poto
التعريفات والمعاني
== Chichewa ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from English pot.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈpo.to/
=== Noun ===
poto class 5 (plural mapoto class 6)
pot
== Eastern Bontoc ==
=== Noun ===
poto
(anatomy) abdomen
(anatomy) stomach
Synonym: fowang
== Esperanto ==
=== Etymology ===
From German Pott and English pot.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈpoto/
Rhymes: -oto
Syllabification: po‧to
=== Noun ===
poto (accusative singular poton, plural potoj, accusative plural potojn)
pot (vessel)
==== Derived terms ====
florpoto (“flowerpot”)
kuirpoto (“cooking pot”)
=== Further reading ===
“poto”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
“poto”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026
== French ==
=== Noun ===
poto m (plural potos)
(slang) informal spelling of poteau (“dude, buddy”)
== Haitian Creole ==
=== Etymology ===
From French poteau.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /poto/
=== Noun ===
poto
pillar, post, pole
==== Derived terms ====
poto mitan
=== References ===
Targète, Jean; Urciolo, Raphael (1993), Haitian Creole-English Dictionary[1], Dunwoody Press, →ISBN, page 153
== Indonesian ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): [ˈpot̪o]
=== Noun ===
poto (plural poto-poto)
nonstandard spelling of foto (“photo”)
== Italian ==
=== Etymology 1 ===
Borrowed from Latin pōtus, from Proto-Italic *pōtos, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₃tós (“(having been) drunk; having drunk”), derived from the root *peh₃- (“to drink”).Cognate with Greek ποτό (potó, “drink, beverage”).
==== Pronunciation ====
IPA(key): /ˈpɔ.to/
Rhymes: -ɔto
Hyphenation: pò‧to
==== Noun ====
poto m (plural poti) (literary, obsolete)
beverage, drink
Synonyms: bevanda, (literary, rare) poculo
(uncountable) the act of drinking
Synonym: bere
===== Related terms =====
potabile
potare
pozione
==== Further reading ====
poto in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
=== Etymology 2 ===
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
==== Pronunciation ====
IPA(key): /ˈpo.to/
Rhymes: -oto
Hyphenation: pó‧to
==== Verb ====
poto
first-person singular present indicative of potare (“to prune”)
=== Etymology 3 ===
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
==== Pronunciation ====
IPA(key): /ˈpɔ.to/
Rhymes: -ɔto
Hyphenation: pò‧to
==== Verb ====
poto
first-person singular present indicative of potare (“to drink”)
=== Anagrams ===
opto, opto-, optò, topo, topo-
== Kari'na ==
=== Alternative forms ===
apoto (Guyana, Venezuela, West Suriname)
=== Etymology ===
From Proto-Cariban *apoto; compare Yabarana tapotoi, Ye'kwana ajo'jo.
=== Pronunciation ===
(East Suriname) IPA(key): [poʔto]
=== Noun ===
poto (possessed potory, plural potonon) (East Suriname)
bigness, largeness
greatness, importance
=== References ===
Courtz, Hendrik (2008), A Carib grammar and dictionary[2], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 351
Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931), “poto”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 387; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes[3], Paris, 1956, page 378
== Latin ==
=== Etymology ===
From pōtus + -ō. Cognate with Old Church Slavonic пити (piti), Ancient Greek πῑ́νω (pī́nō), Sanskrit पिबति (píbati). Compare the noun pōtus (“drink”).
=== Pronunciation ===
(Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈpoː.toː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈpɔː.to]
=== Verb ===
pōtō (present infinitive pōtāre, perfect active pōtāvī, supine pōtum or pōtātum); first conjugation
to drink
Synonym: bibō
==== Conjugation ====
1The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested.2At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.
==== Derived terms ====
==== Related terms ====
pōtor
==== Descendants ====
Piedmontese: poé
→ Italian: potare
→ Spanish: potar
=== References ===
“poto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“poto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book[4], London: Macmillan and Co.
poto in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[5], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
== Rapa Nui ==
=== Adjective ===
poto
short
== Spanish ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈpoto/ [ˈpo.t̪o]
Rhymes: -oto
Syllabification: po‧to
=== Etymology 1 ===
From Mapudungun poto (“bottom, underside”), from Quechua putu (“vessel”), from Mochica potos (“genitals”).
==== Noun ====
poto m (plural potos)
(Peru, Chile) buttocks; butt
Synonyms: nalga, pompa, culo, trasero
=== Etymology 2 ===
==== Verb ====
poto
first-person singular present indicative of potar
=== Further reading ===
“poto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
“poto”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010
poto | Diccionario • DELE Ahora
== Tahitian ==
=== Adjective ===
poto
short
small, little
==== References ====
Lemaître, Yves (1995), Lexique du tahitien contemporain [Current Tahitian lexicon][6] (in French), Paris: Éditions de l'Orstom, →ISBN
“poto” in Dictionnaire en ligne Tahitien/Français (Online Tahitian–French Dictionary), by the Tahitian Academy.
== Tok Pisin ==
=== Etymology ===
From English photo.
=== Noun ===
poto
photograph