different between rotor vs roto

English

Etymology

From an irregular shortening of rotator.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /????.t?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??o?.t?/
• Homophone: rota (non-rhotic accents)

Noun

rotor (plural rotors)

1. A rotating part of a mechanical device, for example in an electric motor, generator, alternator or pump.
2. The wing of a helicopter or other rotary-wing aircraft.
3. (meteorology) A type of powerful horizontal-axis atmospheric vortex generated by the interaction of strong winds with mountainous terrain.
4. A quantity having magnitude, direction, and position.

Derived terms

• mountain rotor
• rotor cloud

Related terms

• stator

Translations

Czech

Etymology

From English rotor, ultimately from Latin rota.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?rotor]
• Rhymes: -otor

Noun

rotor m

1. rotor (rotating part of a mechanical device)

Related terms

Further reading

• rotor in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• rotor in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

rotor m (plural rotoren or rotors, diminutive rotortje n)

1. rotor

Latin

Verb

rotor

1. first-person singular present passive indicative of rot?

References

• rotor in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Polish

Noun

rotor m inan

1. rotor (the rotating part of a mechanical device)

Declension

Synonyms

• wirnik

Portuguese

Noun

rotor m (plural rotores)

1. rotor (a rotating part of a mechanical device)
2. rotor (central part of a helicopter’s wings)

Romanian

Etymology

From French rotor.

Noun

rotor n (plural rotoare)

1. rotor

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rô?tor/
• Hyphenation: ro?tor

Noun

r?tor m (Cyrillic spelling ??????)

1. rotor

Declension

Spanish

Noun

rotor m (plural rotores)

1. rotor

Turkish

Noun

rotor (definite accusative rotoru, plural rotorlar)

1. (aviation) rotor

Declension

English

Noun

roto (countable and uncountable, plural rotos)

1. (countable, uncountable) Rotogravure.
2. (countable) A Chilean, especially a common man or lower-class Chilean.
3. (US, informal) Rotisserie League Baseball.
   • 2004, Mark St. Amant, Committed: confession of a fantasy football junkie

     "But that's just not an exciting quote, so they put on that roto baseball guy saying disparaging things about fantasy football," Emil concedes, referring to a roto baseball expert that HBO interviewed for the piece […]

   • 1997, "BGI bill", Looking for Rules and Regulations for roto baseball league (on newsgroup pdaxs.sports.baseball)

     Looking to find someone who has a comprehensive list of rules and regulations for Roto baseball.

Anagrams

• Root, Toor, Toro, root, toro, troo

'Are'are

Noun

roto

1. fruit

Verb

roto

1. to swim

Synonyms

• (to swim): para'au

References

• Kate?ina Naitoro, A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax (2013)

Catalan

Verb

roto

1. first-person singular present indicative form of rotar

Chavacano

Etymology

From Spanish roto (“broken”).

Adjective

roto

1. torn

Esperanto

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?? (rhô, “the letter ?”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?roto/
• Hyphenation: ro?to
• Rhymes: -oto

Noun

roto (accusative singular roton, plural rotoj, accusative plural rotojn)

1. rho

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rota, French roue, Italian ruota, Spanish rueda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?roto/

Noun

roto (plural roti)

1. wheel

Derived terms

Inari Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *rot?.

Noun

roto

1. grove

Inflection

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002-2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages?^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Italian

Verb

roto

1. first-person singular present indicative of rotare

Anagrams

• orto, toro, Toro

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *rot??. Equivalent to rota (“wheel”) +? -?.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?ro.to?/, [?r?t?o?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?ro.to/, [?r??t??]

Verb

rot? (present infinitive rot?re, perfect active rot?v?, supine rot?tum); first conjugation

1. (transitive and intransitive) I turn, trend, wheel, roll, swing about, whirl, rotate; brandish.

Conjugation

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

References

• roto in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• roto in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• roto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• roto in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700?^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *loto (Compare Hawaiian loko, Tahitian roto, Tongan loto).

Noun

roto

1. interior
2. lake

Old Javanese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ro.to/

Noun

roto

1. egg of ant

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?r?.t?/

Noun

roto f

1. vocative singular of rota

Portuguese

Etymology

Irregular past participle of romper. From Latin ruptus, perfect passive participle of rump?.

Pronunciation

• (adjective) IPA^(key): /??o.tu/
• (verb form) IPA^(key): /???.tu/

Adjective

roto m (feminine singular rota, masculine plural rotos, feminine plural rotas, comparable)

1. torn, ruptured
2. tattered, ragged.

Verb

roto

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?roto/, [?ro.t?o]

Etymology 1

Irregular past participle of romper. From Latin ruptus, perfect passive participle of rump?.

Adjective

roto (feminine rota, masculine plural rotos, feminine plural rotas)

1. broken
2. corrupt, rotten
3. (Chile) vulgar, low-class, classless

Derived terms

Noun

roto m (plural rotos, feminine rota, feminine plural rotas)

1. a broken thing or person
2. (sometimes derogatory) a Chilean

Derived terms

• siempre hay un roto para un descosido
• nunca falta un roto para un descosido

Verb

roto m (feminine singular rota, masculine plural rotos, feminine plural rotas)

1. Masculine singular past participle of romper.

Usage notes

• It never means broken down, although may sound like a synonym when failure is caused by a fall, crash, impact, etc., that makes the object divide. For the meaning of broken down, see descompuesto, averiado, dañado

Related terms

See also

• rompido
• quebrar

Etymology 2

From rotar.

Verb

roto

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of rotar.

Anagrams

• orto, otro, toro

Tahitian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *loto (Compare Hawaiian loko, Maori roto, Tongan loto).

Noun

roto

1. lake

Shona

Etymology

From -oto (“dreams”)

Noun

roto

1. dream

See also

• rota
• zviroto, chiroto
• hope