Dottie

See also: dottie

English

Etymology

From Dot +‎ -ie.

Proper noun

Dottie

  1. A diminutive of the female given name Dorothy, also spelled Dotty, and sometimes also used as a formal given name.
    • 1991, Peter Hedges, What's Eating Gilbert Grape, Simon & Schuster, published 1999, →ISBN, page 60:
      She smells like expensive soap and her teeth are shiny-white. She does not in any way look like her name. It's not her fault that she was born in a time when people believed in names like Wanda, Dottie and Betty. She's more of a Vanessa or Paulina.

Anagrams

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English Dottie.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈdoti/ [ˈd̪oː.t̪ɪ]
  • Rhymes: -oti
  • Syllabification: Do‧ttie

Proper noun

Dottie (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜓᜆᜒ)

  1. a female given name from English