jota

See also: Jota and jota-

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish jota.

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈhoʊtə/

Noun

jota (plural jotas)

  1. A traditional popular dance of the Iberian peninsula with regional variations.
  2. The music to which this dance is set, normally of 3/4 or 6/8 time.

Translations

Anagrams

Catalan

Etymology 1

From Latin iota.

Noun

jota f (plural jotes)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter J/j.

Etymology 2

Noun

jota f (plural jotes)

  1. jota (Iberian folk dance)
  2. jota (music to which a jota is danced)
Hyponyms

Czech

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἰῶτα (iôta, “iota”).

Noun

jota n

  1. iota (Greek letter)

Further reading

  • jota in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • jota in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἰῶτα (iôta). The sense "small amount" developed in reference to a phrase in the New Testament: Eer de hemel en aarde vergaat, zal er niet één jota of één tittel vergaan van de wet.— until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the Law (Mt 5:18), iota being the smallest letter of the Greek alphabet.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈjoː.taː/
  • Audio(file)

Noun

jota f (plural jota's, diminutive jotaatje n)

  1. iota (Greek letter)
  2. (negative polarity item) iota (small amount)
    Ik snap er geen jota van.
    I don’t understand a thing of it.

Synonyms

Finnish

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈjotɑ/
  • Hyphenation: jo‧ta
  • Rhymes: -otɑ

Pronoun

jota

  1. Partitive singular form of joka; who, whom, which, that.
    Nainen, jota en näe,...
    The woman (who/that) I don't see...
    Nainen, jota varten ostin kukkia,...
    The woman for whom I bought flowers... / The woman (that/who) I bought flowers for...

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈjoːtɑ/
  • Hyphenation: jo‧ta

Noun

jota

  1. iota (ninth letter in Greek alphabet)
Declension
Inflection of jota (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative jota jotat
genitive jotan jotien
partitive jotaa jotia
illative jotaan jotiin
singular plural
nominative jota jotat
accusative nom. jota jotat
gen. jotan
genitive jotan jotien
jotainrare
partitive jotaa jotia
inessive jotassa jotissa
elative jotasta jotista
illative jotaan jotiin
adessive jotalla jotilla
ablative jotalta jotilta
allative jotalle jotille
essive jotana jotina
translative jotaksi jotiksi
instructive — jotin
abessive jotatta jotitta
comitative — jotineen

Usage notes

The recommended Finnish spelling for the name of this letter is ioota.

Anagrams

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish jota.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xɔ.ta/, /ʁɔ.ta/

Noun

jota m (plural jotas)

  1. jota (dance)

Further reading

Gothic

Romanization

jōta

  1. Romanization of 𐌾𐍉𐍄𐌰

Italian

Noun

jota m, f (invariable)

  1. Obsolete spelling of iota

Portuguese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Latin iota, from Ancient Greek ἰῶτα (iôta, “iota”), from Semitic.

Noun

jota m (plural jotas)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter J/j.
Coordinate terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish jota (“jota”), from earlier xota, from Mozarabic *šáwta (“jump”), from Latin saltō (“I dance”).

Noun

jota f (plural jotas)

  1. jota (dance)
  2. jota (music)

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxota/, [ˈxot̪a]
    • Audio(file)

Etymology 1

From Latin iota, from Ancient Greek ἰῶτα (iôta, “iota”).

Noun

jota f (plural jotas)

  1. jot; iota
  2. The name of the Latin-script letter J/j.
  3. a jack in a deck of cards

Etymology 2

Noun

jota f (plural jotas)

  1. (Mexico) gay male
    ¡Ay que jota!
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    Synonym: maricón

Etymology 3

From older xota, from Mozarabic *šáwta (“jump”), from Latin saltō (“I dance”).

Noun

jota f (plural jotas)

  1. jota (Iberian folk dance)
  2. jota (music to which a jota is danced)

Further reading

Swedish

Noun

jota n

  1. (negative polarity item) iota (small amount)

Usage notes

Almost exclusively used in the expression inte ett jota (“not the slightest, not at all, nothing”).

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