lottery

Significado (Inglés)

  1. A scheme for the distribution of prizes by lot or chance, especially a gaming scheme in which one or more tickets bearing particular numbers draw prizes, the other tickets are blanks.
  2. (figuratively) Something decided by chance.
  3. (obsolete) Allotment; a thing allotted.

Frecuencia

C1
Pronunciado como (IPA)
/ˈlɒtəɹi/
Etimología (Inglés)

In summary

Borrowed from Italian lotteria, from the same root as Old English hlot (cognate with English lot). Compare French loterie (from Middle Dutch loterie). By surface analysis, lot + -ery.

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