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iota
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ???? (iôta).
- (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.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /a????t?/
- Rhymes: -??t?
- (US) IPA(key): /a??o?t?/
Noun
iota (plural iotas)
- The ninth letter of the Greek alphabet.
- As a Greek numeral, iota represents ten.
- There are twelve iotas on that page.
- A jot; a very small, insignificant quantity.
- 1790, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France
- They never depart an iota from the authentic formulas of tyranny and usurpation.
- 1790, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France
Synonyms
- (jot): See Thesaurus:modicum
Translations
Anagrams
- Oita
Catalan
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ???? (iôta).
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /?j?.t?/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /?j?.ta/
- Hyphenation: io?ta
Noun
iota f (plural iotes)
- iota (Greek letter)
- iota (small amount)
Further reading
- “iota” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “iota” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “iota” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “iota” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ???? (iôta).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /j?.ta/
Noun
iota m (plural iota)
- iota (Greek letter)
- jot, iota (negligible amount)
Derived terms
- d'un iota
Further reading
- “iota” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- ôtai
Galician
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ???? (iôta).
Noun
iota m (plural iotas)
- iota (Greek letter)
- The name of the Latin-script letter J.
Further reading
- “iota” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Hawaiian
Noun
iota
- The name of the Latin-script letter J.
Italian
Alternative forms
- jota (obsolete)
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ???? (iôta).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?j?.ta/
- Rhymes: -?ta
- Hyphenation: iò?ta
Noun
iota m or f (invariable)
- The name of the Greek-script letter ?/?; iota
- (obsolete) Synonym of i lunga
Anagrams
- iato
Portuguese
Noun
iota m (plural iotas)
- iota (the ninth Greek letter: ?, ?)
Related terms
- jota
Spanish
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ???? (iôta).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /i?ota/, [i?o.t?a]
Noun
iota f (plural iotas)
- iota (Greek letter)
Further reading
- “iota” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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inch
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?nt?/
- Rhymes: -?nt?
Etymology 1
From Middle English ynche, enche, from Old English ynce, borrowed from Latin uncia (“twelfth part”). Doublet of ounce.
Noun
inch (plural inches)
- A unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot, or exactly 2.54 centimetres.
- (meteorology) The amount of water which would cover a surface to the depth of an inch, used as a measurement of rainfall.
- The amount of an alcoholic beverage which would fill a glass or bottle to the depth of an inch.
- (figuratively) A very short distance.
- "Don't move an inch!"
Derived terms
Descendants
- ? Japanese: ??? (inchi)
- ? Korean: ?? (inchi)
Translations
Verb
inch (third-person singular simple present inches, present participle inching, simple past and past participle inched)
- (intransitive, followed by a preposition) To advance very slowly, or by a small amount (in a particular direction).
- Fearful of falling, he inched along the window ledge.
- 1957, J. D. Salinger, "Zooey", in, 1961, Franny and Zooey:
- The window blind had been lowered — Zooey had done all his bathtub reading by the light from the three-bulb overhead fixture—but a fraction of morning light inched under the blind and onto the title page of the manuscript.
- To drive by inches, or small degrees.
- 1692, John Dryden, Cleomenes, the Spartan Hero, a Tragedy
- He gets too far into the soldier's grace / And inches out my master.
- 1692, John Dryden, Cleomenes, the Spartan Hero, a Tragedy
- To deal out by inches; to give sparingly.
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- thou
- mil
Etymology 2
From Scottish Gaelic innis
Noun
inch (plural inches)
- (Scotland) A small island
Usage notes
- Found especially in the names of small Scottish islands, e.g. Inchcolm, Inchkeith.
Anagrams
- Ch'in, Chin, chin, ichn-
Middle English
Noun
inch
- Alternative form of ynche
inch From the web:
- = 2.54 centimeters
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