Lot

See also: lot, lọt, and łot.

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Hebrew לוֹט (lot). Doublet of Lut.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /lɒt/
  • (US) enPR: lät, IPA(key): /lɑt/
  • Rhymes: -ɒt

Proper noun

Lot

  1. A nephew of Abraham in the Bible and Quran.
  2. A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin; rare today.
  3. One of the departments of Occitanie, France, formerly in Midi-Pyrénées. Capital: Cahors (INSEE code 46)

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French

Etymology

From Late Latin Oltis (Gallo-Roman).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɔt/
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  • Rhymes: -ɔt

Proper noun

Lot m

  1. Lot (a department of Occitanie, France)
  2. Lot (a right tributary of the Garonne, in southern France)

See also

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /loːt/
  • Homophone: loht

Etymology 1

From Middle High German lōt, from Old High German *lōt, from Proto-West Germanic *laud. Cognate with Dutch lood, English lead (see the latter).

Noun

Lot n (strong, genitive Lotes or Lots, plural Lote)

  1. (nautical) plummet (device for measuring water depth)
    Synonym: Senkblei
  2. (mathematics) plummet (device for levelling)
    Synonyms: Richtblei, Senkblei
  3. (hence with in or aus) an exact vertical position
    Synonyms: Senkrechte, Vertikale
  4. (technical) solder (alloy used for soldering)
    Synonyms: Weichlot, Lötmittel, Lötlegierung
  5. (obsolete) lead, any piece of lead
    Synonym: Blei
  6. (historical) lot (unit of weight)
    Coordinate term: Quentchen
    • 1787, Johann Georg Krünitz, Oeconomische Encyclopädie oder allgemeines System der Staats-Stadt-Haus-u. Landwirthschaft, in alphabetischer Ordnung, page 320:
      Apotheker-Gewicht, ist von andern Arten der im gemeinen Leben gebräuchlichen Gewichte sehr unterschieden, und hat jedes Stück auch seine besondere Signatur oder Zeichnung, als: ein Pfund hat 24 Loth, oder 12 Unzen, []
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Etymology 2

From Hebrew לוֹט (lot).

Proper noun

Lot m (proper noun, strong, genitive Lots or (with an article) Lot)

  1. Lot (biblical character)

Further reading

Italian

Etymology

From Hebrew לוֹט (lot).

Proper noun

Lot m

  1. (biblical) Lot

Spanish

Proper noun

Lot m

  1. Lot (Biblical character)
    • 1602, La Santa Biblia (antigua versión de Casiodoro de Reina), rev., Génesis 12:5
      Y tomó Abram á Sarai su mujer, y á Lot hijo de su hermano, y toda su hacienda que habían ganado, y las almas que habían adquirido en Harán, y salieron parair á tierra de Canaán; y á tierra de Canaán llegaron.
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