Definitions and meaning of rota rota
Etymology 1 Borrowed from Latin rota ( “ wheel ” ) .
Pronunciation ( UK ) IPA(key) : /ˈɹəʊ.tə/
Rhymes: -əʊtə
Homophone: rotor ( non-rhotic accents ) Noun rota (plural rotas )
( Britain ) A schedule that allocates some task, responsibility or (rarely) privilege between a set of people according to a (possibly periodic) calendar.
Related terms Translations See also Etymology 2 (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Alternative forms Noun rota (plural rotas )
( music ) A kind of zither, played like a guitar, used in the Middle Ages in church music.Anagrams -ator , RATO , Rato , Roat , Taro , rato , taro Catalan Verb rota
third-person singular present indicative form of rotar second-person singular imperative form of rotar French Verb rota
third-person singular past historic of roter Icelandic Pronunciation IPA(key) : /ˈrɔːta/
Rhymes: -ɔːta Etymology 1 From rot ( “ unconsciousness ” )
Verb rota (weak verb , third-person singular past indicative rotaði , supine rotað )
to knock out ( render unconscious )
to unhair Conjugation Related terms Etymology 2 See rotna
Noun rota f genitive singular rotu , nominative plural rotur )
rotten spot Declension Related terms Interlingua Noun rota (plural rotas )
wheel Italian Pronunciation IPA(key) : /ˈrɔ.ta/
Hyphenation: rò‧ta Etymology 1 From Latin rota .
Noun rota f plural rote )
Archaic form of ruota .Etymology 2 Verb rota
third-person singular present indicative of rotare second-person singular imperative of rotare Anagrams Kikuyu Pronunciation Verb rota (infinitive kũrota )
to dream Derived terms ( Nouns )
References Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu , p. 363. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge). Latin Etymology From Proto-Italic *rotā , from Proto-Indo-European *Hróth₂-eh₂ , from *Hreth₂- ( “ to run ” ) .
Pronunciation ( Classical ) IPA(key) : /ˈro.ta/ , [ˈrɔt̪ä] ( Ecclesiastical ) IPA(key) : /ˈro.ta/ , [ˈrɔːt̪ɑ] Noun rota f genitive rotae ); first declension
wheel
( pars pro toto ) a car, a chariot
( figuratively ) the disc of the sun
Declension First-declension noun.
Hyponyms rota aquāria ( “ water-wheel ” ) Derived terms Related terms Descendants References rota in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary , Oxford: Clarendon Pressrota in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français , Hachette Latvian Noun 1 rota f 4th declension )
ornament
decoration
adornment
flower
jewel Declension Related terms Noun 2 rota f 4th declension )
( military ) companyDeclension Lower Sorbian Noun rota pl plural only )
Nonstandard spelling of wrota .Declension Maltese Etymology From Sicilian rota , from Latin rota .
Pronunciation Noun rota f plural roti )
wheel
bicycle
Synonyms: ( less common ) bajsikil , ( rare ) biċikletta See also Neapolitan Etymology From Latin rota .
Noun rota f plural rote )
wheel Norwegian Bokmål Etymology 1 Alternative forms Noun rota f sg
definite feminine singular of rot Etymology 2 Alternative forms Verb rota
past tense of rote past participle of rote Norwegian Nynorsk Etymology 1 Pronunciation IPA(key) : /ˈruːtɑ/ (example of pronunciation) Noun rota f
definite singular of rot Etymology 2 Pronunciation IPA(key) : /²ruːtɑ/ (example of pronunciation) Verb rota (present tense rotar , past tense rota past participle rota passive infinitive rotast , present participle rotande , imperative rot )
alternative form of rote Polish Pronunciation Etymology 1 From Proto-Slavic *rota .
Noun rota f
oath Declension Etymology 2 From Czech rota , from Latin [Term?] .
Noun rota f
rote (musical instrument)Declension Etymology 3 From Middle High German rotte , from Old French rote .
Noun rota f
( military ) rota (formation)Declension Further reading rota in Wielki słownik języka polskiego , Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
rota in Polish dictionaries at PWN Portuguese Etymology 1 Borrowed from Old French rote (modern French route ).
Pronunciation
Noun rota f plural rotas )
route ( course or way travelled )
Synonyms: percurso , caminho , curso , rumo , derrota Derived terms Etymology 2 From Latin rupta , ruptus .
Pronunciation
Noun rota f plural rotas )
combat ( a fight or battle )
Synonyms: luta , combate
( military ) defeat
Synonyms: derrota , perda Etymology 3 From Old French rote , from Germanic .
Pronunciation
Noun rota f plural rotas )
( music ) rota ( mediaeval string instrument ) Etymology 4 Borrowed from Italian rota .
Pronunciation
Noun rota f plural rotas )
( Roman Catholicism ) rota ( ecclesiastical court of appeal ) Noun rota f plural rotas )
Etymology 5 Borrowed from Malay rotan .
Pronunciation
Noun rota f plural rotas )
rattan ( any of several species of climbing palm of the genus Calamus )
Synonyms: rotim , ratã Etymology 6 See the etymology of the main entry.
Pronunciation
Adjective rota
feminine singular of roto Etymology 7 See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb rota
third-person singular (ele and ela , also used with você and others) present indicative of rotar second-person singular (tu , sometimes used with você ) affirmative imperative of rotar feminine singular short past participle of romper References Romani Etymology Probably from Romanian roată ( “ wheel ” ) , ultimately from Latin rota .
Noun rota f plural roti )
wheel Shona Etymology From Proto-Bantu *-dóota .
Verb -rótá (infinitive kurótá )
dream Derived terms Sicilian Etymology From Latin rota .
Noun rota
wheel Spanish Pronunciation IPA(key) : /ˈrota/ , [ˈro.t̪a] Etymology 1 See the etymology of the main entry.
Adjective rota
feminine singular of roto Verb rota
Feminine singular past participle of romper . Etymology 2 See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb rota
Informal second-person singular (tú ) affirmative imperative form of rotar . Formal second-person singular (usted ) present indicative form of rotar . Third-person singular (él , ella , also used with usted ? ) present indicative form of rotar . Source: wiktionary.org to decompose.(source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)