el) (lotós) m
• Hebrew: לוטוס (he) (lotus) m
• Hindi: कमल (hi) (kamal) m
• Hungarian: lótusz (hu)
• Icelandic: lótus (is) m, lótusblóm (is) n
• Indonesian: bunga seroja
• Italian: loto (it) m
• Japanese: ロータス (ja) (rōtasu), 蓮 (ja) (はす, hasu)

• Korean: 연꽃 (ko) (yeonkkot)
• Latin: lotus (la) n
• Lithuanian: lotosas (lt) m
• Malay: teratai
• Persian: نیلوفر آبی (fa) (nilufar-e âbi), لوتوس (fa) (lotus)
• Polish: lotos (pl) m
• Romanian: lotus (ro) m
• Russian: лотос (ru) (lótos) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: локвањ (sh) m, ло̏тос (sh) m

  Roman: lokvanj (sh) m, lȍtos (sh) m

• Slovene: lótos (sl) m
• Spanish: loto (es) m
• Swahili: yungiyungi la kimisri (sw), lotasi (sw)
• Tamil: தாமரை (tāmarai), கமலம் (kamalam)
• Telugu: తామరపుష్పం (te) (tāmarapuSpam)
• Thai: บัวหลวง (th)
• Turkish: nilüfer (tr)
• Urdu: کمل (ur) (kamal) m
• Vietnamese: Họ Sen (vi), hoa sen (vi), liên (vi) (蓮 (vi))

See also

• lotus position

Anagrams

• louts

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French

Etymology

From Latin lōtus

Pronunciation

• IPA: /lɔ.tys/

Noun

lotus m (plural lotuses)

1. lotus

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈloː.tus/

Etymology 1

Perfect passive participle of lavō (“wash”).

Participle

lōtus m (feminine lōta, neuter lōtum); first/second declension

1. washed, bathed, having been washed
2. elegant, luxurious
3. fashionable, refined

Inflection

Number	Singular				Plural
Case \ Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
nominative	lōtus	lōta	lōtum		lōtī	lōtae	lōta
genitive	lōtī	lōtae	lōtī		lōtōrum	lōtārum	lōtōrum
dative	lōtō	lōtae	lōtō		lōtīs	lōtīs	lōtīs
accusative	lōtum	lōtam	lōtum		lōtōs	lōtās	lōta
ablative	lōtō	lōtā	lōtō		lōtīs	lōtīs	lōtīs
vocative	lōte	lōta	lōtum		lōtī	lōtae	lōta

Alternative forms

• lautus

Noun

lōtus (genitive lōtūs); m, fourth declension

1. a washing, bathing

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	lōtus	lōtūs
genitive	lōtūs	lōtuum
dative	lōtuī	lōtibus
accusative	lōtum	lōtūs
ablative	lōtū	lōtibus
vocative	lōtus	lōtūs

Etymology 2

lōtus (Egyptian water lily)

Variant form of lōtos, from Ancient Greek λωτός (lōtos).

Noun

lōtus (genitive lōtī); m, second declension

1. The Egyptian lotus flower, Nymphaea caerulea
2. The date-plum, Diospyros lotus
3. The mythical lotus tree, possibly Ziziphus lotus

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	lōtus	lōtī
genitive	lōtī	lōtōrum
dative	lōtō	lōtīs
accusative	lōtum	lōtōs
ablative	lōtō	lōtīs
vocative	lōte	lōtī

Alternative forms

• lōtos

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Romanian

Etymology

From Latin lōtus

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈlotus]

Noun

lotus m (plural lotuși)

1. lotus

Declension

declension of lotus

	singular		plural
gender m	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	un lotus	lotusul	niște lotuși	lotușii
genitive/dative	unui lotus	lotusului	unor lotuși	lotușilor