lottery
Syllables: lot·te·ry/ˈlɒtəɹi//ˈlɑtɚi/
lottery noun: a scheme for the distribution of prizes by lot or chance, especially a gaming scheme in which one or more tickets bearing particular numbers draw prizes, the other tickets are blanks.
Noun
lottery (plural lotteries)
- A scheme for the distribution of prizes by lot or chance, especially a gaming scheme in which one or more tickets bearing particular numbers draw prizes, the other tickets are blanks.
- Dave plays the lottery almost every week, but always picks different numbers.
- Something decided by chance.
- It's a bit of a lottery whether we'll get a good table in that diner.
- Allotment; a thing allotted.
lottery meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
lottery in Hindi
- scheme for the distribution of prizes by lot or chance
- लॉटरी lŏṭrī, लाटरी lāṭrī
lottery in Tamil
- குலுக்கல்
lottery in Marathi
- scheme for the distribution of prizes by lot or chance
- लॉटरी lŏṭrī
lottery in Urdu
- scheme for the distribution of prizes by lot or chance
- لاٹَری lāṭarī
More languagesFewer languages
- lottery in Bengali
- লটারি loṭari
- lottery in Telugu
- లాటరీ lāṭarī
- lottery in Malayalam
- ഭാഗ്യക്കുറി bhāgyakkuṟi, ലോട്ടറി lōṭṭaṟi
- lottery in Kannada
- ಆಯ್ಕೆ
- lottery in Punjabi
- ਲਾਟਰੀ
- lottery in Gujarati
- લોટરી, લૉટરી, લાટરી
- lottery in Odia
- ଲଟେରୀ
- lottery in Nepali
- लटरी, लटेरी
- lottery in Pashto
- لاترۍ lātrᶕy, لاټرۍ lāṭrǝy
- lottery in Tagalog
- loteriya
- lottery in Arabic
- يَانَصِيب yānaṣīb
- lottery in Malay
- loteri
- lottery in Thai
- หวย hǔai, สลาก sà-làak, ลอตเตอรี่ lɔ́t-dtəə-rîi
- lottery in Vietnamese
- xổ số
- lottery in Myanmar
- ထီ hti
Examples of lottery in a sentence
- If I won the lottery, I would give half the money to charity.
- Her expression changed from joy to misery after realising her winning lottery ticket had expired.
- Outside of winning the lottery, the only way to succeed is through many years of hard work.
Forms of lottery
| plural | lotteries |
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Origin of lottery
Borrowed from Italian lotteria, from the same root as Old English hlot (cognate with English lot). Compare French loterie (from Middle Dutch loterie). By surface analysis, lot + -ery.
Words formed from lottery
Phrases with lottery
Questions about lottery
- What does lottery mean?
- Lottery means a scheme for the distribution of prizes by lot or chance, especially a gaming scheme in which one or more tickets bearing particular numbers draw prizes, the other tickets are blanks.
- What is lottery in Hindi?
- Lottery in Hindi is लॉटरी (lŏṭrī), लाटरी (lāṭrī). See Lottery meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is lottery?
- Lottery is a noun.
- How do you pronounce lottery?
- Lottery is pronounced /ˈlɒtəɹi/ (UK).
- What is the plural of lottery?
- The plural of lottery is lotteries.
Words near lottery in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: lottery (page history and authors); lottery (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); lottery (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); lottery (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lottery (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lottery (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lottery (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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