different between lotto vs tombola

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian lotto. Doublet of lot.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?t??

Noun

lotto (plural lottos)

1. a game of chance similar to bingo
2. a lottery

Translations

Finnish

Noun

lotto

1. lotto, (type of lottery in which a small number - often six, in Finland currently seven - of numbers are drawn from a larger pool, typically around 40 to 50)

Usage notes

• The lottery game known in Finland as lotto is known by many names in the English-speaking world. See wikipedia link above for a detailed discussion.

Declension

Derived terms

See also

• arpajaiset

Anagrams

• lotot

Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l?t.to/
• Rhymes: -?tto

Noun

lotto m (plural lotti)

1. lot
2. plot (of land)
3. lottery
4. stock

Verb

lotto

1. first-person singular present indicative of lottare

Anagrams

• tolto

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian tombola.

Noun

tombola (plural tombolas)

1. A lottery in which winning tickets are drawn from a revolving drum.
   • 1991, Stephen Fry, The Liar, p. 60:

     He had been given no choice in the matter of sharing rooms. Gary and he were drawn out of the tombola together, so together they were.

Translations

See also

• bingo
• lotto

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?mb??la/

Noun

tombola f

1. raffle, lottery

Declension

French

Pronunciation

Noun

tombola f (plural tombolas)

1. a lottery, raffle

Further reading

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

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian tombola.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?tombol?]
• Hyphenation: tom?bo?la
• Rhymes: -l?

Noun

tombola (plural tombolák)

1. raffle

Declension

Derived terms

• tombolázik

References

Further reading

• tombola in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN

Italian

Etymology

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Noun

tombola f (plural tombole)

1. bingo (when played at home)
2. tumble

Interjection

tombola

1. oops, upsadaisy (when tripping etc)

Verb

tombola

1. third-person singular present indicative of tombolare
2. second-person singular imperative of tombolare

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

t?mbola f (Cyrillic spelling ????????)

1. tombola

Declension