lote
/ləʊt/
lote verb: to lurk; lie hidden.
Verb
lote (third-person singular simple present lotes, present participle loting, simple past and past participle loted)
Noun (1)
lote (plural lotes)
- A large tree, of species Celtis australis (European nettle tree), found in the south of Europe, with a hard wood and cherry-like fruit.
- Then they led him to the sheikh of the tribe , a tall , lean , old man who held an elegant cane made of lote wood crowned by leather straps embossed with delicate patterns2008, Elliott Colla (translator), Ibrahim al-Koni, Gold Dust
- Synonyms:
- lote tree
Noun (2) capitalized: LOTE
LOTE (plural LOTEs)
- Initialism of language(s) other than English.
Synonyms of lote
Forms of lote
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | lotes |
| present participle | loting |
| past participle | loted |
| past | loted |
| Noun | |
| plural | lotes |
| plural | LOTEs |
Origin of lote
From Middle English loten, lotien, from Old English *lotian, a variant (influenced by Old English lot (“fraud; deceit”)) of lutian (“to lie hid; be concealed; lurk; skulk; be latent”), from Proto-West Germanic *lutōn, from Proto-Germanic *lutōną (“to conceal; hide; lurk”). Cognate with Gothic 𐌻𐌿𐍄𐍉𐌽 (lutōn, “to deceive”).
From Latin lotus, from Ancient Greek λωτός (lōtós, “lotus”). Doublet of lotus.
Words formed from lote
Phrases with lote
Words that rhyme with lote
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- oat
- quote
- connote
- groat
- remote
- scrote
- tote
- bote
- capote
- denote
- devote
- dote
- mote
- smote
- solar boat
- undercoat
- cote
- demote
- gloat
- pote
- refloat
- rote
- undernote
- wrote
- yote
- blót
- confidence vote
- disease boat
- end of quote
- end quote
- entrecôte
- flote
- frote
- ignote
- isot
- loth
- misquote
- moth
- phot
- recoat
- rewrote
- shoat
- stoat
- swagger coat
- troat
- two hundred fifty-sixth note
- underquote
- underwrote
Questions about lote
- What does lote mean?
- Lote means to lurk; lie hidden.
- What part of speech is lote?
- Lote can be a verb or a noun.
- How do you pronounce lote?
- Lote is pronounced /ləʊt/.
- What is the past tense of lote?
- The past tense of lote is loted.
Words near lote in the dictionary
Source and license
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