lotto
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian lotto. Doublet of lot.
Pronunciation
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈlɔtəʉ/, [ˈlɔɾʌʉ]
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɒtəʊ
Noun
lotto (plural lottos)
Derived terms
Translations
game of chance similar to bingo
lottery
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Danish
Etymology
Via German Lotto, from Italian lotto. Doublet of lod and lotteri.
Noun
lotto n (singular definite lottoet, not used in plural form)
Declension
| neuter gender |
singular | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | lotto | lottoet |
| genitive | lottos | lottoets |
Derived terms
- lottogevinst
- lottokupon
- lottomillionær
- lottospil
- lottotal
- lottovinder
Further reading
- “lotto” in Den Danske Ordbog
Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlotːo/, [ˈlo̞t̪ːo̞]
- Rhymes: -otːo
- Syllabification(key): lot‧to
- Hyphenation(key): lot‧to
Noun
lotto
- lotto, (type of lottery in which a small number - often six, in Finland currently seven - of numbers are drawn from a larger pool, typically around 40 to 50)
Usage notes
- The lottery game known in Finland as lotto is known by many names in the English-speaking world. See wikipedia link above for a detailed discussion.
Declension
| Inflection of lotto (Kotus type 1*C/valo, tt-t gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | lotto | lotot | |
| genitive | loton | lottojen | |
| partitive | lottoa | lottoja | |
| illative | lottoon | lottoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | lotto | lotot | |
| accusative | nom. | lotto | lotot |
| gen. | loton | ||
| genitive | loton | lottojen | |
| partitive | lottoa | lottoja | |
| inessive | lotossa | lotoissa | |
| elative | lotosta | lotoista | |
| illative | lottoon | lottoihin | |
| adessive | lotolla | lotoilla | |
| ablative | lotolta | lotoilta | |
| allative | lotolle | lotoille | |
| essive | lottona | lottoina | |
| translative | lotoksi | lotoiksi | |
| abessive | lototta | lotoitta | |
| instructive | — | lotoin | |
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Derived terms
compounds
See also
Further reading
- “lotto”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023
Anagrams
Italian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old French lot, from Frankish *hlot, from Proto-Germanic *hlutą.
Noun
lotto m (plural lotti)
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
lotto
- first-person singular present indicative of lottare
References
- ^ lotto in Bruno Migliorini et al., Dizionario d'ortografia e di pronunzia, Rai Eri, 2025
- ^ lottare in Bruno Migliorini et al., Dizionario d'ortografia e di pronunzia, Rai Eri, 2025
Anagrams
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian lotto. Doublet of los. Compare Old Polish lot, lotować.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlɔt.tɔ/
- Rhymes: -ɔttɔ
- Syllabification: lot‧to
- Homophone: Lotto
Noun
lotto n (indeclinable)
Related terms
adjective
- loteryjny
nouns
- loteria
- loteryjka
- loteryjność
verb
- losować impf
Further reading
- lotto in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- lotto in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “lot”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna