different between lotto vs lotta

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian lotto. Doublet of lot.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?t??

Noun

lotto (plural lottos)

1. a game of chance similar to bingo
2. a lottery

Translations

Finnish

Noun

lotto

1. lotto, (type of lottery in which a small number - often six, in Finland currently seven - of numbers are drawn from a larger pool, typically around 40 to 50)

Usage notes

• The lottery game known in Finland as lotto is known by many names in the English-speaking world. See wikipedia link above for a detailed discussion.

Declension

Derived terms

See also

• arpajaiset

Anagrams

• lotot

Italian

Etymology

From Old French lot, from Frankish *hlot, from Proto-Germanic *hlut?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l?t.to/
• Rhymes: -?tto

Noun

lotto m (plural lotti)

1. lot
2. plot (of land)
3. lottery
4. stock

Verb

lotto

1. first-person singular present indicative of lottare

Anagrams

• tolto

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l?t?/
• Rhymes: -?t?

Contraction

lotta

1. (informal) Contraction of lot of.

Anagrams

• total

Finnish

Etymology

< Lotta

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?lot??/, [?lo?t???]
• Rhymes: -ot??
• Syllabification: lot?ta

Noun

lotta

1. A member of Lotta Svärd.

Declension

Anagrams

• altot, altto, lotat, talot, tolat, tolta

Italian

Etymology

From Late Latin lucta, from Latin luctor (“to wrestle”). Compare French lutte.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l?t.ta/

Noun

lotta f (plural lotte)

1. (literally or figuratively) fight, struggle
2. conflict
3. (sports) wrestling

Related terms

• lottare
• lottatore

Verb

lotta

1. third-person singular present of lottare

Further reading

• lotta on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it

Anagrams

• tolta

Swedish

Etymology 1

Noun: The organization Lotta Svärd in Finland formed in 1920, named after the fictional woman Lotta Svärd in Johan Ludvig Runeberg's poem The Tales of Ensign Stål (1848).

Verb: lott +? -a

Noun

lotta c

1. a member of a women's voluntary defense corps, a member (in Finland) of Lotta Svärd

Declension

Related terms

• lottakår

Etymology 2

From Old Swedish luta, lota, from Old Norse hluta, from Proto-Germanic *hlut?n?.

Verb

lotta (present lottar, preterite lottade, supine lottat, imperative lotta)

1. to allot (to distribute by lot), to draw (the winner in a lottery)

Conjugation

Related terms

• lotta fram
• lotta ut
• lotteri
• lottning

Anagrams

• total