litote

Back-formation from litotes, perhaps with influence from corresponding forms in other languages.

litote (plural litotes)

1. (perhaps nonstandard) An instance of litotes.

• Eliott, Lottie, toilet

Learned borrowing from Late Latin lītotēs, from Ancient Greek λιτότης (litótēs).^[1]

• IPA^(key): /li.tɔt/

• Audio:

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litote f (plural litotes)

1. (rhetoric) litotes

• → Russian: лито́та (litóta)
• → Spanish: litote

• “litote”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Learned borrowing from Late Latin lītotēs, from Ancient Greek λιτότης (litótēs).

• IPA^(key): /liˈtɔ.te/
• Rhymes: -ɔte
• Hyphenation: li‧tò‧te

litote f (plural litoti)

1. (rhetoric) litotes

• litote in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

• ottile

• lítotes

Borrowed from French litote.^[1]

litote f (plural litotes)

1. (rhetoric) litotes, understatement^[1]

• “litote”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024