loot

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /luːt/ (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /lut/ (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /ɫʉːt/ Rhymes: -uːt Homophone: lute (yod-dropping) === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Hindi लूट (lūṭ, “booty”), either from Sanskrit लोप्त्र (loptra, “booty, stolen property”) or लुण्ट् (luṇṭ, “to rob, plunder”). The figurative meaning developed in American English in the 1920s, resulting in a generalized meaning by the 1950s. ==== Noun ==== loot (uncountable) Synonym of booty, goods seized from an enemy by violence, particularly (historical) during the sacking of a town in war or (video games) after successful combat. 2015, Shashi Tharoor, "Britain Does Owe Reparations", 00:02:22: India went from being a world-famous exporter of finished cloth into an importer, went from having 27% of world trade to less than 2%. Meanwhile, colonialists like Sir Robert Clive bought their rotten boroughs in England on the proceeds of their loot in India while taking the Hindi word "loot" into their dictionaries as well as their habits. Synonym of sack, the plundering of a city, particularly during war. (colloquial, US) Any valuable thing received for free, especially Christmas presents. 1956 April 23, Life Magazine, p. 131: Free Loot for Children (slang) Synonym of money. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== → Portuguese: loot ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== loot (third-person singular simple present loots, present participle looting, simple past and past participle looted) (transitive) Synonym of plunder, to seize by violence particularly during the capture of a city during war or (video games) after successful combat. 1842 May 17, Lord Ellenborough, letter: The plunderers are beaten whenever they are caught, but there is a good deal of burning and ‘looting’ as they call it. (transitive, chiefly South Asian) Synonym of rob, to steal something from someone by violence or threat of violence. 1851 June 20, Mrs. Hervey, journal: He told me... that if I gave him less than to the master of the luggage-boat, he would... declare at Shēr-Gurry that I had ‘looted him!’ ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== ⇒ Portuguese: lootear ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Middle Dutch loet or loete (“scoop, shovel, scraper”), from reconstructed Old Dutch *lōta, from Old Frankish *lōtija (“scoop”), from Proto-Germanic *hlōþþijō (“scoop”), from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂- (“to lay down, deposit, overlay”). Related to lade and ladle, and cognate with Dutch loet, Scots lute or luyt (“scoop”), West Frisian loete or lete, Middle Low German lōte (“rake”), and French louche (“ladle”). ==== Alternative forms ==== lute (obsolete) ==== Noun ==== loot (plural loots) (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) A scoop used to remove scum from brine pans in saltworks. === Etymology 3 === Clipping. ==== Noun ==== loot (plural loots) (US military slang, dated) Clipping of lieutenant. === References === “loot, n¹.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2020. “loot, n².”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019. “loot, n³.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018. “loot, v.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2020. === Anagrams === LOTO, OOTL, loto, tool == Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /loːt/ Hyphenation: loot Rhymes: -oːt === Etymology 1 === From Middle Dutch lote, from Old Dutch *lōt, from Proto-Germanic *lōda, related to *landa- and *leudaną (“to grow, sprout, shoot up”). ==== Noun ==== loot m (plural loten, diminutive lootje n) a sprout, shoot, stem etc. growing on an existing plant part Synonym: scheut a descendant, offspring something originating, growing, developing from another ===== Derived terms ===== loten (to sprout) waterloot === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== loot inflection of loten: first/second/third-person singular present indicative imperative == Middle Dutch == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Dutch *lōt, from Proto-West Germanic *laud, possibly borrowed from Gaulish *loudon, from Proto-Celtic *ɸloudom (“lead”). === Noun === lôot n lead (metal) Synonym: bli ==== Inflection ==== ==== Descendants ==== === Further reading === “loot”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000 Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “loot (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I == Portuguese == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English loot. First attested in the early 2000's. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ut͡ʃi Homophone: lute === Noun === loot m (usually uncountable, plural loots) (Internet slang, video games) (video games) loot (goods seized from an enemy after successful combat) loot (any valuable thing received for free) ==== Derived terms ====