different between lido vs lilo

English

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?la?.d??/, /?li?.d??/
• Rhymes: -a?d??
• Rhymes: -i?d??

Noun

lido (plural lidos)

1. (Britain) Part of the sea by a beach sectioned off for swimming and other aquatic activities.
2. (Britain) An outdoor swimming pool.

Usage notes

• The first pronunciation (with /a?/) is more common, but the second more closely imitates the Italian pronunciation.

Derived terms

• lido deck

Related terms

• Lido

Translations

Anagrams

• Lodi, OLDI, diol, idol, loid, olid

Galician

Verb

lido m (feminine singular lida, masculine plural lidos, feminine plural lidas)

1. masculine singular past participle of ler

Italian

Etymology

From Latin litus (“shore”).

Noun

lido m (plural lidi)

1. shore

Derived terms

• Lido

Anagrams

• doli, lodi, Lodi

Latvian

Verb

lido

1. 2nd person singular present indicative form of lidot
2. 3rd person singular present indicative form of lidot
3. 3rd person plural present indicative form of lidot
4. 2nd person singular imperative form of lidot
5. (with the particle lai) 3rd person singular imperative form of lidot
6. (with the particle lai) 3rd person plural imperative form of lidot

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Adjective

lido m (feminine singular lida, masculine plural lidos, feminine plural lidas, comparable)

1. well-read

Related terms

• ler

Verb

lido (feminine singular lida, masculine plural lidos, feminine plural lidas)

1. masculine singular past participle of ler

Etymology 2

Verb 2

lido

1. first-person singular (eu) present indicative of lidar

English

Etymology

From the name of the company which made rubberised canvas air-mattresses from the 1940s to the 1970s under the trademark name "LI-LO" (perhaps from lie low).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /la?l??/
• Rhymes: -a?l??

Noun

lilo (plural lilos)

1. An inflatable air mattress.

Translations

Anagrams

• Oi'll, illo, loli

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: li?lo

Noun

lilo

1. A swirling body of water; a whirlpool.
2. A large and violent whirlpool; a maelstrom.

Tagalog

Noun

lilo

1. traitor; betrayer

Adjective

lilo

1. disloyal; unfaithful; traitorous; treacherous