different between horde vs lot

English

Etymology

Recorded in English since 1555. From Middle French horde, from German Horde, from Polish horda, from Russian ???? (orda, “horde", 'clan, troop'”), probably from Kipchak Turkic (compare Tatar ???? (urda, “horde”)), from Proto-Turkic *or- (“army, place of staying of the army, ruler etc.”). Cognates include Turkish ordu (“camp, army”), Mongolian ??? (ord, “court, castle, royal compound, camp, horde”), Kalmyk ???? (orda) and English Urdu.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: hôd, IPA^(key): /h??d/
• (General American) enPR: hôrd, IPA^(key): /h??d/
• (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) enPR: h?rd, IPA^(key): /ho(?)?d/
• (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /ho?d/
• Rhymes: -??(?)d
• Homophones: hoard, whored

Noun

horde (plural hordes)

1. A wandering troop or gang; especially, a clan or tribe of a nomadic people (originally Tatars) migrating from place to place for the sake of pasturage, plunder, etc.; a predatory multitude.
2. A large number of people or things.

   We were beset by a horde of street vendors who thought we were tourists and would buy their cheap souvenirs.

   • 1907, Jack London, Before Adam, page Chapter IV

     It is true, the more progressive members of our horde lived in the caves above the river.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

horde (third-person singular simple present hordes, present participle hording or hordeing, simple past and past participle horded)

1. to travel en masse, to flock

Usage notes

• Sometimes confused with hoard.

Anagrams

• Herod, Rhode, Rohde

Danish

Etymology

From German Horde.

Noun

horde c (singular definite horden, plural indefinite horder)

1. horde

Inflection

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???rd?/
• Hyphenation: hor?de
• Rhymes: -?rd?

Etymology 1

Noun

horde f (plural horden or hordes, diminutive hordetje n)

1. A horde
2. A troop of boy scouts, comprising no more than 24 cubs

Etymology 2

Noun

horde f (plural horden, diminutive hordetje n)

1. A gross sieve
2. A hurdle

Derived terms

• hordeloop

References

• M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch]

French

Pronunciation

• ^{(aspirated h)} IPA^(key): /??d/

Noun

horde f (plural hordes)

1. A horde

Further reading

• “horde” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English hord.

Noun

horde

1. Alternative form of hord

Etymology 2

From Old English hordian.

Verb

horde

1. Alternative form of horden

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From German Horde

Noun

horde m (definite singular horden, indefinite plural horder, definite plural hordene)

1. a horde

References

• “horde” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Upper Sorbian

Adjective

horde

1. inflection of hordy:
   1. neuter nominative/accusative singular
   2. nominative/accusative plural

English

Etymology

From Middle English lot, from Old English hlot (“portion, choice, decision”), from Proto-Germanic *hlut?. Cognate with North Frisian lod, Saterland Frisian Lot, West Frisian lot, Dutch lot, French lot, German Low German Lott, Middle High German luz. Doublet of lotto. Related also to German Los.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: l?t, IPA^(key): /l?t/
• (General American) enPR: lät, IPA^(key): /l?t/
• (Boston, Western Pennsylvania) IPA^(key): /l?t/
• Rhymes: -?t

Noun

lot (plural lots)

1. A large quantity or number; a great deal.

   Synonyms: load, mass, pile
2. A separate portion; a number of things taken collectively.

   Synonyms: batch, collection, group, set

3. One or more items auctioned or sold as a unit, separate from other items.
4. (informal) A number of people taken collectively.

   Synonyms: crowd, gang, group

5. A distinct portion or plot of land, usually smaller than a field.

   Synonyms: allotment, parcel, plot
6. That which happens without human design or forethought.

   Synonyms: chance, accident, destiny, fate, fortune
7. Anything (as a die, pebble, ball, or slip of paper) used in determining a question by chance, or without human choice or will.

   • The lot is cast into the lap, but the whole disposing thereof is of the Lord.
8. The part, or fate, that falls to one, as it were, by chance, or without his planning.
   • 1977, C-3PO in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope.

     We seem to be made to suffer. It's our lot in life.

9. A prize in a lottery.

   Synonym: prize

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10. Allotment; lottery.
    • 1990: Donald Kagan, Pericles of Athens and the Birth of Democracy, chapter 2: “Politician”, page 40 (Guild Publishing; CN 2239)

      Archons served only for one year and, since 487/6, they were chosen by lot. Generals, on the other hand, were chosen by direct election and could be reelected without limit.

11. (definite, the lot) All members of a set; everything.

12. (historical) An old unit of weight used in many European countries from the Middle Ages, often defined as 1/30 or 1/32 of a (local) pound.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:lot

Derived terms

• a lot

Translations

Verb

lot (third-person singular simple present lots, present participle lotting, simple past and past participle lotted)

1. (transitive, dated) To allot; to sort; to apportion.
2. (US, informal, dated) To count or reckon (on or upon).

Anagrams

• LTO, OTL, tol, tol'

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *l?(i)ta, and adjective in *-to-, from Proto-Indo-European *l?y- (“to pour”).

Noun

lot m (indefinite plural lot, definite singular loti, definite plural lotët)

1. tear (from the eye)

   Gjak, djersë dhe lot — Blood, sweat and tears

Declension

Derived terms

• losh
• loc
• loçkë
• loke

References

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch lot. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l?t/
• Hyphenation: lot
• Rhymes: -?t

Noun

lot n (plural loten, diminutive lootje n)

1. destiny, fate, lot
2. lottery ticket
3. (archaic) lot, allotment (that which has been apportioned to a party)

Related terms

• loten

Descendants

• ? Indonesian: lot

Anagrams

• tol

French

Etymology

From Middle French lot, from Old French loz, los, from Frankish *lot, from Proto-Germanic *hlut?. Cognate with English lot.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lo/

Noun

lot m (plural lots)

1. share (of inheritance)
2. plot (of land)
3. batch (of goods for sale)
4. lot (at auction)
5. prize (in lottery)
6. lot, fate
7. (slang) babe

Derived terms

• gros lot
• sortir du lot

Further reading

• “lot” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch lot, from Proto-Germanic *hlut?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?l?t]
• Hyphenation: lot

Noun

lot (first-person possessive lotku, second-person possessive lotmu, third-person possessive lotnya)

1. lot,
   1. (manufacturing) a separate portion; a number of things taken collectively.
   2. (colloquial) lottery

      Synonyms: lotre, undian

   3. (finance) allotment

Further reading

• “lot” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Norman

Etymology

From Frankish *lot, from Proto-Germanic *hlut?.

Noun

lot m (plural lots)

1. (Guernsey) lot (at auction)

Northern Kurdish

Noun

lot ?

1. jump

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

lot

1. simple past of la (Etymology 1)
2. simple past of late

Polish

Etymology

Compare Czech let and Russian ????? (poljót).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l?t/

Noun

lot m inan

1. flight

Declension

Synonyms

• latanie, fruwanie

Related terms

• (adjectives) lotniczy, lotny, nielotny
• (adverbs) lotniczo, lotnie
• (nouns) lotka, lotnictwo, lotniczka, lotnik, lotnisko, lotniskowiec, nalot, odlot, przylot, ulotka, wylot, latawiec, polatucha, podlotek, przelot
• (verbs) lata?, lecie?, odlatywa?, odlecie?, podlatywa?, podlecie?, polata?, polecie?, przylatywa?, przylecie?, ulatywa?, ulecie?, wylata?, wylecie?, wzlatywa?, zlatywa?, zlecie?

Further reading

• lot in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• lot in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

lot m (gen lota, pl lotan)

1. sore, wound
2. sting

Tatar

Noun

lot

1. A unit of weight: 1 lot = 3 m?sqal = 12.797 g (archaic) [2]

Declension

West Frisian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

lot n (plural lotten, diminutive lotsje)

1. lottery ticket
2. fate, destiny

Further reading

• “lot (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011