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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

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[rosby] Lincoln, chapter III, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y., London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC, 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.
  5. (informal) A number of people taken collectively.
    Synonyms: crowd, gang, group
    a sorry lot
    a bad lot
    you lot
  6. 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, edited by William Johnson, Reports of cases adjudged in the Court of Chancery of New-York‎, volume 5, published 1822:
      The defendants leased a house and lot, in the City of New-York
  7. That which happens without human design or forethought.
    Synonyms: chance, accident, destiny, fate, fortune
  9. 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
  10. The part, or fate, that falls to one, as it were, by chance, or without one's planning.
  11. A prize in a lottery.
    Synonym: prize
  12. 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.
  13. (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.
  14. (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

Derived terms

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

Albanian

Etymology

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

Noun

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

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

Declension

Declension of lot
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative lot lotë loti lotët
accusative lotin
dative loti lotëve lotit lotëvet
ablative lotësh

Derived terms

References

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

Balinese

Romanization

lot

  1. Romanization of ᬮᭀᬢ᭄

Chinese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From English lot.

Pronunciation

Classifier

lot

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) Classifier for large quantity of objects or people.
    一lot過／一lot过 [Cantonese]  ―  jat1 lot1 gwo3   ―  in a large batch

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

lot n (plural loten, diminutive lootje n)

  1. destiny, fate, lot
    Hij geloofde sterk in het lot en dacht dat alles voorbestemd was.
    He strongly believed in destiny and thought that everything was predetermined.
    Het was haar lot om een ​​belangrijke rol te spelen in het succes van het bedrijf.
    It was her fate to play a significant role in the success of the company.
    Ze accepteerde haar lot en ging verder met haar leven na de tegenslagen.
    She accepted her lot and moved on with her life after the setbacks.
  2. lottery ticket
    Hij kocht een lot voor de grote loterij die dat weekend zou plaatsvinden.
    He bought a lottery ticket for the big lottery that would take place that weekend.
    De winnaar van het grote geldbedrag was de gelukkige houder van het winnende lot.
    The winner of the big cash prize was the lucky holder of the winning lottery ticket.
    Ze kraste de verborgen cijfers op het lot om te zien of ze een prijs had gewonnen.
    She scratched the hidden numbers on the lottery ticket to see if she had won a prize.
  3. (archaic) lot, allotment (that which has been apportioned to a party)

Related terms

Descendants

  • Negerhollands: loot, lot
  • → Caribbean Javanese: lot
  • → Indonesian: lot
  • → Papiamentu: lòt, lot

Anagrams

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Further reading

German

Pronunciation

Verb

lot

  1. singular imperative of loten

Indonesian

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Etymology

From Dutch lot, from Proto-Germanic *hlutą.

Pronunciation

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

Further reading

Irish

Noun

lot m (genitive singular as substantive loit, genitive as verbal noun loite, nominative plural loit)

  1. verbal noun of loit
  2. injury, impairment
  3. destruction, defacement, mutilation

Declension

As a substantive:

Declension of lot

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative lot loit
Vocative a loit a lota
Genitive loit lot
Dative lot loit

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an lot na loit
Genitive an loit na lot
Dative leis an lot

don lot

leis na loit

As a verbal noun:

Declension of lot

Irregular

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative lot
Vocative a lot
Genitive loite
Dative lot

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an lot
Genitive an loite
Dative leis an lot

don lot

Derived terms

Verb

lot (present analytic lotann, future analytic lotfaidh, verbal noun lot, past participle lota)

  1. Alternative form of loit (“wound, destroy, spoil”)

Conjugation

conjugation of lot (first conjugation – A)
singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative present lotaim lotann tú;
lotair† 		lotann sé, sí lotaimid lotann sibh lotann siad;
lotaid† 		a lotann; a lotas lotar
past lot mé; lotas lot tú; lotais lot sé, sí lotamar; lot muid lot sibh; lotabhair lot siad; lotadar a lot /
ar lot* 		lotadh
past habitual lotainn lotá lotadh sé, sí lotaimis; lotadh muid lotadh sibh lotaidís; lotadh siad a lotadh /
a lotadh* 		lotaí
future lotfaidh mé;
lotfad 		lotfaidh tú;
lotfair† 		lotfaidh sé, sí lotfaimid;
lotfaidh muid 		lotfaidh sibh lotfaidh siad;
lotfaid† 		a lotfaidh; a lotfas lotfar
conditional lotfainn lotfá lotfadh sé, sí lotfaimis; lotfadh muid lotfadh sibh lotfaidís; lotfadh siad a lotfadh /
a lotfadh* 		lotfaí
subjunctive present go lota mé;
go lotad† 		go lota tú;
go lotair† 		go lota sé, sí go lotaimid;
go lota muid 		go lota sibh go lota siad;
go lotaid† 		— go lotar
past dá lotainn dá lotá dá lotadh sé, sí dá lotaimis;
dá lotadh muid 		dá lotadh sibh dá lotaidís;
dá lotadh siad 		— dá lotaí
imperative lotaim lot lotadh sé, sí lotaimis lotaigí;
lotaidh† 		lotaidís — lotar
verbal noun lot
past participle lota

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form

Lombard

Alternative forms

  • lòtt (Classical Milanese Orthography)

Pronunciation

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

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Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *letъ. By surface analysis, deverbal from lecieć. First attested in 1548–1551.

Pronunciation

Noun

lot m inan

  1. flight (act of flying)
    Synonyms: latanie, fruwanie
  2. flight (nstance of flying)
  3. flight (trip made by an aircraft)
  4. (Middle Polish) flight (fast movement)
  5. (Middle Polish) flight (fast spreading)

Declension

Declension of lot
singular plural
nominative lot loty
genitive lotu lotów
dative lotowi lotom
accusative lot loty
instrumental lotem lotami
locative locie lotach
vocative locie loty

Derived terms

adjectives
adverbs
nouns
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Related terms

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Trivia

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), lot is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 59 times in scientific texts, 21 times in news, 4 times in essays, 10 times in fiction, and 8 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 102 times, making it the 618th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.

References

  1. ^ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “lot”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
  2. ^ Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “lecieć”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN
  3. ^ Mańczak, Witold (2017) “lot”, in Polski słownik etymologiczny (in Polish), Kraków: Polska Akademia Umiejętności, →ISBN
  4. ^ Sławski, Franciszek (1958-1965) “lot”, in Jan Safarewicz, Andrzej Siudut, editors, Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), Kraków: Towarzystwo Miłośników Języka Polskiego
  5. ^ Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “lot”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
  6. ^ Ida Kurcz (1990) “lot”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language]‎ (in Polish), volume 1, Kraków, Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 222

Further reading

  • lot in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • lot in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Renata Bronikowska (21.04.2016) “LOT”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
  • Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “lot”, in Słownik języka polskiego‎
  • Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “lot”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861‎
  • J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1902), “lot”, in Słownik języka polskiego‎ (in Polish), volume 2, Warsaw, page 765

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French lot.

Pronunciation

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
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) lot lotul (niște) loturi loturile
genitive/dative (unui) lot lotului (unor) loturi loturilor
vocative lotule loturilor

References

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) (see Tatar units of measurement#Mass)

Declension

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declension of lot
singular plural
nominative lot lot
genitive lot lot
dative lot lot
accusative lot lot
locative lot lot
ablative lot lot

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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