See also: Iota, IOTA, ióta, ìota, and íota

EnglishEdit

Ancient Greek Alphabet

theta
  
kappa
Ι ι
Ancient Greek: ἰῶτα
Wikipedia article on iota

EtymologyEdit

From Ancient Greek ἰῶτα (iôta), ultimately from Proto-Semitic *yad- (hand). Doublet of yodh.

  • (jot): In reference to a phrase in the New Testament: "until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the Law" (Mt 5:18), iota being the smallest letter of the Greek alphabet.

PronunciationEdit

  • (UK) IPA(key): /aɪˈəʊtə/
  • Rhymes: -əʊtə
  • (US) IPA(key): /aɪˈoʊtə/
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NounEdit

iota (plural iotas)

  1. The ninth letter of the Greek alphabet.
    As a Greek numeral, iota represents ten.
    There are twelve iotas on that page.
  2. A jot; a very small, insignificant quantity.

SynonymsEdit

TranslationsEdit

AnagramsEdit

CatalanEdit

 
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EtymologyEdit

From Ancient Greek ἰῶτα (iôta). Doublet of jota.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

iota f (plural iotes)

  1. iota (Greek letter)
  2. iota (small amount)

Further readingEdit

FrenchEdit

 
French Wikipedia has an article on:
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EtymologyEdit

From Ancient Greek ἰῶτα (iôta).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

iota m (plural iota)

  1. iota (Greek letter)
  2. jot, iota (negligible amount)

Derived termsEdit

Further readingEdit

AnagramsEdit

GalicianEdit

 
Galician Wikipedia has an article on:
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EtymologyEdit

From Ancient Greek ἰῶτα (iôta).

NounEdit

iota m (plural iotas)

  1. iota (Greek letter)
  2. The name of the Latin-script letter J.

Further readingEdit

HawaiianEdit

NounEdit

iota

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter J.

ItalianEdit

 
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Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Ancient Greek ἰῶτα (iôta).

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈjɔ.ta/
  • Rhymes: -ɔta
  • Syllabification: iò‧ta

NounEdit

iota m or f (invariable)

  1. the name of the Greek-script letter Ι/ι; iota
  2. (obsolete) Synonym of i lunga

AnagramsEdit

LatinEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Ancient Greek ἰῶτα (iôta).

PronunciationEdit

Disyllabic in Latin, despite being trisyllabic in Ancient Greek.

NounEdit

iōta n (indeclinable) or iōta f (genitive iōtae); first declension

  1. iota (Greek letter)

DeclensionEdit

Either indeclinable, or First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative iōta iōtae
Genitive iōtae iōtārum
Dative iōtae iōtīs
Accusative iōtam iōtās
Ablative iōtā iōtīs
Vocative iōta iōtae

ReferencesEdit

  • iota”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • iota in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

PortugueseEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

iota m (plural iotas)

  1. iota (the ninth Greek letter: ι, Ι)

Related termsEdit

SpanishEdit

 
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EtymologyEdit

From Ancient Greek ἰῶτα (iôta).

PronunciationEdit

 
  • IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /iˈota/ [iˈo.t̪a], /ˈʝota/ [ˈɟ͡ʝo.t̪a]
  • IPA(key): (Argentina and Uruguay) /iˈota/ [iˈo.t̪a], /ˈjota/ [ˈjo.t̪a]

  • Rhymes: -ota
  • Syllabification: i‧o‧ta, io‧ta

NounEdit

iota f (plural iotas)

  1. iota (Greek letter)

Further readingEdit