lote

See also: LOTE, Lote, and löte

English

Pronunciation

  • 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-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

Etymology 2

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

Noun

lote (plural lotes)

  1. A large tree (Celtis australis), the European nettle tree, found in the south of Europe. It has a hard wood, and bears a cherry-like fruit.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for lote in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

Dutch

Verb

lote

  1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of loten

French

lote

Alternative forms

Noun

lote f (plural lotes)

  1. burbot (a freshwater fish: Lota lota)

Anagrams

Friulian

Etymology

From Late Latin lucta, from Latin luctor.

Noun

lote f (plural lotis)

  1. fight, struggle
  2. conflict
  3. wrestling

Galician

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hlutą (“lot, share”), either through Suevic or through Old French lot.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɔte̝/

Noun

lote m (plural lotes)

  1. a quantity of things or persons
    morreu un lote de homes construíndo a presa
    a lot of men died during the construction of the dam
  2. set, group
  3. faggot
  4. lot, share
  5. (production) batch

References

  1. ↑ Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José A. (1991–1997). Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico. Madrid: Gredos, s.v. lote.

Latin

Noun

lōte

  1. vocative singular of lōtus

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

lote

  1. past participle of lyta

Portuguese

Etymology

From French lot, from Frankish *lot.

Noun

lote m (plural lotes)

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ote

Noun

lote m (plural lotes)

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

Derived terms

Swahili

Adjective

lote

  1. Ji class inflected form of -ote.
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