different between lotto vs potto

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

Etymology

From a West African language; compare Akan ap?s?.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?p?t??/

Noun

potto (plural pottos)

1. A small primate, Perodicticus potto, native to the tropical rainforests of Africa. [from 18th c.]
   • 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin 2006, p. 147:

     The forest hangs round them like a theater curtain, mist rising from the water, half-drowned things – jackals, monkeys, pottos, bushpigs – wading along with them, looking dazed and bearish.

2. (now rare) The kinkajou. [from 18th c.]

Derived terms

• false potto, Martin's false potto (Pseudopotto martini)

Translations

Italian

Noun

potto

1. potto (Perodicticus potto)

   Synonym: Bosman's potto