lido
English edit
Etymology edit
After Lido (Lido di Venezia), an island with a long beach in Venice, Italy, site of Europe’s first modern beach resort (1857), from Italian lido (“beach, shore”), from Latin litus (“shore”) (hence also English littoral (“of the shore”)). The name is aspirational, evoking glamorous Venice; compare Venetian Pool, another outdoor pool named for Venice.
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Noun edit
lido (plural lidos)
- (British) Part of the sea by a beach sectioned off for swimming and other aquatic activities.
- (British) An outdoor swimming pool.
Usage notes edit
- The first pronunciation (with /aɪ/) is more common, but the second more closely imitates the Italian pronunciation.
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outdoor swimming pool
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Participle edit
lido (feminine lida, masculine plural lidos, feminine plural lidas)
- past participle of ler
Etymology 2 edit
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lido
Italian edit
Etymology edit
From Latin lītus (“shore”). Also attested in Old Italian as lito, without voicing of intervocalic /-t-/.
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Noun edit
lido m (plural lidi)
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Further reading edit
- lido in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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lido
- inflection of lidot:
- (with the particle lai) third-person singular imperative of lidot
- (with the particle lai) third-person plural imperative of lidot
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: li‧do
Etymology 1 edit
Adjective edit
lido (feminine lida, masculine plural lidos, feminine plural lidas)
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Participle edit
lido (feminine lida, masculine plural lidos, feminine plural lidas)
- past participle of ler
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
lido