loteria

Borrowed from French loterie or Spanish lotería.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [lu.təˈɾi.ə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [lo.təˈɾi.ə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [lo.teˈɾi.a]
• Rhymes: -ia
• Hyphenation: lo‧te‧ri‧a

loteria f (plural loteries)

1. lottery

• “loteria”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “loteria” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “loteria” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Internationalism; compare English lottery, French loterie, German Lotterie. Ultimately, from Italian lotteria. By surface analysis, lotto +‎ -eria.

• IPA^(key): /lɔˈtɛ.rja/

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• Rhymes: -ɛrja
• Syllabification: lo‧te‧ria

loteria f (diminutive loteryjka)

1. (gambling) lottery, sweepstake (scheme for the distribution of prizes by lot or chance)

   Hypernym: gra

2. (figuratively) lottery (something decided by chance)

   Synonyms: totek, totolotek

• loteria in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• loteria in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• lotaria (Portugal)

Borrowed from French loterie, from Italian lotteria.^[1] From the same root as Old English hlot (cognate with English lot).

• Hyphenation: lu‧te‧ri‧a

loteria f (plural loterias)

1. (Brazil) lottery

• casa lotérica
• lotérico