Lot

See also: Appendix:Variations of "lot"

English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /lɒt/
  • (US) enPR: lät, IPA(key): /lɑt/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɒt

Etymology 1

From Hebrew לוֹט (lot). Doublet of Lut.

Alternative forms

Proper noun

Lot

  1. (biblical) A nephew of Abraham in the Bible and Quran.
  2. A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin; rare today.
Derived terms
Translations

Further reading

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French Lot.

Proper noun

Lot

  1. A department of Occitania, France. Capital: Cahors (INSEE code 46).
  2. A right tributary of the Garonne, in southern France, flowing through the departments of Lozère, Cantal, Aveyron, Lot and Lot-et-Garonne.
Translations

Anagrams

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈlot]

Proper noun

Lot m anim (female equivalent Lotová)

  1. a male surname

Declension

Further reading

  • Lot”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)

French

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin Oltis (Gallo-Roman).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Lot m

  1. Lot (a department of Occitania, France)
  2. Lot (a right tributary of the Garonne, in southern France, flowing through the departments of Lozère, Cantal, Aveyron, Lot and Lot-et-Garonne)

See also

German

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

    Inherited from Middle High German lōt, from Old High German *lōt, from Proto-West Germanic *laud, possibly borrowed from Gaulish *loudon, from Proto-Celtic *ɸloudom (lead), from Proto-Indo-European *plowdʰo- (lead).

    Noun

    Lot n (strong, genitive Lotes or Lots, plural Lote)

    1. (nautical) plummet (device for measuring water depth)
      Synonym: Senkblei
    2. (mathematics) plummet (device for levelling)
      Synonyms: Richtblei, Senkblei
    3. (hence with in or aus) an exact vertical position
      Synonyms: Senkrechte, Vertikale
    4. (technical) solder (alloy used for soldering)
      Synonyms: Weichlot, Lötmittel, Lötlegierung
    5. (obsolete) lead, any piece of lead
      Synonym: Blei
    6. (historical) lot (unit of weight)
      Coordinate term: Quentchen
      • 1787, Johann Georg Krünitz, Oeconomische Encyclopädie oder allgemeines System der Staats-Stadt-Haus-u. Landwirthschaft, in alphabetischer Ordnung, page 320:
        Apotheker-Gewicht, ist von andern Arten der im gemeinen Leben gebräuchlichen Gewichte sehr unterschieden, und hat jedes Stück auch seine besondere Signatur oder Zeichnung, als: ein Pfund hat 24 Loth, oder 12 Unzen, []
        (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    Declension
    Alternative forms
    Derived terms
    Descendants
    • Hungarian: lat
    • Polish: lut

    Etymology 2

    From Hebrew לוֹט (lot).

    Proper noun

    Lot m (proper noun, strong, genitive Lots or (with an article) Lot)

    1. Lot (biblical character)

    Further reading

    Italian

    Etymology

    From Hebrew לוֹט (lot).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈlɔt/[1]
    • Rhymes: -ɔt
    • Hyphenation: Lòt

    Proper noun

    Lot m

    1. (biblical) Lot

    References

    1. ^ Lot in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

    Old Czech

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈɫot/
    • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈlot/

    Proper noun

    Lot m pers (relational adjective Lotóv)

    1. a male given name

    Declension

    Further reading

    Polish

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈlɔt/
    • Audio:(file)
    • Rhymes: -ɔt
    • Syllabification: Lot

    Etymology 1

    Learned borrowing from Latin Lot, from Biblical Hebrew לוט.

    Proper noun

    Lot m pers

    1. (biblical) Lot (nephew of Abraham in the Bible and Quran)
      Nazajutrz Lot wyruszył z trzodami do Sodomy.The next day Lot set out with his flocks for Sodom.
    Declension

    Etymology 2

    Learned borrowing from French Lot

    Proper noun

    Lot m inan (indeclinable)

    1. a river in southern France, a tributary of the Garonne

    Further reading

    • Lot in Polish dictionaries at PWN

    Spanish

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈlot/ [ˈlot̪]
    • Rhymes: -ot
    • Syllabification: Lot

    Proper noun

    Lot m

    1. Lot (Biblical character)
      • 1602, La Santa Biblia (antigua versión de Casiodoro de Reina), Génesis 12:5:
        Y tomó Abram á Sarai su mujer, y á Lot hijo de su hermano, y toda su hacienda que habían ganado, y las almas que habían adquirido en Harán, y salieron parair á tierra de Canaán; y á tierra de Canaán llegaron.
        And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came. (KJV)