lotus

/ˈləʊtəs//ˈloʊtəs/

lotus noun: any member of the genus Nelumbo of aquatic plants in the family Nelumbonaceae. Also the ellipsis of lotus position.

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Noun

lotus (plural lotuses or loti)

Any member of the genus Nelumbo of aquatic plants in the family Nelumbonaceae.
A water lily (Nymphaea), especially those of Egypt or India.
A legendary plant eaten by the Lotophagi of the Odyssey that caused drowsiness and euphoria.
A date plum or Caucasian persimmon (Diospyros lotus).
Any member of the genus Lotus, a terrestrial genus with small flowers that includes bird's-foot trefoils and deervetches.
A lotustree or lotus jujube (Ziziphus lotus), a shrub with edible fruit.
An architectural motif of ancient Egyptian temples.

Proper noun capitalized: Lotus

Lotus

A British manufacturer of cars.
An unincorporated community in El Dorado County, California. Former names: Marshall and Uniontown.
An unincorporated community and former village on Merritt Island, Brevard County, Florida.
An unincorporated community in Union County, Indiana.
An unincorporated community in Bullitt County, Kentucky.

Also used as

lotus is also the ellipsis of lotus position.

lotus meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

lotus in Hindi

plant of the genus Nelumbo: कमल kamal, पद्म padma

lotus in Tamil

plant of the genus Nelumbo: தாமரை tāmarai, கமலம் kamalam

lotus in Marathi

plant of the genus Nelumbo: कमळ kamaḷ

lotus in Urdu

plant of the genus Nelumbo: کمل kamal, کنول kãval

More languagesFewer languages

lotus in Bengali: পদ্ম podmo
lotus in Telugu: తామరపుష్పం tāmarapuṣpaṁ
lotus in Malayalam: താമര tāmara
lotus in Kannada: ಕಮಲ kamala
lotus in Punjabi: ਕਮਲ kamal, ਕੌਲ kaul
lotus in Gujarati: કમળ
lotus in Odia: ପଦ୍ମ
lotus in Sanskrit: कमल kamala, पद्म padma
lotus in Sinhala: නෙළුම් neḷum
lotus in Assamese: পদুম podum
lotus in Tagalog: bayno, baino, lawas
lotus in Arabic: نَيْلُوفَر naylūfar
lotus in Malay: teratai, seroja
lotus in Persian: نیلوفر آبی nilufar-e âbi, لوتوس lotus
lotus in Thai: บัว buua, บัวหลวง buua-lǔuang
lotus in Vietnamese: sen
lotus in Myanmar: ကြာ kra, ကြာပန်း krapan:

Examples of lotus in a sentence

Images of lotus seed heads are often reported as inducing trypophobia.
Lotus 1-2-3 has become the spreadsheet package chosen by most people and is still widely used.
By then Black Beard was all Buddhaed-out in the full lotus, under a neon light.

All 20 example sentences with lotus

Forms of lotus

plural	lotuses
plural	loti
alternative form (dated)	lotos

Plural of lotus: lotuses or loti

Origin of lotus

Unadapted borrowing from Latin lōtus, from Ancient Greek λωτός (lōtós). Doublet of lote. First attested in the 1540s. Ultimately from Hebrew לוֹט (lōṭ, “myrrh”, literally “covering, envelope”).

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Questions about lotus

What does lotus mean?: Lotus means any member of the genus Nelumbo of aquatic plants in the family Nelumbonaceae.
What is lotus in Hindi?: Lotus in Hindi is कमल (kamal), पद्म (padma). See Lotus meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is lotus?: Lotus can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce lotus?: Lotus is pronounced /ˈloʊtəs/ (US).
What is the plural of lotus?: The plural of lotus is lotuses.

Words near lotus in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: lotus (page history and authors); Lotus (page history and authors); lotus (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lotus (Odia, 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.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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