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English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin rota (wheel). Doublet of rotor and ruote.

Noun

rota (plural rotas)

  1. (UK, Ireland) A schedule that allocates some task, responsibility or (rarely) privilege between a set of people according to a (possibly periodic) calendar.
    • 2014 July 25, Paul Rees, “‘We got off the coach and the National Front was there … People spat at us’”, in The Guardian:
      [The manager] instituted a rota for having the players attend supporters’ club meetings throughout the season, telling them it was part of the job of being a footballer.
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Etymology 2

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Alternative forms

Noun

rota (plural rotas)

  1. (music) A kind of zither used in the Middle Ages in church music.
    • 2011, A. A. Attanasio, The Wolf and the Crown (The Perilous Order of Camelot):
      Along the creek bed he came, plucking a rota, a zither of five strings with bone-yoke facings and a beaverskin carrying-bag thrown over his shoulder.

References

Anagrams

Catalan

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Verb

rota

  1. inflection of rotar (to belch):
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Etymology 2

Verb

rota

  1. inflection of rotar (to rotate, to turn):
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Franco-Provençal

Etymology

From Latin rupta .

Noun

rota f (plural rotes) (ORB, broad)

  1. route, path
    Synonym: chemin

References

  • route in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
  • rota in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

Further information

French

Verb

rota

  1. third-person singular past historic of roter

Icelandic

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From rot (unconsciousness).

Verb

rota (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative rotaði, supine rotað)

  1. to knock out (render unconscious)
Conjugation

Etymology 2

See rotna.

Noun

rota f (genitive singular rotu, nominative plural rotur)

  1. rotten spot
Declension

Interlingua

Noun

rota (plural rotas)

  1. wheel

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrɔ.ta/
  • Rhymes: -ɔta
  • Hyphenation: rò‧ta

Etymology 1

From Latin rota.

Noun

rota f (plural rote)

  1. (archaic) Alternative form of ruota

Etymology 2

Verb

rota

  1. inflection of rotare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

Kikuyu

Pronunciation

Verb

rota (infinitive kũrota)

  1. to dream

Derived terms

(Nouns)

References

  • Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu, p. 363. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).

Latin

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rota persica (Iranian wheel)

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *rotā, from Proto-Indo-European *Hróth₂-eh₂, from *Hreth₂- (to run, roll).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

rota f (genitive rotae); first declension

  1. wheel
    • 8 CE, Ovid, Metamorphoses 2.107–108:
      aureus axis erat, temo aureus, aurea summae
      curvatura rotae, radiorum argenteus ordo
      the axle was of gold, the pole of gold, all of gold
      the rim of the wheels, with a set of silver spokes.
  2. (pars pro toto) a car, a chariot
    Si rota defuerit, tu pede carpe viam.
    If you don't have a car, you'd better make your way on foot.
  3. (figuratively) the disc of the sun
    • c. 99 BCE – 55 BCE, Lucretius, De rerum natura 5:
      Hic neque tum solis rota cerni lumine largo
      altivolans poterat
      Nor can the sun's disc larger be by much, nor its own blaze much less

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative rota rotae
genitive rotae rotārum
dative rotae rotīs
accusative rotam rotās
ablative rotā rotīs
vocative rota rotae

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “rota”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 527

Further reading

  • rota”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • rota in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Latvian

Pronunciation

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Noun

rota f (4th declension)

  1. ornament
  2. decoration
  3. adornment
  4. flower
  5. jewel

Declension

Noun

rota f (4th declension)

  1. (military) company

Declension

Lower Sorbian

Noun

rota pl

  1. Nonstandard spelling of wrota.

Declension

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sicilian rota, from Latin rota.

Pronunciation

Noun

rota f (plural roti)

  1. wheel
  2. bicycle
    Synonyms: (less common) bajsikil, (rare) biċikletta

See also

Neapolitan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin rota.

Pronunciation

Noun

rota f (plural rote)

  1. wheel

References

  • AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweizmap 1227: “la ruota” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
  • Giacco, Giuseppe (2003) “ròta”, in Schedario Napoletano

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

Noun

rota f sg

  1. definite feminine singular of rot

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

Verb

rota

  1. past tense of rote
  2. past participle of rote

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

rota f

  1. definite singular of rot

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Verb

rota (present tense rotar, past tense rota, past participle rota, passive infinitive rotast, present participle rotande, imperative rota/rot)

  1. alternative form of rote

Polish

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *rota.

Noun

rota f

  1. oath, swear, vow (form of solemn pledge (e.g., military))

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Czech rota.

Noun

rota f

  1. rote (kind of guitar, the notes of which were produced by a small wheel or wheel-like arrangement; an instrument similar to the hurdy-gurdy)

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Middle High German rotte.

Noun

rota f

  1. (historical, military) rota (infantry or cavalry unit in Poland in the 16th–17th c.)
  2. (historical, military) rota (row of soldiers in formation in Poland in the 18th c.)

Etymology 4

Borrowed from German Rotte.

Noun

rota f

  1. (firefighting) group of rescuers or firefighters consisting of two people

Etymology 5

Learned borrowing from Latin rota.

Noun

rota f

  1. (law, Roman Catholicism) tribunal of appeal functioning under the Roman Curia
  2. (historical) type of torture during which the convict was entwined in a wheel
  3. (historical) wheel used in this type of torture
Declension

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old French rote (modern French route).[1][2]

Pronunciation

 

  • Rhymes: -ɔtɐ
  • Hyphenation: ro‧ta

Noun

rota f (plural rotas)

  1. route (course or way travelled)
    Synonyms: percurso, caminho, curso, rumo, derrota
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Latin rupta, ruptus.[1][2]

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: ro‧ta

Noun

rota f (plural rotas)

  1. combat (a fight or battle)
    Synonyms: luta, combate
  2. (military) defeat
    Synonyms: derrota, perda

Etymology 3

From Old French rote, from Germanic.[1][2]

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: ro‧ta

Noun

rota f (plural rotas)

  1. (music) rota (mediaeval string instrument)

Etymology 4

Borrowed from Italian rota.[1][2]

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: ro‧ta

Noun

rota f (plural rotas)

  1. (Roman Catholicism) rota (ecclesiastical court of appeal)

Noun

rota f (plural rotas)

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Etymology 5

Borrowed from Malay rotan.[1][2]

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: ro‧ta

Noun

rota f (plural rotas)

  1. rattan (any of several species of climbing palm of the genus Calamus)
    Synonyms: rotim, ratã

Etymology 6

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: ro‧ta

Adjective

rota

  1. feminine singular of roto

Etymology 7

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: ro‧ta

Verb

rota

  1. inflection of rotar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Etymology 8

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: ro‧ta

Verb

rota

  1. (Brazilian Portuguese spelling) short feminine singular past participle of romper

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 rota”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 20032024
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 rota”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 20082024

Romani

Noun

rota f (plural roti)

  1. Alternative form of rròta (wheel)

Romanian

Verb

a rota (third-person singular present rotează, past participle rotat) 1st conjugation

  1. Alternative form of roti

Conjugation

Rwanda-Rundi

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-dóota.

Verb

-rota? (infinitive kurota, perfective -rose)

  1. dream

Derived terms

Shona

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-dóota.

Verb

-rótá (infinitive kurótá)

  1. dream

Derived terms

Sicilian

Etymology

From Latin rota.

Noun

rota

  1. wheel

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrota/
  • Rhymes: -ota
  • Syllabification: ro‧ta

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

rota f (plural rotas)

  1. female equivalent of roto

Adjective

rota

  1. feminine singular of roto

Participle

rota f sg

  1. feminine singular of roto

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

rota

  1. inflection of rotar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Swedish

Etymology

rot +‎ -a

Verb

rota (present rotar, preterite rotade, supine rotat, imperative rota)

  1. to rummage, to root (search for something in a messy manner)
  2. (computing) to root (gain privileged access on a device)
  3. (reflexive) to put down roots
  4. (reflexive, figuratively) to become settled

Usage notes

Often with a particle like runt (around), igenom (through), or fram (forth) (used like "out," for when something is found).

Conjugation

See also

  • böka (to root, to dig)

References

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish روطه (rota), from Italian rotta.

Pronunciation

Noun

rota (definite accusative rotayı, plural rotalar)

  1. route, course, heading
    Synonym: güzergâh

Declension

Inflection
Nominative rota
Definite accusative rotayı
Singular Plural
Nominative rota rotalar
Definite accusative rotayı rotaları
Dative rotaya rotalara
Locative rotada rotalarda
Ablative rotadan rotalardan
Genitive rotanın rotaların
Possessive forms
Nominative
Singular Plural
1st singular rotam rotalarım
2nd singular rotan rotaların
3rd singular rotası rotaları
1st plural rotamız rotalarımız
2nd plural rotanız rotalarınız
3rd plural rotaları rotaları
Definite accusative
Singular Plural
1st singular rotamı rotalarımı
2nd singular rotanı rotalarını
3rd singular rotasını rotalarını
1st plural rotamızı rotalarımızı
2nd plural rotanızı rotalarınızı
3rd plural rotalarını rotalarını
Dative
Singular Plural
1st singular rotama rotalarıma
2nd singular rotana rotalarına
3rd singular rotasına rotalarına
1st plural rotamıza rotalarımıza
2nd plural rotanıza rotalarınıza
3rd plural rotalarına rotalarına
Locative
Singular Plural
1st singular rotamda rotalarımda
2nd singular rotanda rotalarında
3rd singular rotasında rotalarında
1st plural rotamızda rotalarımızda
2nd plural rotanızda rotalarınızda
3rd plural rotalarında rotalarında
Ablative
Singular Plural
1st singular rotamdan rotalarımdan
2nd singular rotandan rotalarından
3rd singular rotasından rotalarından
1st plural rotamızdan rotalarımızdan
2nd plural rotanızdan rotalarınızdan
3rd plural rotalarından rotalarından
Genitive
Singular Plural
1st singular rotamın rotalarımın
2nd singular rotanın rotalarının
3rd singular rotasının rotalarının
1st plural rotamızın rotalarımızın
2nd plural rotanızın rotalarınızın
3rd plural rotalarının rotalarının