loto
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English
Noun
lotoCategory:English lemmas#LOTOCategory:English nouns#LOTOCategory:English nouns with unknown or uncertain plurals#LOTOCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#LOTOCategory:Pages with entries#LOTOCategory:Pages with 20 entries#LOTO
- Archaic form of lottoCategory:English archaic forms#LOTO.
- 1857, Lectures delivered before the Young Men's Christian Association: Volume 12, page 96:
- The President of the High Consistory, Arnold, called the loto a disgraceful impost, by which the State deceived the credulous.Category:English terms with quotations#LOTO
Anagrams
Bangi
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-BantuCategory:Bangi terms inherited from Proto-Bantu#LOTOCategory:Bangi terms derived from Proto-Bantu#LOTO *-dóot.
Verb
lotoCategory:Bangi lemmas#LOTOCategory:Bangi verbs#LOTOCategory:Bangi entries with incorrect language header#LOTOCategory:Pages with entries#LOTOCategory:Pages with 20 entries#LOTO
- to dream
Chichewa
Etymology
From -lota (“to dream”).
Pronunciation
Noun
lóto class 6Category:Chichewa lemmas#LOTOCategory:Chichewa nouns#LOTOCategory:Chichewa class 6 nouns#LOTOCategory:Chichewa entries with incorrect language header#LOTOCategory:Chichewa class 6 nouns#LOTOCategory:Pages with entries#LOTOCategory:Pages with 20 entries#LOTO
French
Etymology
Borrowed from ItalianCategory:French terms borrowed from Italian#LOTOCategory:French terms derived from Italian#LOTO lotto.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lo.to/, /lɔ.to/Category:French 2-syllable words#LOTOCategory:French 2-syllable words#LOTOCategory:French terms with IPA pronunciation#LOTO
Category:French terms with audio pronunciation#LOTOAudio (France (Saint-Maurice-de-Beynost)): (file)
Category:French terms with audio pronunciation#LOTOAudio (France (Toulouse)): (file)
Category:French terms with audio pronunciation#LOTOAudio (France (Vosges)): (file)
Noun
loto m (plural lotos)Category:French lemmas#LOTOCategory:French nouns#LOTOCategory:French countable nouns#LOTOCategory:French entries with incorrect language header#LOTOCategory:French masculine nouns#LOTOCategory:Pages with entries#LOTOCategory:Pages with 20 entries#LOTO
Further reading
- “loto”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
Italian
Etymology 1
Borrowed from LatinCategory:Italian terms borrowed from Latin#LOTOCategory:Italian terms derived from Latin#LOTO lōtus, from Ancient GreekCategory:Italian terms derived from Ancient Greek#LOTO λωτός (lōtós).
Pronunciation
Noun
loto m (plural loti)Category:Italian lemmas#LOTOCategory:Italian nouns#LOTOCategory:Italian countable nouns#LOTOCategory:Italian entries with incorrect language header#LOTOCategory:Italian masculine nouns#LOTOCategory:Pages with entries#LOTOCategory:Pages with 20 entries#LOTO
Derived terms
Further reading
- lòto in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Etymology 2
Inherited from LatinCategory:Italian terms inherited from Latin#LOTOCategory:Italian terms derived from Latin#LOTO lutum, derived from luō (“to wash, cleanse”). Doublet of lutoCategory:Italian doublets#LOTO.
Alternative forms
- luto (borrowed)
Pronunciation
Noun
loto m (plural loti)Category:Italian lemmas#LOTOCategory:Italian nouns#LOTOCategory:Italian countable nouns#LOTOCategory:Italian entries with incorrect language header#LOTOCategory:Italian masculine nouns#LOTOCategory:Pages with entries#LOTOCategory:Pages with 20 entries#LOTO (archaicCategory:Italian archaic terms#LOTO, literaryCategory:Italian literary terms#LOTO)
Further reading
- lóto in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin
Pronunciation
Noun
lōtōCategory:Latin non-lemma forms#LOTOCategory:Latin noun forms#LOTOCategory:Latin entries with incorrect language header#LOTOCategory:Pages with entries#LOTOCategory:Pages with 20 entries#LOTO
References
- "loto", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Lingala
Etymology
Borrowed from BangiCategory:Lingala terms borrowed from Bangi#LOTOCategory:Lingala terms derived from Bangi#LOTO loto.
Verb
lotoCategory:Lingala lemmas#LOTOCategory:Lingala verbs#LOTOCategory:Lingala entries with incorrect language header#LOTOCategory:Pages with entries#LOTOCategory:Pages with 20 entries#LOTO
- to dream
Mansaka
Etymology
Verb
lotoCategory:Mansaka lemmas#LOTOCategory:Mansaka verbs#LOTOCategory:Mansaka entries with incorrect language header#LOTOCategory:Pages with entries#LOTOCategory:Pages with 20 entries#LOTO
- to cook
Mauritian Creole
Etymology
From FrenchCategory:Mauritian Creole terms derived from French#LOTO auto.
Noun
lotoCategory:Mauritian Creole lemmas#LOTOCategory:Mauritian Creole nouns#LOTOCategory:Mauritian Creole entries with incorrect language header#LOTOCategory:Pages with entries#LOTOCategory:Pages with 20 entries#LOTO
References
- Baker, Philip; Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. (1987), Diksiyoner kreol morisyeṅ [Mauritian Creole Dictionary] (in French and English), Paris: L'Harmattan, →ISBN
Niuean
Etymology
From Proto-PolynesianCategory:Niuean terms inherited from Proto-Polynesian#LOTOCategory:Niuean terms derived from Proto-Polynesian#LOTO *loto, from Proto-OceanicCategory:Niuean terms inherited from Proto-Oceanic#LOTOCategory:Niuean terms derived from Proto-Oceanic#LOTO *loto. Cognates include Hawaiian loko, Māori roto and Tongan loto.
Noun
lotoCategory:Niuean lemmas#LOTOCategory:Niuean nouns#LOTOCategory:Niuean entries with incorrect language header#LOTOCategory:Pages with entries#LOTOCategory:Pages with 20 entries#LOTO
Portuguese
Etymology 1
Borrowed from LatinCategory:Portuguese terms borrowed from Latin#LOTOCategory:Portuguese terms derived from Latin#LOTO lōtus, from Ancient GreekCategory:Portuguese terms derived from Ancient Greek#LOTO λωτός (lōtós).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: lo‧to
Noun
loto m (plural lotos)Category:Portuguese lemmas#LOTOCategory:Portuguese nouns#LOTOCategory:Portuguese countable nouns#LOTOCategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#LOTOCategory:Portuguese masculine nouns#LOTOCategory:Pages with entries#LOTOCategory:Pages with 20 entries#LOTO
- (botanyCategory:pt:Botany#LOTO) lotus
- Synonym: lótus
Related terms
Etymology 2
Borrowed from ItalianCategory:Portuguese terms borrowed from Italian#LOTOCategory:Portuguese terms derived from Italian#LOTO lotto.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: lo‧to
Noun
loto m (plural lotos)Category:Portuguese lemmas#LOTOCategory:Portuguese nouns#LOTOCategory:Portuguese countable nouns#LOTOCategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#LOTOCategory:Portuguese masculine nouns#LOTOCategory:Pages with entries#LOTOCategory:Pages with 20 entries#LOTO
- (gamesCategory:pt:Games#LOTO) lotto
- Synonym: quino
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: lo‧to
Verb
lotoCategory:Portuguese non-lemma forms#LOTOCategory:Portuguese verb forms#LOTOCategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#LOTOCategory:Pages with entries#LOTOCategory:Pages with 20 entries#LOTO
Further reading
- “loto”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “loto”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from FrenchCategory:Romanian terms borrowed from French#LOTOCategory:Romanian terms derived from French#LOTO loto.
Noun
loto n (plural lotouri)Category:Romanian lemmas#LOTOCategory:Romanian nouns#LOTOCategory:Romanian countable nouns#LOTOCategory:Romanian entries with incorrect language header#LOTOCategory:Romanian neuter nouns#LOTOCategory:Pages with entries#LOTOCategory:Pages with 20 entries#LOTO
Declension
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative-accusative | loto | lotoul | lotouri | lotourile |
| genitive-dative | loto | lotoului | lotouri | lotourilor |
| vocative | lotoule | lotourilor | ||
Seychellois Creole
Etymology
Borrowed from FrenchCategory:Seychellois Creole terms borrowed from French#LOTOCategory:Seychellois Creole terms derived from French#LOTO l'auto (“the car”).
Noun
lotoCategory:Seychellois Creole lemmas#LOTOCategory:Seychellois Creole nouns#LOTOCategory:Seychellois Creole entries with incorrect language header#LOTOCategory:Pages with entries#LOTOCategory:Pages with 20 entries#LOTO
References
- D'Offay, Danielle; Lionnet, Guy (1982), Diksyonner kreol-franse [Creole-French Dictionary] (in French), Hamburg: Buske, →ISBN
- Seychelles Creole vocabulary. In: Haspelmath, M. & Tadmor, U. (eds.) World Loanword Database. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
Spanish

Etymology
From LatinCategory:Spanish terms derived from Latin#LOTO lotus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈloto/ [ˈlo.t̪o]Category:Spanish 2-syllable words#LOTOCategory:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#LOTO
- Rhymes: -otoCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/oto#LOTOCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/oto/2 syllables#LOTO
- Syllabification: lo‧to
Noun
loto m (plural lotos)Category:Spanish lemmas#LOTOCategory:Spanish nouns#LOTOCategory:Spanish countable nouns#LOTOCategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#LOTOCategory:Spanish masculine nouns#LOTOCategory:Pages with entries#LOTOCategory:Pages with 20 entries#LOTO
Derived terms
Further reading
- “loto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
Sranan Tongo
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch lood, from Middle Dutch lôot, from Old Dutch *lōt, from Proto-West Germanic *laud, possibly borrowed from Gaulish *loudon, from Proto-Celtic *ɸloudom (“lead”).
Category:Sranan Tongo terms derived from Middle Dutch#LOTOCategory:Sranan Tongo terms derived from Proto-Celtic#LOTOCategory:Sranan Tongo terms derived from Dutch#LOTOCategory:Sranan Tongo terms borrowed from Dutch#LOTOCategory:Sranan Tongo terms derived from Proto-West Germanic#LOTOCategory:Sranan Tongo terms derived from Gaulish#LOTOCategory:Sranan Tongo terms derived from Old Dutch#LOTOCategory:Pages with etymology trees#LOTOCategory:Sranan Tongo entries with etymology trees#LOTOCategory:Sranan Tongo entries with etymology texts#LOTOCategory:Pages using etymon with no ID#LOTONoun
lotoCategory:Sranan Tongo lemmas#LOTOCategory:Sranan Tongo nouns#LOTOCategory:Sranan Tongo entries with incorrect language header#LOTOCategory:Pages with entries#LOTOCategory:Pages with 20 entries#LOTO
Tahitian
Etymology
From Proto-PolynesianCategory:Tahitian terms inherited from Proto-Polynesian#LOTOCategory:Tahitian terms derived from Proto-Polynesian#LOTO *loto. Cognates include Hawaiian loko, Māori roto and Tongan loto.
Noun
lotoCategory:Tahitian lemmas#LOTOCategory:Tahitian nouns#LOTOCategory:Tahitian entries with incorrect language header#LOTOCategory:Pages with entries#LOTOCategory:Pages with 20 entries#LOTO
Tokelauan
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈlo.to]Category:Tokelauan terms with IPA pronunciation#LOTO
- Hyphenation: lo‧to
Etymology 1
From Proto-PolynesianCategory:Tokelauan terms inherited from Proto-Polynesian#LOTOCategory:Tokelauan terms derived from Proto-Polynesian#LOTO *loto. Cognates include Hawaiian loko, Samoan loto and Tongan loto.
Noun
lotoCategory:Tokelauan lemmas#LOTOCategory:Tokelauan nouns#LOTOCategory:Tokelauan entries with incorrect language header#LOTOCategory:Pages with entries#LOTOCategory:Pages with 20 entries#LOTO
Verb
loto (plural loloto)Category:Tokelauan lemmas#LOTOCategory:Tokelauan verbs#LOTOCategory:Tokelauan entries with incorrect language header#LOTOCategory:Pages with entries#LOTOCategory:Pages with 20 entries#LOTO
Etymology 2
From Proto-PolynesianCategory:Tokelauan terms inherited from Proto-Polynesian#LOTOCategory:Tokelauan terms derived from Proto-Polynesian#LOTO *loto. Cognates include Hawaiian loko, Māori roto and Samoan loto.
Noun
lotoCategory:Tokelauan lemmas#LOTOCategory:Tokelauan nouns#LOTOCategory:Tokelauan entries with incorrect language header#LOTOCategory:Pages with entries#LOTOCategory:Pages with 20 entries#LOTO
Etymology 3
From Proto-PolynesianCategory:Tokelauan terms inherited from Proto-Polynesian#LOTOCategory:Tokelauan terms derived from Proto-Polynesian#LOTO *loto, from Proto-OceanicCategory:Tokelauan terms inherited from Proto-Oceanic#LOTOCategory:Tokelauan terms derived from Proto-Oceanic#LOTO *loto. Cognates include Hawaiian loko, Māori roto and Samoan loto.
Noun
lotoCategory:Tokelauan lemmas#LOTOCategory:Tokelauan nouns#LOTOCategory:Tokelauan entries with incorrect language header#LOTOCategory:Pages with entries#LOTOCategory:Pages with 20 entries#LOTO
References
Category:tkl:Landforms#LOTOTongan
Etymology
From Proto-PolynesianCategory:Tongan terms inherited from Proto-Polynesian#LOTOCategory:Tongan terms derived from Proto-Polynesian#LOTO *loto, from Proto-OceanicCategory:Tongan terms inherited from Proto-Oceanic#LOTOCategory:Tongan terms derived from Proto-Oceanic#LOTO *loto. Cognates include Hawaiian loko, Māori roto and Tahitian loto.
Pronunciation
Noun
lotoCategory:Tongan lemmas#LOTOCategory:Tongan nouns#LOTOCategory:Tongan entries with incorrect language header#LOTOCategory:Pages with entries#LOTOCategory:Pages with 20 entries#LOTO
Derived terms
Uneapa
Etymology
From Proto-OceanicCategory:Uneapa terms inherited from Proto-Oceanic#LOTOCategory:Uneapa terms derived from Proto-Oceanic#LOTO *loto (“abscess, boil”), possibly from Proto-Malayo-PolynesianCategory:Uneapa terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian#LOTOCategory:Uneapa terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian#LOTO *lətaw (“to float, protrude”).
Pronunciation
Noun
lotoCategory:Uneapa lemmas#LOTOCategory:Uneapa nouns#LOTOCategory:Uneapa entries with incorrect language header#LOTOCategory:Pages with entries#LOTOCategory:Pages with 20 entries#LOTO
Further reading
- M. Ross, A. Pawley, M. Osmond, editors (2016), The Lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volumes 5: People: Body and Mind, Australian National University, →ISBN
West Makian
Pronunciation
Verb
lotoCategory:West Makian lemmas#LOTOCategory:West Makian verbs#LOTOCategory:West Makian entries with incorrect language header#LOTOCategory:Pages with entries#LOTOCategory:Pages with 20 entries#LOTO
