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.
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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
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Etymology 2
See rotna
Noun
rota f (genitive singular rotu , nominative plural rotur )
rotten spot Declension
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Interlingua
Noun
rota (plural rotas )
wheel Italian
Pronunciation
IPA(key) : /ˈrɔta/ , [ˈr̺ɔː.t̪ä]
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/ , [ˈrɔ.t̪a]
( Ecclesiastical ) IPA(key) : /ˈro.ta/ , [ˈrɔː.t̪a]
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
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Descendants
References
rota in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary , Oxford: Clarendon Press
rota in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français , Hachette Latvian
Noun 1
rota f (4th declension )
ornament
decoration
adornment
flower
jewel Declension
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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: bajsikil ( less common ) , biċikletta ( rare ) 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
Pronunciation
( Brazil ) IPA(key) : /ˈʁɔ.tɐ/ Etymology 1
Old French rote (modern French route ).
Noun
rota f (plural rotas )
route ( course or way travelled )
Synonyms: percurso , caminho , curso , rumo , derrota Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Latin rupta , ruptus .
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 .
Noun
rota f (plural rotas )
( music ) rota ( mediaeval string instrument ) Etymology 4
Borrowed from Italian rota .
Noun
rota f (plural rotas )
( Roman Catholicism ) rota ( ecclesiastical court of appeal ) Noun
rota f (plural rotas )
Etymology 5
Borrowed from Malay rotan .
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.
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 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/ , [ˈrot̪a] 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)