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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Latin lōtus, from Ancient Greek λωτός (lōtós). Doublet of lote. First attested in the 1540s
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈloʊtəs/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈləʊtəs/
Audio (Southern England): (file) Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -əʊtəs
Noun
lotus (plural lotuses or loti)
- A kind of aquatic plant, genus Nelumbo in the family Nelumbonaceae.
- A water lily, genus Nymphaea, especially those of Egypt or India. [from 1580s]
- A legendary plant eaten by the Lotophagi of the Odyssey that caused drowsiness and euphoria.
- A number of other plants bearing lotus in their scientific or common names (see Derived terms below).
- Diospyros lotus, date plum or Caucasian persimmon.
- Lotus, a terrestrial genus with small flowers that includes bird's-foot trefoils and deervetches.
- Ziziphus lotus, a shrub species with edible fruit.
- An architectural motif of ancient Egyptian temples.
- Ellipsis of lotus position. [from 1848]
- 1979, Charlie King, “Vaguely Reminiscent of the Sixties (The Story)”:
- Since the '60s ended abruptly on January 1, 1970, everyone, protestors, police and all, fell to the ground in a full lotus.
Derived terms
- American lotus (Nelumbo lutea)
- blue lotus (Nymphaea caerulea)
- Egyptian lotus (Egyptian water lily)
- honey-lotus
- honey lotus
- Indian lotus (Nelumbo nucifera)
- lotiform
- lotus birth
- lotus eater
- lotus-eater
- lotus-eating
- lotus effect
- lotus foot
- lotus jujube (Ziziphus lotus)
- lotus land
- lotuslike
- lotus nut
- lotus position
- lotus root
- lotus seed
- lotus shoe
- lotustree (Ziziphus lotus)
- lotus woman
- sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera)
- snow lotus (Saussurea involucrata)
- star lotus (Nymphaea nouchali)
- white lotus (Nymphaea lotus)
- yellow lotus (Nelumbo lutea)
Translations
plant of the genus Nelumbo
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Nymphaea — see water lily
legendary plant
Diospyros lotus — see date plum
Ziziphus lotus
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Catalan
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin lotus.
Pronunciation
Noun
lotus m (invariable)
Derived terms
- lotus americà
- lotus blanc
- lotus blau
- lotus de l'Índia
Related terms
Further reading
- “lotus”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “lotus”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
- “lotus” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “lotus” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
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Dutch
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin lōtus, from Ancient Greek λωτός (lōtós).
Noun
lotus m (plural lotussen, diminutive lotusje n)
Derived terms
- blauwe lotus
- lotusbloem
Etymology 2
From the acronym of Landelijke Opleiding Tot Uitbeelding van Slachtoffers (literally “National Training Course for the Portrayal of Victims”).
Noun
lotus m or f (plural lotussen, diminutive lotusje n)
- (Netherlands, medicine slang) patient actor, simulated patient, standardized participant (a lay person person trained to portray medical conditions)
- Synonym: trauma-acteur
Derived terms
- lotusslachtoffer
Further reading
- “lotus” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin lōtus, from Ancient Greek λωτός (lōtós).
Pronunciation
Noun
lotus m (plural lotus)
Further reading
- “lotus”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch lotus, from Latin lōtus, from Ancient Greek λωτός (lōtós).
Pronunciation
Noun
Further reading
- “lotus” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
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Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɫoː.tʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈlɔː.t̪us]
Etymology 1
Perfect passive participle of lavō (“wash”). Doublet of lavātus and lautus.
Participle
lōtus (feminine lōta, neuter lōtum); first/second-declension participle
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From lavō (“to wash”) + -tus (action noun forming suffix)
Noun
lōtus m (genitive lōtūs); fourth declension
Declension
Fourth-declension noun.
Etymology 3
Variant form of lōtos, from Ancient Greek λωτός (lōtós).
Alternative forms
Noun
lōtus m (genitive lōtī); second declension
- The Egyptian water lily, Nymphaea nouchali var. caerulea
- The date plum, Diospyros lotus
- The mythical lotus tree, possibly Ziziphus lotus
Declension
Second-declension noun.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “lotus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “lotus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- "lotus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- “lotus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “lotus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
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Romanian
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
lotus m (plural lotuși)
Declension
Further reading
- “lotus”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025
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