goto

English

Noun

goto (plural gotos)

1. (computing) Alternative letter-case form of GOTO

   Overall, experience in the two decades that followed the publication of Dijkstra's letter showed the folly of producing goto-laden code.

Anagrams

• Togo, goot, to go, togo

Galician

Etymology

15th century. From Latin guttur (“throat”). Compare French goitre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡoto̝/

Noun

goto m (plural gotos)

1. gulp

   Synonyms: grolo, gulapo

2. throat; larynx; neck

   Synonym: gorxa

   • 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 89:

     estas llandooas jnchanse de gisa que asy apretan as gorgomellas et estreitan o goto por que espira o Cauallo

     this glands swell to the point that they squeeze the pharynx and narrow the throat, through which the horse breathes

References

• “goto” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “goto” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “goto” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “goto” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Italian

Etymology

From Late Latin gothus, from Proto-Germanic *gutô.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɔ.to/
• Rhymes: -ɔto
• Hyphenation: gò‧to

Adjective

goto (feminine gota, masculine plural goti, feminine plural gote)

1. Gothic

   Synonym: gotico

Noun

goto m (plural goti, feminine gota)

1. Goth

   Hyponyms: ostrogoto, visigoto

Further reading

• goto in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• goto in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• gòto in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• gòto in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• Togo

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

gòto f

1. definite singular of gòtu

Sidamo

Etymology

From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Burji gota and Hadiyya gotichcho.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡoto/
• Hyphenation: go‧to

Noun

goto m (singulative gotiichcho m)

1. (collective) hyenas

Declension

References

• Kazuhiro Kawachi (2007) A grammar of Sidaama (Sidamo), a Cushitic language of Ethiopia, page 345

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Tagalog goto (“beef tripe & rice gruel”), from Hokkien 牛肚 (gû-tǒ͘, “beef tripe”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡoto/
• Rhymes: -oto
• Syllabification: go‧to

Noun

goto ? (plural gotos)

1. (Philippines) goto (Filipino beef tripe and rice gruel)

Further reading

• Venancio M. de Abella (1874) Vade-Mecum Filipino ó manual de la conversacion familiar Español-Tagalog‎, 12.ᵃ edition (overall work in Spanish and Tagalog), Escolta, Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier, page 117

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien 牛肚 (gû-tǒ͘, “beef tripe”). Compare Indonesian soto.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈɡoto/,
• Rhymes: -oto
• Syllabification: go‧to

Noun

goto (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜓᜆᜓ)

1. ox or cow tripe

   Synonyms: labot, tripa, kalyos

2. goto (Filipino beef tripe and rice gruel)

Derived terms

See also

Further reading

• “goto”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Venetian

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *gottus, from guttus.

Noun

gòto m (plural gòti)

1. glass (drinking vessel, quantity)

   Near-synonym: morise

   darse al goto

   to drink excessively

   (literally, “to give oneself to the glass”)

Descendants

Descendants

• → Albanian: gotë

References

• Boerio, Giuseppe (1867) “goto”, in Dizionario del dialetto veneziano, 3rd edition, Venice: G. Cecchini, page 312bc