iota
UK/aɪˈəʊtə//aɪˈoʊtə/
iota noun: the ninth letter of the Greek alphabet (Ι, ι).
Noun (1)
iota (plural iotas)
- The ninth letter of the Greek alphabet (Ι, ι).
- As a Greek numeral, iota represents ten.
- There are twelve iotas on that page.
- The Latin letter Ɩ (minuscule: ɩ).
- A jot; a very small, insignificant quantity.
- They never depart an iota from the authentic formulas of tyranny and usurpation.1790 November, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France, and on the Proceedings in Certain Societies in London Relative to that Event. […], London: […] J[ames] Dodsley, […], →OCLC
- His expression had not changed one iota except perhaps for an additional tightening of his lips.1966, James Workman, The Mad Emperor, Melbourne, Sydney: Scripts, page 99
Noun (2) capitalized: IOTA
IOTA (plural IOTAs)
- A bank account that earns interest and pays it to a third party, generally a charity; the principal is typically being held in escrow by the accountholder.
iota meaning in Urdu, Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada
iota in Urdu
- دانہ, ریزہ, شمہ, تل بھر
iota in Bengali
- iota, small quantity
- তিল til
iota in Malayalam
- യവന അക്ഷരമാലയിലെ ഒമ്പതാം അക്ഷരം, ലേശം, സ്വല്പം, അണു, മാത്ര
iota in Kannada
- ಅತ್ಯಲ್ಪ, ಅಣುಮಾತ್ರ, ಲವಲೇಶ, ಕಿಂಚಿತ್ತು, ಬಾರೀ ಕಡಿಮೆ
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- iota in Tagalog
- iyota
- iota in Arabic
- إِيُوتَا ʔiyūtā
- iota in Malay
- iota
Examples of iota in a sentence
- Human ill-nature needs but some Homoiousian iota, or even the pretence of one; and will flow copiously through the eye of a needle: thus always must mortals go jargoning and fuming […].1837, Thomas Carlyle, chapter III, in The French Revolution: A History […], volume II (The Constitution), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC...
- It was because Sanchez didn't have an iota of faith in what he was saying.2019 August 26, qntm, “Unthreaded”, in SCP Foundation, archived from the original on 02 Jan 2024:
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Forms of iota
| plural | iotas |
|---|---|
| plural | IOTAs |
Origin of iota
From Ancient Greek ἰῶτα (iôta), ultimately from Proto-Semitic *yad- (“hand”). Doublet of jot and yodh. Sense “jot, small quantity” in reference to a phrase in the New Testament: ”one iote or one title, shall in no wise passe from the law”, iota being the smallest letter of the Greek alphabet.
Acronym of interest on trust account.
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Questions about iota
- What does iota mean?
- Iota means the ninth letter of the Greek alphabet (Ι, ι).
- What is iota in Urdu?
- Iota in Urdu is دانہ, ریزہ, شمہ. See Iota meaning in Urdu.
- How do you use iota in a sentence?
- Human ill-nature needs but some Homoiousian iota, or even the pretence of one; and will flow copiously through the eye of a needle: thus always must mortals go jargoning and fuming […].
- What part of speech is iota?
- Iota is a noun.
- How do you pronounce iota?
- Iota is pronounced /aɪˈəʊtə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of iota?
- The plural of iota is iotas.
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Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: iota (page history and authors); IOTA (page history and authors); iota (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); তিল (Bengali) (page history and authors); iota (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); iota (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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