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单词 lot
释义

lot

See also: Lot, lọt, łot., and låt

English

Etymology

From Middle English lot, from Old English hlot (“portion, choice, decision”), from Proto-Germanic *hlutą.

Cognate with North Frisian lod, Saterland Frisian Lot, West Frisian lot, Dutch lot, French lot, German Low German Lott, Middle High German luz. Doublet of lotto. Related also to German Los.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) enPR: lŏt, IPA(key): /lɒt/
  • (General American) enPR: lät, IPA(key): /lɑt/
  • (Boston, Western Pennsylvania) IPA(key): /lɔt/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Audio (UK)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɒt

Noun

lot (plural lots)

Lot, noun definition 5
  1. A large quantity or number; a great deal.
    Synonyms: load, mass, pile
    to spend a lot of money
    lots of people think so
    • 1877, William Black, Green Pastures and Piccadilly, volume 2, page 4:
      He wrote to her […] he might be detained in London by a lot of business.
    • 1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 3, in Mr. Pratt's Patients, page 52:
      I filled my dreener in no time, and then it come to me that 'twouldn't be a bad idee to get a lot more, take 'em with me to Wellmouth, and peddle 'em out.
  2. A separate portion; a number of things taken collectively.
    Synonyms: batch, collection, group, set
    a lot of stationery
  3. One or more items auctioned or sold as a unit, separate from other items.
  4. (informal) A number of people taken collectively.
    Synonyms: crowd, gang, group
    a sorry lot
    a bad lot
  5. A distinct portion or plot of land, usually smaller than a field.
    Synonyms: allotment, parcel, plot
    a building lot in a city
    • 1820, James Kent, William Johnson, editor, Reports of cases adjudged in the Court of Chancery of New-York‎, volume 5:
      The defendants leased a house and lot, in the City of New-York
  6. That which happens without human design or forethought.
    Synonyms: chance, accident, destiny, fate, fortune
    • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “(please specify the book), Canto V”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, OCLC 960102938, page 1:
      But save my life, which lot before your foot doth lay.
  7. Anything (as a die, pebble, ball, or slip of paper) used in determining a question by chance, or without human choice or will.
    to cast lots
    to draw lots
    • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Proverbs 16:33:
      The lot is cast into the lap, but the whole disposing thereof is of the Lord.
    • c. 1606–1607, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act II, scene iii]:
      If we draw lots, he speeds.
  8. The part, or fate, that falls to one, as it were, by chance, or without one's planning.
    • 1667, John Milton, “Book XI”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], OCLC 228722708; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, OCLC 230729554:
      O visions ill foreseen! Each day's lot's / Enough to bear.
    • 1725, Homer; [Alexander Pope], transl., “Book III”, in The Odyssey of Homer. […], volume I, London: […] Bernard Lintot, OCLC 8736646:
      He was but born to try / The lot of man — to suffer and to die.
    • 1749, Henry Fielding, chapter II, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], OCLC 928184292, book III:
      […] as Jones alone was discovered, the poor lad bore not only the whole smart, but the whole blame; both which fell again to his lot on the following occasion.
    • 1977, C-3PO in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope.
      We seem to be made to suffer. It's our lot in life.
  9. A prize in a lottery.
    Synonym: prize
    • 1694 November 22 (Gregorian calendar)​, John Evelyn, “[Diary entry for November 12 1694]”, in William Bray, editor, Memoirs, Illustrative of the Life and Writings of John Evelyn, […], volume I, 2nd edition, London: Henry Colburn, […]; and sold by John and Arthur Arch, […], published 1819, OCLC 976971842:
      In the lottery […] Sir R. Haddock one of the Commissrs of the Navy had the greatest lot, £3000 ; my coachman £ 40
  10. Allotment; lottery.
    • 1990: Donald Kagan, Pericles of Athens and the Birth of Democracy, chapter 2: “Politician”, page 40 (Guild Publishing; CN 2239)
      Archons served only for one year and, since 487/6, they were chosen by lot. Generals, on the other hand, were chosen by direct election and could be reelected without limit.
  11. (definite, the lot) All members of a set; everything.
    The table was loaded with food, but by evening there was nothing but crumbs; we had eaten the lot.
    If I were in charge, I'd fire the lot of them.
  12. (historical) An old unit of weight used in many European countries from the Middle Ages, often defined as 1/30 or 1/32 of a (local) pound.

Synonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:lot

Derived terms

  • a lot
  • job lot
  • you lot

Translations

large quantity or number — see a lot

Verb

lot (third-person singular simple present lots, present participle lotting, simple past and past participle lotted)

  1. (transitive, dated) To allot; to sort; to apportion.
  2. (US, informal, dated) To count or reckon (on or upon).

Anagrams

  • LTO, OTL, tol, tol'

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *lā(i)ta, and adjective in *-to-, from Proto-Indo-European *lēy- (“to pour”).[1]

Noun

lot m (indefinite plural lot, definite singular loti, definite plural lotët)

  1. tear (from the eye)
    Gjak, djersë dhe lot — Blood, sweat and tears

Declension

Declension of lot
indefinite forms
(trajta të pashquara)		definite forms
(trajta të shquara)
singular
(numri njëjës)		plural
(numri shumës)		singular
(numri njëjës)		plural
(numri shumës)
nominative
(emërore)		(një) lot(disa) lotëlotilotët
accusative
(kallëzore)		(një) lot(disa) lotëlotinlotët
genitive
(gjinore)
(i/e/të/së)		(një) loti(disa) lotëvelotitlotëvet
dative
(dhanore)		(një) loti(disa) lotëvelotitlotëvet
ablative
(rrjedhore)
(prej)		(një) loti(disa) lotëshlotitlotëvet

Derived terms

  • losh
  • loc
  • loçkë
  • loke

References

  1. Orel, Vladimir (1998), “lot”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Cologne: Brill, →ISBN, page 231

Balinese

Romanization

lot

  1. Romanization of ᬮᭀᬢ᭄

Chinese

Alternative forms

  • log

Etymology

From English lot.

Pronunciation

  • Cantonese (Jyutping): lot1, lok1
  • Cantonese
    • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
      • Jyutping: lot1, lok1
      • Yale: lōt, lōk
      • Cantonese Pinyin: lot7, lok7
      • Guangdong Romanization: lod1, log1
      • Sinological IPA (key): /lɔːt̚⁵/, /lɔːk̚⁵/

Classifier

lot

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) Classifier for large quantity of objects or people.
    一lot過／一lot过 [Cantonese]  ―  jat1 lot1 gwo3 [Jyutping]  ―  in a large batch
    • 為咗全力催谷最難賣嘅三房，就預留咗成LOT貨俾緻藍天回流客揀。 [Cantonese, trad.]
      为咗全力催谷最难卖嘅三房，就预留咗成LOT货俾致蓝天回流客拣。 [Cantonese, simp.]
      From: 2015, 港股策略王, Issue 23, page 36
      wai4 zo2 cyun4 lik6 ceoi1 guk1 zeoi3 naan4 maai6 ge3 saam1 fong4-2, zau6 jyu6 lau4 zo2 seng4 lot1 fo3 bei2 zi3 laam4 tin1 wui4 lau4 haak3 gaan2. [Jyutping]
      To encourage the sales of three-roomers, which are the most difficult to sell, [they] reserved an entire batch of products (flats) for customers who returned after [the sales of] Hemera.

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch and Old Dutch lot, from Frankish *hlot, from Proto-Germanic *hlutą.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɔt/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: lot
  • Rhymes: -ɔt

Noun

lot n (plural loten, diminutive lootje n)

  1. destiny, fate, lot
  2. lottery ticket
  3. (archaic) lot, allotment (that which has been apportioned to a party)
  • loten

Descendants

  • Negerhollands: loot, lot
  • → Caribbean Javanese: lot
  • → Indonesian: lot
    • → Balinese: ᬮᭀᬢ᭄ (lot, “lottery”)
  • → Papiamentu: lòt, lot

Anagrams

  • tol

French

Etymology

From Middle French lot, from Old French loz, los, from Frankish *lot, from Proto-Germanic *hlutą. Cognate with English lot.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lo/
    • Audio(file)
    • Audio (Paris)(file)
    • Homophones: lods, los, lots
  • (older, now chiefly Belgium) IPA(key): /lɔ/
    • Homophone: lots

Noun

lot m (plural lots)

  1. share (of inheritance)
  2. plot (of land)
  3. batch (of goods for sale)
  4. lot (at auction)
  5. prize (in lottery)
  6. lot, fate
  7. (slang) babe

Derived terms

  • gros lot
  • lot de consolation
  • sortir du lot

Further reading

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

German

Verb

lot

  1. singular imperative of loten

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch lot, from Proto-Germanic *hlutą.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈlɔt]
  • Hyphenation: lot

Noun

lot (first-person possessive lotku, second-person possessive lotmu, third-person possessive lotnya)

  1. lot,
    1. (manufacturing) a separate portion; a number of things taken collectively.
    2. (colloquial) lottery
      Synonyms: lotre, undian
    3. (finance) allotment

Descendants

  • → Balinese: ᬮᭀᬢ᭄ (lot, “lottery”)

Further reading

  • “lot” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Lombard

Alternative forms

  • lòtt (Classical Milanese Orthography)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɔt/ (Milanese)

Noun

lot m

  1. lotus

Norman

Etymology

From Frankish *lot, from Proto-Germanic *hlutą.

Noun

lot m (plural lots)

  1. (Guernsey) lot (at auction)

Northern Kurdish

Noun

lot ?

  1. jump

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

lot

  1. simple past of la (Etymology 1)
  2. simple past of late

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *letъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *lekt-, from Proto-Indo-European *lek- (“jump”). Compare Czech let and Russian лёт, полёт (ljót, poljót).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɔt/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔt
  • Syllabification: lot

Noun

lot m inan

  1. flight (the act of flying)
    Synonyms: latanie, fruwanie
  2. flight (an instance of flying)
  3. flight (a trip made by an aircraft)

Declension

Declension of lot
singularplural
nominativelotloty
genitivelotulotów
dativelotowilotom
accusativelotloty
instrumentallotemlotami
locativelocielotach
vocativelocieloty

Derived terms

adjectives
  • lotniczy
  • lotniskowy
  • lotny
  • nielotny
adverbs
  • lotniczo
  • lotnie
nouns
  • bezlotek
  • lotka
  • lotnia
  • lotnictwo
  • lotniczka
  • lotnik
  • lotnisko
  • lotniskowiec
nouns
  • latawica
  • latawiec
  • nalot
  • odlot
  • podlotek
  • polatucha
  • przelot
  • przylot
  • ulotka
  • wlot
  • wylot
  • zlot
verbs
  • dolatywać impf, dolecieć pf
  • latać impf, polatać pf
  • lecieć impf, polecieć pf
  • nadlatywać impf, nadlecieć pf
  • nalatywać impf, nalecieć pf
  • oblatywać impf, oblecieć pf
  • odlatywać impf, odlecieć pf
  • podlatywać impf, podlecieć pf
  • przelatywać impf, przelecieć pf
  • przylatywać impf, przylecieć pf
  • rozlatywać impf, rozlecieć pf
  • ulatywać impf, ulecieć pf
  • wlatywać impf, wlecieć pf
  • wylatywać impf, wylecieć pf
  • wzlatywać impf, wzlecieć pf
  • zalatywać impf, zalecieć pf
  • zlatywać impf, zlecieć pf

Further reading

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

Romanian

Etymology

From French lot.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lot/

Noun

lot n (plural loturi)

  1. plot (of land)
  2. batch (of goods for sale)
  3. lot (at auction)
  4. national sports team
  5. (dated) lottery ticket

Declension

Declension of lot
singularplural
indefinite articulationdefinite articulationindefinite articulationdefinite articulation
nominative/accusative(un) lotlotul(niște) loturiloturile
genitive/dative(unui) lotlotului(unor) loturiloturilor
vocativelotuleloturilor

References

  • lot in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From the root of loitiméir (“destroyer, botcher”).

Noun

lot m (gen lota, pl lotan)

  1. sore, wound
  2. sting

Tatar

Noun

lot

  1. A unit of weight: 1 lot = 3 mısqal = 12.797 g (archaic)

Declension

    declension of lot
Nominativelot
Genitivelotnıñ
Dativelotqa
Accusativelotnı
Locativelotta
Ablativelottan

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian hlot, from Proto-Germanic *hlutą.

Noun

lot n (plural lotten, diminutive lotsje)

  1. lottery ticket
  2. fate, destiny

Further reading

  • “lot (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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