lotte

See also: Lotte and lőtte

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French lotte.

Noun

lotte (plural lottes)

1. burbot (fish)

Anagrams

• Letto-, to let

French

Alternative forms

• lote

Etymology

Probably of pre-Roman origin, perhaps from Gaulish *lotta, which would explain the preserved -t in French. Of obscure ultimate origin, with no known Celtic cognates of the Gaulish word.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɔt/

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Noun

lotte f (plural lottes)

1. burbot (a freshwater fish, Lota lota)
2. (cooking) the tail meat of an anglerfish (a marine fish, Lophius piscatorius)

Further reading

• “lotte”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
• lotte on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɔt.te/
• Rhymes: -ɔtte
• Hyphenation: lòt‧te

Noun

lotte f

1. plural of lotta

Anagrams

• letto, tolte

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Swedish, named after Finland-Swedish sutler's wife Lotta Svärd, who'd man a field kitchen during the Finnish War in the 1860 epic poem The Tales of Ensign Stål, by Johan Ludvig Runeberg.

Noun

lotte f (definite singular lotta, indefinite plural lotter, definite plural lottene)

1. a member of a female paramilitary organization

References

• “lotte” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• Lotte, lotet