name
Meaning 1
A British manufacturer of cars.
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Standard Lemma guide
lotus
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Pronunciation
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General-American: /ˈloʊtəs/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈləʊtəs/
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Meaning 2
A few places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in El Dorado County, California. Former names: Marshall and Uniontown.
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Meaning 3
A few places in the United States:
An unincorporated community and former village on Merritt Island, Brevard County, Florida.
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Meaning 4
A few places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Union County, Indiana.
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Meaning 5
A few places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Bullitt County, Kentucky.
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noun
Meaning 6
Any of genus Nelumbo of aquatic plants in the family Nelumbonaceae.
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noun
Meaning 7
A water lily (Nymphaea), especially those of Egypt or India.
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noun
Meaning 8
A legendary plant eaten by the Lotophagi of the Odyssey that caused drowsiness and euphoria.
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noun
Meaning 9
A number of other plants bearing lotus in their scientific or common names (see Derived terms below).
A date plum or Caucasian persimmon (Diospyros lotus).
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noun
Meaning 10
A number of other plants bearing lotus in their scientific or common names (see Derived terms below).
Any of genus Lotus, a terrestrial genus with small flowers that includes bird's-foot trefoils and deervetches.
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noun
Meaning 11
A number of other plants bearing lotus in their scientific or common names (see Derived terms below).
A lotustree or lotus jujube (Ziziphus lotus), a shrub with edible fruit.
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noun
Meaning 12
An architectural motif of ancient Egyptian temples.
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noun
Meaning 13
Ellipsis of lotus position.
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Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
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noun
Meaning 14
white Egyptian lotus: water lily of Egypt to southeastern Africa; held sacred by the Egyptians
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Synonyms: white lotus, Egyptian water lily, white lily, Nymphaea lotus
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Broader terms: water lily
noun
Meaning 15
native to eastern Asia; widely cultivated for its large pink or white flowers
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Synonyms: Indian lotus, sacred lotus, Nelumbo nucifera
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Broader terms: water lily
noun
Meaning 16
annual or perennial herbs or subshrubs
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Synonyms: genus Lotus
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Broader terms: rosid dicot genus
History
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Latin lōtus, from Ancient Greek λωτός (lōtós). Doublet of lote. First attested in the 1540s. Ultimately from Hebrew לוֹט (lōṭ, “myrrh”, literally “covering, envelope”).
Across languages
Translations
117 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Amharic: ሎተስ (lotäs) — plant of the genus Nelumbo
- Arabic: نَيْلُوفَر (naylūfar) — plant of the genus Nelumbo
- Armenian: լոտոս (lotos) — plant of the genus Nelumbo
- Assamese: পদুম (podum) — plant of the genus Nelumbo
- Azerbaijani: su zanbağı — plant of the genus Nelumbo
- Belarusian: ло́тас (lótas) — plant of the genus Nelumbo
- Bengali: পদ্ম (podmo) — plant of the genus Nelumbo
- Central Bikol: takay — plant of the genus Nelumbo
- Bulgarian: ло́тос (lótos) — plant of the genus Nelumbo
- Burmese: ကြာ (kra) — plant of the genus Nelumbo
- Burmese: ကြာပန်း (krapan:) — plant of the genus Nelumbo
- Buryat: бадма (badma) — plant of the genus Nelumbo
- Chinese Cantonese: 蓮花 /莲花 (lin4 faa1) — plant of the genus Nelumbo
- Chinese: 蓮花 /莲花 (zh-min-nan) — plant of the genus Nelumbo
- Chinese: 蓮 /莲 (liân) — plant of the genus Nelumbo
- Chinese Mandarin: 蓮 /莲 (lián) — plant of the genus Nelumbo
- Chinese Mandarin: 蓮花 /莲花 (liánhuā) — plant of the genus Nelumbo
- Czech: lotos — plant of the genus Nelumbo
- Dutch: lotus — plant of the genus Nelumbo
- Egyptian: z:S:n-M9 (zšn) — plant of the genus Nelumbo
- Esperanto: nelumbo — plant of the genus Nelumbo
- Esperanto: lotuso — plant of the genus Nelumbo
- Estonian: lootos — plant of the genus Nelumbo
- Faroese: lotusblóma — plant of the genus Nelumbo
- Finnish: lootus — plant of the genus Nelumbo
- French: lotus — plant of the genus Nelumbo
- Galician: loto — plant of the genus Nelumbo
- Georgian: ლოტოსი (loṭosi) — plant of the genus Nelumbo
- German: Hornklee — plant of the genus Nelumbo
- German: Lotos — plant of the genus Nelumbo
- German: Lotosblume — plant of the genus Nelumbo
- German: Lotus — plant of the genus Nelumbo
- Greek: λωτός (lotós) — plant of the genus Nelumbo
- Ancient Greek: λωτός (lōtós) — plant of the genus Nelumbo
- Hebrew: לוֹטוּס (lotus) — plant of the genus Nelumbo
- Hindi: कमल (kamal) — plant of the genus Nelumbo
- Hindi: पद्म (padma) — plant of the genus Nelumbo
- Hungarian: lótusz — plant of the genus Nelumbo
- Icelandic: lótus — plant of the genus Nelumbo
- Icelandic: lótusblóm — plant of the genus Nelumbo
- Irish: loiteog — plant of the genus Nelumbo
- Italian: loto — plant of the genus Nelumbo
- Japanese: ロータス (rōtasu) — plant of the genus Nelumbo
- Japanese: 蓮 (hasu) — plant of the genus Nelumbo
- Kalmyk: бадм (badm) — plant of the genus Nelumbo
- Kannada: ಕಮಲ (kamala) — plant of the genus Nelumbo
- Kapampangan: luke — plant of the genus Nelumbo
- Kapampangan: tukal — plant of the genus Nelumbo
- Kapampangan: kiyapu — plant of the genus Nelumbo
- Kapampangan: lotus — plant of the genus Nelumbo
- Kazakh: лотос (lotos) — plant of the genus Nelumbo
- Khmer: ផ្កាឈូក (phkaa chuuk) — plant of the genus Nelumbo
- Korean: 연 (yeon) — plant of the genus Nelumbo
- Korean: 련 (ryeon) — plant of the genus Nelumbo
- Korean: 로터스 (roteoseu) — plant of the genus Nelumbo
- Lao: ດອກບົວ (dǭk būa) — plant of the genus Nelumbo
- Latin: lotus — plant of the genus Nelumbo
- Lithuanian: lotosas — plant of the genus Nelumbo
- Lü: ᦡᦸᧅᧈᦷᦢ (ḋoak1ḃo) — plant of the genus Nelumbo
- Macedonian: лотос (lotos) — plant of the genus Nelumbo
- Malagasy: lota — plant of the genus Nelumbo
- Malay: teratai — plant of the genus Nelumbo
- Malay: seroja — plant of the genus Nelumbo
- Malayalam: താമര (tāmara) — plant of the genus Nelumbo
- Marathi: कमळ (kamaḷ) — plant of the genus Nelumbo
- Mongolian: лянхуа (ljanxua) — plant of the genus Nelumbo
- Old Uyghur: 𐾁𐽶𐽺𐽲𐽳𐽰 (lénhua) — plant of the genus Nelumbo
- Persian: نیلوفر آبی (nilufar-e âbi) — plant of the genus Nelumbo
- Persian: لوتوس (lotus) — plant of the genus Nelumbo
- Polish: lotos — plant of the genus Nelumbo
- Portuguese: lótus — plant of the genus Nelumbo
- Portuguese: flor de lótus — plant of the genus Nelumbo
- Punjabi: ਕਮਲ (kamal) — plant of the genus Nelumbo
- Punjabi: ਕੌਲ (kaul) — plant of the genus Nelumbo
- Romanian: lotus — plant of the genus Nelumbo
- Russian: ло́тос (lótos) — plant of the genus Nelumbo
- Sanskrit: कमल (kamala) — plant of the genus Nelumbo
- Sanskrit: पद्म (padma) — plant of the genus Nelumbo
- Serbo-Croatian: локвањ — plant of the genus Nelumbo
- Serbo-Croatian: ло̏тос — plant of the genus Nelumbo
- Serbo-Croatian: lokvanj — plant of the genus Nelumbo
- Serbo-Croatian: lȍtos — plant of the genus Nelumbo
- Sinhalese: නෙළුම් (neḷum) — plant of the genus Nelumbo
- Slovak: lotos — plant of the genus Nelumbo
- Slovene: lótos — plant of the genus Nelumbo
- Spanish: loto — plant of the genus Nelumbo
- Swahili: yungiyungi la kimisri — plant of the genus Nelumbo
- Swahili: lotasi — plant of the genus Nelumbo
- Tagalog: bayno — plant of the genus Nelumbo
- Tagalog: baino — plant of the genus Nelumbo
- Tagalog: lawas — plant of the genus Nelumbo
- Tamil: தாமரை (tāmarai) — plant of the genus Nelumbo
- Tamil: கமலம் (kamalam) — plant of the genus Nelumbo
- Tày: ngậu — plant of the genus Nelumbo
- Tày: bjoóc ngậu — plant of the genus Nelumbo
- Tày: bưa — plant of the genus Nelumbo
- Telugu: తామరపుష్పం (tāmarapuṣpaṁ) — plant of the genus Nelumbo
- Thai: บัว (buua) — plant of the genus Nelumbo
- Thai: บัวหลวง (buua-lǔuang) — plant of the genus Nelumbo
- Tibetan: པད་མ (pad ma) — plant of the genus Nelumbo
- Turkish: Hint fulü — plant of the genus Nelumbo
- Ukrainian: ло́тос (lótos) — plant of the genus Nelumbo
- Urdu: کمل (kamal) — plant of the genus Nelumbo
- Urdu: کنول (kãval) — plant of the genus Nelumbo
- Vietnamese: sen — plant of the genus Nelumbo
- Welsh: alaw'r dŵr — plant of the genus Nelumbo
- Danish: lotus — legendary plant
- Finnish: lootus — legendary plant
- Ancient Greek: λωτός (lōtós) — legendary plant
- Irish: loiteog — legendary plant
- Kapampangan: luke — legendary plant
- Kapampangan: tukal — legendary plant
- Kapampangan: kiyapu — legendary plant
- Kapampangan: lotus — legendary plant
- Welsh: lotws — legendary plant
- Finnish: maite — plant of the genus Lotus
- Finnish: lootus — architectural motif
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