loteria

See also: lotéria, lotería, and loterią

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French loterie or Spanish lotería.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Central) [lu.təˈɾi.ə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [lo.təˈɾi.ə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [lo.teˈɾi.a]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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• Rhymes: -ia
• Hyphenation: lo‧te‧ri‧a

Noun

loteria f (plural loteries)

1. lottery

Further reading

• “loteria”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “loteria” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “loteria”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Polish

Etymology

Internationalism; compare English lottery, French loterie, German Lotterie. Ultimately, from Italian lotteria. By surface analysis, lotto +‎ -eria.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɔˈtɛ.rja/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛrja
• Syllabification: lo‧te‧ria

Noun

loteria f (diminutive loteryjka)

1. (gambling) lottery, sweepstake (scheme for the distribution of prizes by lot or chance)

   Hypernym: gra

2. (figuratively) lottery (something decided by chance)

   Synonyms: totek, totolotek

Declension

Declension of loteria

	singular	plural
nominative	loteria	loterie
genitive	loterii	loterii/loteryj (archaic)
dative	loterii	loteriom
accusative	loterię	loterie
instrumental	loterią	loteriami
locative	loterii	loteriach
vocative	loterio	loterie

Derived terms

adjective

• loteryjny

Derived terms

noun

• loteryjność

Further reading

• “loteria”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “loteria”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• lotaria (Portugal)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /lo.teˈɾi.ɐ/

• Hyphenation: lu‧te‧ri‧a

Noun

loteria f (plural loterias)

1. (Brazil) lottery

Related terms

• casa lotérica
• lotérico

Further reading

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