rota

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɹəʊ.tə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɹoʊ.tə/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• Rhymes: -əʊtə
• Homophones: rotor (non-rhotic accents), Rhoda (with flapping)

Etymology 1

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

Noun

rota (plural rotas)

1. (UK) 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.

Related terms

• rotate

Translations

See also

• roster

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Alternative forms

• rocta
• rotta

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

• “rota”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• -ator, RATO, Rato, Roat, Taro, rato, taro

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencian)

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

French

Verb

rota

1. third-person singular past historic of roter

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɔːta/
• Rhymes: -ɔːta

Etymology 1

From rot (“unconsciousness”).

Verb

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

1. to knock out (render unconscious)

Conjugation

Related terms

• rot

Etymology 2

See rotna

Noun

rota f (genitive singular rotu, nominative plural rotur)

1. rotten spot

Declension

Related terms

• rot
• rotna
• rotinn

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

• Taro, Torà, arto, atro, rato, taro, tarò, torà

Kikuyu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɾɔːta/

Verb

rota (infinitive kũrota)

1. to dream

Derived terms

(Nouns)

• kĩroto class 7

References

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

Latin

Latin Wikipedia has an article on:

rota

Wikipedia ^la

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *rotā, from Proto-Indo-European *Hróth₂-eh₂, from *Hreth₂- (“to run, roll”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈro.ta/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈro.ta/,

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.

Hyponyms

• rota aquāria (“water-wheel”)

Derived terms

Related terms

• birotus
• petorritum

Descendants

References

• “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

Related terms

• rotāt

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɔːta/

Noun

rota f (plural roti)

1. wheel
2. bicycle

   Synonyms: (less common) bajsikil, (rare) biċikletta

See also

• raddiena

Neapolitan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin rota.

Pronunciation

• (Naples) IPA^(key):
• (Castelmezzano) IPA^(key):

Noun

rota f (plural rote)

1. wheel

References

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• roten

Noun

rota f sg

1. definite feminine singular of rot

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• rotet

Verb

rota

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

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈruːtɑ/

Noun

rota f

1. definite singular of rot

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²ruːtɑ/

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

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

rota

Wikipedia ^pl

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɔ.ta/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔta
• Syllabification: ro‧ta
• Homophone: Rota

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

Borrowed 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).

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

• rotear

Etymology 2

From Latin rupta, ruptus.

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.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ro‧ta

Noun

rota f (plural rotas)

1. (music) rota (mediaeval string instrument)

Etymology 4

Borrowed from Italian rota.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ro‧ta

Noun

rota f (plural rotas)

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

Noun

rota f (plural rotas)

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Etymology 5

Borrowed from Malay rotan.

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 spelling) short feminine singular past participle of romper

References

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 conj.

1. Alternative form of roti

Conjugation

Rwanda-Rundi

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-dóota.

Verb

-rota^? (infinitive kurota, perfective -rose)

1. dream

Derived terms

• inzozi

Shona

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-dóota.

Verb

-rótá (infinitive kurótá)

1. dream

Derived terms

• chiroto

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

• rota in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• rota in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• rota in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Turkish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɾɔ.ta/

Noun

rota (definite accusative rotayı, plural rotalar)

1. route, course, heading

   Synonym: güzergâh

Declension