dot

Signification (English)

1. A small, round spot.
2. A punctuation mark used to indicate the end of a sentence or an abbreviated part of a word; a full stop; a period.
3. A point used as a diacritical mark above or below various letters of the Latin script, as in Ȧ, Ạ, Ḅ, Ḃ, Ċ.
4. A symbol used for separating the fractional part of a decimal number from the whole part, for indicating multiplication or a scalar product, or for various other purposes.
5. One of the two symbols used in Morse code.
6. (obsolete) A lump or clot.
7. Anything small and like a speck comparatively; a small portion or specimen.
8. (informal) A dot ball.
9. buckshot, projectile from a "dotty" or shotgun
10. Clipping of dotty (“shotgun”).
11. (slang) confinement facility

point

configurer

piqueter

pointiller

Zen

lucy in the sky with diamonds

window pane

back breaker

battery-acid

Lucy in the sky with diamonds

only a little

only one

small amount

tocher

scattered in drops

LSD

punctum

put dots

DoI

lysergic acid diethylamide

maculation

Fréquence

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/dɒt/

Inherited from moyen anglais

Inherited from ancien anglais

Cognate with saterlandais

Cognate with néerlandais

Cognate with bas-allemand

Cognate with suédois

In summary

From Middle English *dot, dotte, from Old English dott (“a dot, point”), from Proto-West Germanic *dott, from Proto-Germanic *duttaz (“wisp”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Dot, Dotte (“a clump”), Dutch dot (“lump, knot, clod”), Low German Dutte (“a plug”), dialectal Swedish dott (“a little heap, bunch, clump”).

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