lotto

lotto

See also: Lotto, lottó, and lottò

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian lotto. Doublet of lot.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒtəʊ

Noun

lotto (plural lottos)

1. a game of chance similar to bingo
2. a lottery

Translations

game of chance similar to bingo

Armenian: լոտո (hy) (loto) Bulgarian: лото n (loto) Chinese: Mandarin: 樂透／乐透 (zh) (lètòu) Finnish: lotto (fi) French: loto (fr) m German: Lotto (de) n Japanese: ロト (roto) Korean: 로토 (ko) (roto) Russian: лото́ (ru) m (lotó)

lottery

Arabic: يَانَصِيب‎ m (yānaṣīb) Armenian: վիճակախաղ (hy) (vičakaxał) Bulgarian: лотария (bg) f (lotarija) Chinese: Mandarin: 樂透／乐透 (zh) (lètòu) Finnish: arpajaiset (fi) pl German: Lotto (de) n, Lotterie (de) f Italian: lotto (it) m Portuguese: loto (pt) f, loteria (pt) f Russian: лотере́я (ru) m (lotɛréja)

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Translations to be checked

Macedonian: (please verify) лото n (loto) Maori: (please verify) rōtō

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Finnish

Etymology

From Italian lotto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlotːo/, [ˈlo̞t̪ːo̞]
• Rhymes: -otːo
• Syllabification^(key): lot‧to

Noun

lotto

1. 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
instructive		—	lotoin
abessive		lototta	lotoitta
comitative		—	lottoineen

Possessive forms of lotto (type valo)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	lottoni	lottomme
2nd person	lottosi	lottonne
3rd person	lottonsa

Derived terms

• järjestelmälotto
• kestolotto
• lotota
• lottoaja
• lottoaminen
• lottoarvonta
• lottokierros
• lottokuponki
• lottonumero
• lottopotti
• lottorivi
• lottotyttö
• lottovoittaja
• lottovoitto

 

See also

• arpajaiset

Anagrams

• lotot

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɔt.to/
• Rhymes: -ɔtto
• Hyphenation: lòt‧to

Etymology 1

From Old French lot, from Frankish *hlot, from Proto-Germanic *hlutą.

Noun

lotto m (plural lotti)

1. lot
2. plot (of land)
3. lottery
4. stock

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

lotto

1. first-person singular present indicative of lottare

Anagrams

• tolto