lote
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -əʊt
Etymology 1
From Middle English loten, lotien, from Old English *lotian, a variant (influenced by Old English lot (“fraud; deceit”)) of lutian (“to lie hid; be concealed; lurk; skulk; be latent”), from Proto-Germanic *lutōną (“to conceal; hide; lurk”). Cognate with Gothic 𐌻𐌿𐍄𐍉𐌽 (lutōn, “to deceive”).
Verb
lote (third-person singular simple present lotes, present participle loting, simple past and past participle loted)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Latin lotus, from Ancient Greek λωτός (lōtós, “lotus”).
Noun
lote (plural lotes)
- A large tree (Celtis australis), the European nettle tree, found in the south of Europe. It has a hard wood, and bears a cherry-like fruit.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for lote in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
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French

Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lɔt/
Friulian
Etymology
From Late Latin lucta, from Latin luctor.
Galician
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *hlutą (“lot, share”), either through Suevic or through Old French lot.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlɔte̝/
Noun
lote m (plural lotes)
References
- “lote” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
- “lote” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “lote” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
- Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José A. (1991–1997). Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico. Madrid: Gredos, s.v. lote.