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Definitions and meaning of jot

jot

English

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /d͡ʒɒt/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /d͡ʒɑt/
  • Rhymes: -ɒt

Etymology 1

The noun is borrowed from Latin iōta (“the letter iota of the Ancient Greek alphabet”), from Ancient Greek ἰῶτα (iôta, “ninth letter of the Ancient Greek alphabet; (figurative) very small part of writing, jot”), from Phoenician 𐤉 (y‬, “tenth letter of the Phoenician abjad, yodh”). Doublet of iota and yodh.

Sense 3 (“brief and hurriedly written note”) is derived from the verb.

The verb is probably borrowed from Scots jot, from English jot (noun): see above.

Noun

jot (plural jots)

  1. The smallest letter or stroke of any writing; an iota.
  3. (by extension, chiefly in the negative) A small, or the smallest, amount of a thing; a bit, a whit.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:modicum
    1. (obsolete) An instant, a moment.
      Synonyms: jiff, mo, sec; see also Thesaurus:moment
  5. A brief and hurriedly written note.
Usage notes

Sense 2 (“a small, or the smallest, amount of a thing”) is chiefly used in negative contexts (for example, in the phrase “not a jot”) to mean hardly anything or nothing at all.

Derived terms
  • jot and tittle
Translations
See also
  • tittle

Verb

jot (third-person singular simple present jots, present participle jotting, simple past and past participle jotted)

  1. (transitive) Chiefly followed by down: to write (something) quickly; to make a brief note of (something).
    Coordinate term: scribble
Derived terms
  • jot down
  • jotter
  • jotting (noun)
  • jotty
Translations

Etymology 2

The verb is possibly onomatopoeic, suggesting a jerking motion. The noun is derived from the verb.

Verb

jot (third-person singular simple present jots, present participle jotting, simple past and past participle jotted)

  1. (transitive, obsolete except British, dialectal) To jerk or jolt (something); to jog.
    Synonym: bump
Derived terms
  • jolt (possibly)

Noun

jot (plural jots)

  1. (obsolete, rare) A jerk, a jolt.
    Synonym: bump

References

Further reading

  • jot (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • OJT, OTJ

Central Franconian

Alternative forms

  • god, got, jod, jood, joot (variant spellings)
  • jott (westernmost Ripuarian)
  • got (Moselle Franconian, northern), gut (southern)

Etymology

From Old High German guod, northern variant of guot, from Proto-Germanic *gōdaz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /joːt/

Adjective

jot (masculine jode, feminine and plural jot or jode, comparative besser, superlative et beste)

  1. (most of Ripuarian) good

Chinese

Alternative forms

  • (eye dialect) drop

Etymology

From English jot.

Pronunciation

Verb

jot (Hong Kong Cantonese)

  1. to write notes of; to make a note of
    jot低 [Cantonese]  ―  zot1 dai1 [Jyutping]  ―  to jot down (something)
    jot notes [Cantonese]  ―  zot1 nuk1 si6-2 [Jyutping]  ―  to jot notes

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *jotta. Cognates include Finnish jotta and Karelian jotta.

Pronunciation

  • (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈjot/, [ˈjo̞d]
  • (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈjot/, [ˈjo̞d̥]
  • Rhymes: -ot
  • Hyphenation: jot

Conjunction

jot

  1. (+ indicative) that
  2. (+ conditional) so that, in order that
  3. (+ 1st infinitive) to, in order to

Synonyms

  • (that): etti, jet, sto
  • (so that): jos, eik
  • (in order to): etti, jet

References

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 105

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jɔt/

Noun

jot m inan

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter j/J.

See also

  • (Latin-script letter names) a, bej, cej, čet, ćej, dej, ej, ět, ef, gej, ha, cha, i, jot, ka, eł, el, em, en, ejn, o, pej, er, ejŕ, es, eš, śej, tej, u, wej, y, zet, žet, źej

Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /joːt/, /ʒoːt/

Verb

jot

  1. inflection of joen:
    1. second-person plural present indicative
    2. second-person plural imperative

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈjɔt/
  • Rhymes: -ɔt
  • Syllabification: jot

Etymology 1

Phonetic spelling of the letter.

Noun

jot n (indeclinable)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter J/j.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

jot f

  1. genitive plural of jota

Further reading

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

Rayón Zoque

Noun

jot

  1. bird

Derived terms

  • jotꞌune

See also

  • jotjot

References

  • Harrison, Roy, B. de Harrison, Margaret, López Juárez, Francisco, Ordoñes, Cosme (1984) Vocabulario zoque de Rayón (Serie de diccionarios y vocabularios indígenas Mariano Silva y Aceves; 28)‎[3] (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 10

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