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roto

/ˈɹəʊtəʊ/

roto is the clipping of rotogravure.

roto is the clipping of rotisserie baseball.

roto is the clipping of rotisserie sports.

roto is the clipping of rotoscope.

Meaning of rotogravure

Noun

rotogravure (countable and uncountable, plural rotogravures)

  1. (uncountable) A printing process by which the paper is rolled through intaglio cylinders.
  2. (countable) A print made by such a method.
    • On the avenue, Fifth Avenue, the photographers will snap us, And you'll find that you're in the rotogravure.1933, Irving Berlin, Easter Parade

Meaning of rotisserie baseball

Noun

rotisserie baseball (uncountable)

  1. Synonym of fantasy baseball.

Noun

roto (plural rotos)

  1. (countable) A Chilean, especially a common man or lower-class Chilean.

Proper noun capitalized: Roto

Roto

  1. A locality in the Carrathool council area, central New South Wales, Australia.

Forms of roto

Noun
pluralrotos
Verb
third-person singular presentrotos
present participlerotoing
past participlerotoed
pastrotoed

Origin of roto

Clipping.

Borrowed from Spanish roto.

Words formed from roto

Phrases with roto

Questions about roto

What does roto mean?
Roto means a Chilean, especially a common man or lower-class Chilean.
What is roto the clipping of?
Roto is the clipping of rotogravure.
What part of speech is roto?
Roto can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce roto?
Roto is pronounced /ˈɹəʊtəʊ/.
What is the plural of roto?
The plural of roto is rotos.

Words near roto in the dictionary

  1. ROTMFFLMAO
  2. ROTMFFLMMFAO
  3. Rotmistrivka
  4. rotn
  5. rotns
  6. roto
  7. Roto Vegas
  8. roto-
  9. roto-homothety
  10. Roto-vegas
  11. rotoartist

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: roto (page history and authors); Roto (page history and authors); rotogravure (page history and authors); rotisserie baseball (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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