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otto

UK/ˈɒtəʊ//ˈɑtoʊ/

otto is the alternative form of attar.

Meaning of attar

Noun

attar (countable and uncountable, plural attars)

  1. An essential oil extracted from flowers.
    • Now, when orange-flowers are distilled with water, we procure the otto of the blossom, which is known commercially as oil of neroli.1857, G[eorge] W[illiam] Septimus Piesse, “Section III”, in The Art of Perfumery, and Method of Obtaining the Odors of Plants, […], Philadelphia, Pa.: Lindsay and Blackiston, →OCLC, page 78
  2. A perfume made from this oil.

See all 3 meanings of attar

Proper noun capitalized: Otto

Otto (countable and uncountable, plural Ottos or Ottoes)

  1. A male given name from the Germanic languages.
    • That makes the case of Otto Warmbier, a 22-year-old American college student who had been serving a 15-year sentence in North Korea, even more striking.2017 June 14, Choe Sang-Hun, Austin Ramzy and Motoko Rich, “Otto Warmbier Got an Extra Dose of Brutality From North Korea. The Mystery Is Why.”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on...
  2. A surname from the Germanic languages
  3. A township in Kankakee County, Illinois.
  4. An unincorporated community in Bethlehem Township, Clark County, Indiana.
  5. A township in Oceana County, Michigan.
  6. A township in Otter Tail County, Minnesota.
  7. A town in Cattaraugus County, New York.
  8. An unincorporated community in Macon County, North Carolina.
  9. A township in McKean County, Pennsylvania.
  10. An unincorporated community in Roane County, West Virginia.
  11. An unincorporated community in Big Horn County, Wyoming.
  12. A geographical township in the Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada.

Forms of otto

Noun
pluralottos
Proper noun
pluralOttos
pluralOttoes

Origin of otto

Borrowed from German Otto, from Old High German, short form of compound names (such as Otachar, Ottokar) beginning with Proto-West Germanic *aud, from Proto-Germanic *audaz (“wealth, riches”) (cognate of English Ed- in Edgar, Edmund, Edward, Edith, etc.).

Words formed from otto

Phrases with otto

Words that rhyme with otto

Questions about otto

What does otto mean?
Otto means a male given name from the Germanic languages.
What is otto the alternative form of?
Otto is the alternative form of attar.
What part of speech is otto?
Otto is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce otto?
Otto is pronounced /ˈɑtoʊ/ (US).

Words near otto in the dictionary

  1. Ottinger
  2. Ottis
  3. Ottley
  4. Ottleys
  5. Ottnangian
  6. otto
  7. Otto cycle
  8. Otto engine
  9. Otto engines
  10. otto of roses
  11. Ottokar

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: otto (page history and authors); Otto (page history and authors); attar (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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