loto

See also: LOTO and lô tô

English

Noun

loto

1. Archaic form of lotto.
   • 1857, Lectures delivered before the Young Men's Christian Association: Volume 12 (page 96)

     The President of the High Consistory, Arnold, called the loto a disgraceful impost, by which the State deceived the credulous.

Anagrams

• OOTL, loot, tool

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French

Etymology

From Italian lotto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lo.to/, /lɔ.to/

• Audio:

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Noun

loto m (plural lotos)

1. lotto

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin lōtus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɔ.to/

Noun

loto m (plural loti)

1. lotus

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈloː.toː/, [ˈɫ̪oːt̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈlo.to/, [ˈlɔːt̪o]

Noun

(deprecated template usage) lōtō

1. dative singular of lōtus
2. ablative singular of lōtus

References

• loto in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

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Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French auto

Noun

loto

1. car

References

• Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français

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Niuean

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *loto (Compare Hawaiian loko, Maori roto, Tongan loto).

Noun

loto

1. inside; interior

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Portuguese

Verb

loto

1. Template:pt-verb-form-of

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Seychellois Creole

Etymology

Borrowed from French l’auto (“the car”).

Noun

loto

1. car

References

• Danielle D’Offay et Guy Lionnet, Diksyonner Kreol - Franse / Dictionnaire Créole Seychellois - Français
• Seychelles Creole vocabulary. In: Haspelmath, M. & Tadmor, U. (eds.) World Loanword Database. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

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Spanish

una abeja flota encima de un flor de loto

Etymology

From Latin lotus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈloto/ [ˈlo.t̪o]

Noun

loto m (plural lotos)

1. lotus

External links

• “loto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch lood.

Noun

loto

1. lead (metal)

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Tahitian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *loto (Compare Hawaiian loko, Maori roto, Tongan loto).

Noun

loto

1. lake

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Tongan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *loto (Compare Hawaiian loko, Maori roto, Tahitian loto).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lo.to/

Noun

loto

1. interior
2. inland
3. lake