lote

See also: LOTE, Lote, and löte

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ləʊt/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -əʊt

Etymology 1

From Middle English loten, lotien, from Old English *lotian, a variant (influenced by Old English lot (“fraud; deceit”)) of lutian (“to lie hid; be concealed; lurk; skulk; be latent”), from Proto-West Germanic *lutōn, from Proto-Germanic *lutōną (“to conceal; hide; lurk”). Cognate with Gothic 𐌻𐌿𐍄𐍉𐌽 (lutōn, “to deceive”).

Verb

lote (third-person singular simple present lotes, present participle loting, simple past and past participle loted)

1. (intransitive, archaic) To lurk; lie hidden

Derived terms

• loteby

Etymology 2

From Latin lotus, from Ancient Greek λωτός (lōtós, “lotus”). Doublet of lotus.

Noun

lote (plural lotes)

1. A large tree, of species Celtis australis (European nettle tree), found in the south of Europe, with a hard wood and cherry-like fruit.

   Synonym: lote tree

   • 2008, Elliott Colla (translator), Ibrahim al-Koni, Gold Dust:

     Then they led him to the sheikh of the tribe , a tall , lean , old man who held an elegant cane made of lote wood crowned by leather straps embossed with delicate patterns

Related terms

• lotus

References

• “lote”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• Celtis australis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Celtis australis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Celtis australis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• ELOT, Leto, telo-, tole

Dutch

Verb

lote

1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of loten

French

lote

Alternative forms

• lotte

Etymology

See lotte

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɔt/

• Audio (France (Toulouse)):

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Noun

lote f (plural lotes)

1. burbot (a freshwater fish: Lota lota)

Anagrams

• tôle

Friulian

Etymology

From Late Latin lucta, from Latin luctor.

Noun

lote f (plural lotis)

1. fight, struggle
2. conflict
3. wrestling

Related terms

• lotâ
• lotadôr

Galician

Etymology

Attested since circa 1750. From Proto-Germanic *hlutą (“lot, share”), either through Suevic or through Old French lot.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɔte̝/

Noun

lote m (plural lotes)

1. a quantity of things or persons

   Synonym: fato

   morreu un lote de homes construíndo a presa ― a lot of men died during the construction of the dam

2. set, group
3. faggot, bundle

   Synonym: feixe

4. lot, share

   Synonyms: partilla, sorte

5. (production) batch

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “lote”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “lote”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “lote”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

German

Pronunciation

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

  (file)

Verb

lote

1. inflection of loten:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
   3. singular imperative

Latin

Noun

lōte

1. vocative singular of lōtus

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

lote

1. past participle of lyta

Portuguese

Etymology 1

A Germanic borrowing, from Proto-West Germanic *hlut, from Proto-Germanic *hlutą (“lot, share”), either through Suevic or through Old French lot. The Germanic source could have instead been Gothic 𐌷𐌻𐌰𐌿𐍄𐍃 (hlauts).

Alternative forms

• lóte (superseded)

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlɔ.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlɔ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlɔ.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈlɔ.tɨ/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɔt͡ʃi, (Portugal) -ɔtɨ
• Hyphenation: lo‧te

Noun

lote m (plural lotes)

1. lot
2. plot (of land)
3. batch

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

lote

1. inflection of lotar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “lote”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “lote”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French lot.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlote/ [ˈlo.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ote
• Syllabification: lo‧te

Noun

lote m (plural lotes)

1. lot (chance assignment)
2. lot, claim
3. plot (of land)
4. (production) batch
5. (informatics) batch

Derived terms

• al lote
• autolote
• darse el lote
• lotear
• lotificar
• lotizar

Further reading

• “lote”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Swahili

Adjective

lote

1. ji class_(V) inflected form of -ote

Tagalog

Etymology

Etymology tree

French lotbor.

Spanish lotebor.

Tagalog lote

Borrowed from Spanish lote.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈlote/ [ˈloː.t̪ɛ]
• Rhymes: -ote
• Syllabification: lo‧te

Noun

lote (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓᜆᜒ)

1. lot; parcel of land

   Synonyms: sular, lagay ng lupa

2. batch; several goods taken as a group

Derived terms

• lotehin

Anagrams

• otel