different between lido vs littoral

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

Alternative forms

• litoral

Etymology

From Late Latin littoralis, from litoris (genitive of litus). The doubled 't' is a late medieval addition, and the more classical litoral is also sometimes found. Cognate to French littoral, Spanish litoral, and more distantly to English lido (“outdoor pool”), via Italian lido (“beach, shore”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l?t???l/
• Homophone: literal

Adjective

littoral (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to the shore, especially the seashore.

   Synonym: intertidal

Usage notes

• Specifically refers to the water at the shore, rather than the land, particularly in the phrase littoral zone.

Coordinate terms

• coastal

Derived terms

Related terms

• lido

Translations

Further reading

• Littoral on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Noun

littoral (plural littorals)

1. A shore.
2. The zone of a coast between high tide and low tide levels.

   Synonyms: intertidal zone, foreshore, littoral range

Translations

References

Anagrams

• tortilla

French

Etymology

From Latin littoralis, from litoris (genitive of litus).

Pronunciation

Adjective

littoral (feminine singular littorale, masculine plural littoraux, feminine plural littorales)

1. littoral, coastal

Noun

littoral m (plural littoraux)

1. littoral

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• tortilla