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Synonyms for lotto

Grammar : Noun
Spell : lot-oh
Phonetic Transcription : ˈlɒt oʊ

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Définition of lotto

Origin :
  • 1778, "type of card game," from French loto and directly from Italian lotto "a lot," from Old French lot "lot, share, reward, prize," from Frankish or some other Germanic source (cf. Old English and Old Frisian hlot; see lot (n.)). Meaning "a lottery, a game of chance" is attested from 1787.
  • As in lottery : noun drawing
  • As in game of chance : noun game depending on luck
Example sentences :
  • Lipinski, Wieniawski, and Lotto were all educated in the Paris school.
  • Extract from : « The Violin » by George Hart
  • Why, I am anything but a spring chicken, yet Lotto was an old game when I was young.
  • Extract from : « Camping » by Alexandra G. Lockwine
  • In my young days a game of lotto was introduced in the clubs.
  • Extract from : « What Shall We Do? » by Leo Tolstoy
  • This is a game similar to the "lotto" we used to play as children.
  • Extract from : « A Yankee in the Trenches » by R. Derby Holmes
  • In the end he begins to attitudinise and to display those artificial graces which were presently accentuated by Lotto.
  • Extract from : « The Venetian School of Painting » by Evelyn March Phillipps
  • It is painted in his gay tones, imitating Basaiti and Lotto, and brings in the partridge of which he made a sort of sign manual.
  • Extract from : « The Venetian School of Painting » by Evelyn March Phillipps
  • Then, again, Cariani flies off to the gayer, more animated style of Lotto.
  • Extract from : « The Venetian School of Painting » by Evelyn March Phillipps
  • He has not the sensitive and subtle search after the motives of humanity which we find in Tintoretto or Lotto.
  • Extract from : « The Venetian School of Painting » by Evelyn March Phillipps
  • Till the year 1526 Lotto was much in Bergamo, where the first altarpiece gained him orders for others.
  • Extract from : « The Venetian School of Painting » by Evelyn March Phillipps
  • About 1512 Lotto comes into contact with Palma, and for a short time the two were in close touch.
  • Extract from : « The Venetian School of Painting » by Evelyn March Phillipps
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