lot

See also: Lot, lọt, łot., and låt

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. Lincoln, chapter 3, in Mr. Pratt's Patients, 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.
  4. (informal) A number of people taken collectively.
    Synonyms: crowd, gang, group
    a sorry lot
    a bad lot
  5. 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, William Johnson, editor, Reports of cases adjudged in the Court of Chancery of New-York, volume 5:
      The defendants leased a house and lot, in the City of New-York
  6. That which happens without human design or forethought.
    Synonyms: chance, accident, destiny, fate, fortune
  7. 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
  8. The part, or fate, that falls to one, as it were, by chance, or without one's planning.
  9. A prize in a lottery.
    Synonym: prize
  10. 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.
  11. (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.
  12. (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.

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Derived terms

Translations

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).[1]

Noun

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

  1. tear (from the eye)
    Gjak, djersë dhe lotBlood, sweat and tears

Declension

Derived terms

References

  1. Orel, Vladimir (1998) 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.
    lotlot [Cantonese]   jat1 lot1 gwo3 [Jyutping]   in a large batch

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɔt/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: lot
  • Rhymes: -ɔt

Noun

lot n (plural loten, diminutive lootje n)

  1. destiny, fate, lot
  2. lottery ticket
  3. (archaic) lot, allotment (that which has been apportioned to a party)

Descendants

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

Anagrams

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lo/
    • (file)
    • (file)
    • Homophones: lods, los, lots
  • (older, now chiefly Belgium) IPA(key): /lɔ/

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

Verb

lot

  1. singular imperative of loten

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch lot, from Proto-Germanic *hlutą.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈlɔt]
  • Hyphenation: lot

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

Lombard

Alternative forms

  • lòtt (Classical Milanese Orthography)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɔt/ (Milanese)

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

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *letъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *lekt-, from Proto-Indo-European *lek- (jump). Compare Czech let and Russian лёт, полёт (ljot, poljót).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɔt/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔt
  • Syllabification: lot

Noun

lot m inan

  1. flight (the act of flying)
    Synonyms: latanie, fruwanie
  2. flight (an instance of flying)
  3. flight (a trip made by an aircraft)

Declension

Derived terms

adjectives
adverbs
  • lotniczo
  • lotnie
nouns
nouns
verbs

Further reading

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

Romanian

Etymology

From French lot.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lot/

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

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)

Declension

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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