lotre

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Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch loterij, from French loterie, from lot + -erie.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɔ.trɛ/
  • Rhymes: -trɛ
  • Hyphenation: lo‧tre

Noun

lotre

  1. lottery
    1. a scheme for the distribution of prizes by lot or chance, especially a gaming scheme in which one or more tickets bearing particular numbers draw prizes, the other tickets are blanks.
      Synonym: undian
    2. (figuratively) something decided by chance.
    3. (figuratively) a big fortune.

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Further reading

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from German Leiter.

Noun

lótre f pl (Cyrillic spelling ло́тре)

  1. (regional) ladder

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