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4-letter words (4 found)

RATO,ROTA,TARO,TORA,

3-letter words (10 found)

ART,OAR,OAT,ORA,ORT,RAT,ROT,TAO,TAR,TOR,

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AR,AT,OR,TA,TO,

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Definitions and meaning of rota

rota

English

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɹəʊtə/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɹoʊtə/, [-ɾə]
  • Rhymes: -əʊtə
  • Homophones: rotor (non-rhotic); Rhoda (flapping)

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin rota (“wheel”). Doublet of rotor and ruote.

Noun

rota (plural rotas)

  1. (UK, Ireland) A schedule that allocates some task, responsibility or (rarely) privilege between a set of people according to a (possibly periodic) calendar.
Related terms
  • rotate
Translations
See also
  • roster

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Alternative forms

  • rocta
  • rotta

Noun

rota (plural rotas)

  1. (music) A kind of zither used in the Middle Ages in church music.

References

  • “rota”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

See also

  • rota Fortunae

Anagrams

  • -ator, Rato, rato, aort-, oart, taro, Orta, RATO, Taro, Roat

Catalan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈro.tə]
  • IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˈro.ta]

Etymology 1

Verb

rota

  1. inflection of rotar (“to belch”):
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Etymology 2

Verb

rota

  1. inflection of rotar (“to rotate, to turn”):
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Franco-Provençal

Etymology

From Latin rupta [via].

Noun

rota f (plural rotes) (ORB, broad)

  1. route, path
    Synonym: chemin

References

  • route in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
  • rota in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

Further information

  • Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “rŭmpĕre”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 10: R, page 569

French

Verb

rota

  1. 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)

  1. to knock out (render unconscious)
Conjugation
Related terms
  • rot

Etymology 2

See rotna.

Noun

rota f (genitive singular rotu, nominative plural rotur)

  1. rotten spot
Declension
Related terms
  • rot
  • rotna
  • rotinn

Interlingua

Noun

rota (plural rotas)

  1. wheel

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrɔ.ta/
  • Rhymes: -ɔta
  • Hyphenation: rò‧ta

Etymology 1

From Latin rota.

Noun

rota f (plural rote)

  1. (archaic) alternative form of ruota

Etymology 2

Verb

rota

  1. inflection of rotare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

  • Taro, Torà, arto, atro, rato, taro, tarò, torà

Kikuyu

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɾɔːta/

Verb

rota (infinitive kũrota)

  1. to dream

Derived terms

(Nouns)

  • kĩroto class 7

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, roll”). The exact derivational pathway from this root is disputed:

    • De Vaan and Nussbaum derive Latin rota from a simple nominalization of the feminine singular of the agentive adjective *Hroth₂ós.
    • Stifter, also starting off from an agentive adnominal *Hroth₂ós, supposes that Latin rota instead derives from the neuter collective/plural.
    • Höfler and Yates, by contrast, take Latin rota as an *(o)-éh₂ formation *(H)rotéh₂, and posit Sanskrit रथ (ratha) as from *(H)rot-h₂-ós, a possessive derivative of the feminine word.

    Pronunciation

    • (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈrɔ.ta]
    • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈrɔː.t̪a]

    Noun

    rota f (genitive rotae); first declension

    1. wheel
    2. (pars pro toto) a car, a chariot
    3. (figuratively) the disc of the sun

    Declension

    First-declension noun.

    Hyponyms

    • rota aquāria (“water-wheel”)

    Derived terms

    Related terms

    • birotus
    • petorritum

    Descendants

    References

    Further reading

    • “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

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    rota f (4th declension)

    1. ornament
    2. decoration
    3. adornment
    4. flower
    5. jewel

    Declension

    Related terms

    • rotāt

    Noun

    rota f (4th declension)

    1. (military) company

    Declension

    Lower Sorbian

    Noun

    rota pl

    1. nonstandard spelling of wrota

    Declension

    Maltese

    Etymology

    Borrowed from Sicilian rota, from Latin rota.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈrɔːta/

    Noun

    rota f (plural roti)

    1. wheel
      Alternative form: tajer
    2. bicycle
      Synonyms: (less common) bajsikil, (rare) biċikletta

    See also

    • raddiena

    Neapolitan

    Etymology

    Inherited from Latin rota.

    Pronunciation

    • (Naples) IPA(key): [ˈrɔːtə]
    • (Castelmezzano) IPA(key): [ˈroːtă]

    Noun

    rota f (plural rote)

    1. wheel

    References

    • AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1227: “la ruota” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
    • Giacco, Giuseppe (2003) “ròta”, in Schedario Napoletano

    Norwegian Bokmål

    Etymology 1

    Alternative forms

    • roten

    Noun

    rota f sg

    1. definite feminine singular of rot

    Etymology 2

    Alternative forms

    • rotet

    Verb

    rota

    1. past tense of rote
    2. past participle of rote

    Norwegian Nynorsk

    Etymology 1

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈruːtɑ/

    Noun

    rota f

    1. definite singular of rot

    Etymology 2

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /²ruːtɑ/

    Verb

    rota (present tense rotar, past tense rota, past participle rota, passive infinitive rotast, present participle rotande, imperative rota/rot)

    1. alternative form of rote

    Polish

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈrɔ.ta/
    • Rhymes: -ɔta
    • Syllabification: ro‧ta
    • Homophone: Rota

    Etymology 1

    Inherited from Proto-Slavic *rota.

    Noun

    rota f

    1. oath, swear, vow (form of solemn pledge (e.g., military))

    Etymology 2

    Borrowed from Czech rota.

    Noun

    rota f

    1. rote (kind of guitar, the notes of which were produced by a small wheel or wheel-like arrangement; an instrument similar to the hurdy-gurdy)

    Etymology 3

    Borrowed from Middle High German rotte.

    Noun

    rota f

    1. (historical, military) rota (infantry or cavalry unit in Poland in the 16th–17th c.)
    2. (historical, military) rota (row of soldiers in formation in Poland in the 18th c.)

    Etymology 4

    Borrowed from German Rotte.

    Noun

    rota f

    1. (firefighting) group of rescuers or firefighters consisting of two people

    Etymology 5

    Learned borrowing from Latin rota.

    Noun

    rota f

    1. (law, Roman Catholicism) tribunal of appeal functioning under the Roman Curia
    2. (historical) type of torture during which the convict was entwined in a wheel
    3. (historical) wheel used in this type of torture
    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

    • Rhymes: -ɔtɐ
    • Hyphenation: ro‧ta

    Noun

    rota f (plural rotas)

    1. route (course or way travelled)
      Synonyms: percurso, caminho, curso, rumo, derrota
    Derived terms
    • rotear

    Etymology 2

    From Latin rupta, ruptus.

    Pronunciation

    • Hyphenation: ro‧ta

    Noun

    rota f (plural rotas)

    1. combat (a fight or battle)
      Synonyms: luta, combate
    2. (military) defeat
      Synonyms: derrota, perda

    Etymology 3

    From Old French rote, from Germanic.

    Pronunciation

    • Hyphenation: ro‧ta

    Noun

    rota f (plural rotas)

    1. (music) rota (mediaeval string instrument)

    Etymology 4

    Borrowed from Italian rota.

    Pronunciation

    • Hyphenation: ro‧ta

    Noun

    rota f (plural rotas)

    1. (Roman Catholicism) rota (ecclesiastical court of appeal)

    Noun

    rota f (plural rotas)

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    Etymology 5

    Borrowed from Malay rotan.

    Pronunciation

    • Hyphenation: ro‧ta

    Noun

    rota f (plural rotas)

    1. rattan (any of several species of climbing palm of the genus Calamus)
      Synonyms: rotim, ratã

    Etymology 6

    See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

    Pronunciation

    • Hyphenation: ro‧ta

    Adjective

    rota

    1. feminine singular of roto

    Etymology 7

    See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

    Pronunciation

    • Hyphenation: ro‧ta

    Verb

    rota

    1. inflection of rotar:
      1. third-person singular present indicative
      2. second-person singular imperative

    Etymology 8

    See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

    Pronunciation

    • Hyphenation: ro‧ta

    Verb

    rota

    1. (Brazilian Portuguese spelling) short feminine singular past participle of romper

    References

    Romani

    Noun

    rota f (plural roti)

    1. alternative form of rròta (“wheel”)

    Romanian

    Verb

    a rota (third-person singular present rotează, past participle rotat) 1st conjugation

    1. alternative form of roti

    Conjugation

    Rwanda-Rundi

    Etymology

    From Proto-Bantu *-dóota.

    Verb

    -rota? (infinitive kurota, perfective -rose)

    1. dream

    Derived terms

    • inzozi

    Shona

    Etymology

    From Proto-Bantu *-dóota.

    Verb

    -rótá (infinitive kurótá)

    1. dream

    Derived terms

    • chiroto

    Sicilian

    Etymology

    From Latin rota.

    Noun

    rota

    1. wheel

    Spanish

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈrota/ [ˈro.t̪a]
    • Rhymes: -ota
    • Syllabification: ro‧ta

    Etymology 1

    See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

    Noun

    rota f (plural rotas)

    1. female equivalent of roto

    Adjective

    rota

    1. feminine singular of roto

    Participle

    rota f sg

    1. feminine singular of roto

    Etymology 2

    See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

    Verb

    rota

    1. inflection of rotar:
      1. third-person singular present indicative
      2. second-person singular imperative

    Swedish

    Etymology

    rot +‎ -a

    Verb

    rota (present rotar, preterite rotade, supine rotat, imperative rota)

    1. to rummage, to root (search for something in a messy manner)
    2. (computing) to root (gain privileged access on a device)
    3. (reflexive) to put down roots
    4. (reflexive, figuratively) to become settled

    Usage notes

    Often with a particle like runt (“around”), igenom (“through”), or fram (“forth”) (used like "out," for when something is found).

    Conjugation

    See also

    • böka (“to root, to dig”)

    References

    • rota in Svensk ordbok (SO)
    • rota in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
    • rota in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

    Turkish

    Etymology

    From Ottoman Turkish روطه (rota), from Italian rotta.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ɾɔ.ta/

    Noun

    rota (definite accusative rotayı, plural rotalar)

    1. route, course, heading
      Synonym: güzergâh

    Declension


    Source: wiktionary.org