lido

See also: Lido, līdõ, and lí do

English

Etymology

After Lido (Lido di Venezia), an island with a long beach in Venice, Italy, site of Europe’s first modern beach resort (1857), from Italian lido (“beach, shore”), from Latin litus (“shore”) (hence also English littoral (“of the shore”)). The name is aspirational, evoking glamorous Venice; compare Venetian Pool, another outdoor pool named for Venice.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaɪ.dəʊ/, /ˈliː.dəʊ/
• Rhymes: -aɪdəʊ
• Rhymes: -iːdəʊ

Noun

lido (plural lidos)

Tinside Pool in Plymouth

1. (British) Part of the sea by a beach sectioned off for swimming and other aquatic activities.
2. (British) An outdoor swimming pool.

Usage notes

• The first pronunciation (with /aɪ/) is more common, but the second more closely imitates the Italian pronunciation.

Derived terms

• lido deck

Related terms

• Lido

Translations

part of sea

• Finnish: uimaranta (fi)
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outdoor swimming pool

• Czech: koupaliště (cs) n
• Danish: friluftsbad (da) n
• Finnish: maauimala (fi)
• German: Freibad (de), Badi (de) (Switzerland)

  Alemannic German: Badi

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• Slovene: kúpalisko

Anagrams

• Lodi, OLDI, diol, idol, loid, olid

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Galician

Verb

1. masculine singular past participle of ler

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin litus (“shore”).

Noun

lido m (plural lidi)

1. shore

Derived terms

• Lido

Anagrams

• doli, lodi, Lodi

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Latvian

Verb

lido

1. (deprecated template usage) 2nd person singular present indicative form of lidot
2. (deprecated template usage) 3rd person singular present indicative form of lidot
3. (deprecated template usage) 3rd person plural present indicative form of lidot
4. (deprecated template usage) 2nd person singular imperative form of lidot
5. (with the particle lai) (deprecated template usage) 3rd person singular imperative form of lidot
6. (with the particle lai) (deprecated template usage) 3rd person plural imperative form of lidot

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Portuguese

Etymology 1

Adjective

1. well-read

Related terms

• ler

Verb

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Etymology 2

Verb 2

lido

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