German

Alternative forms

• Iota

Noun

Jota n ‎(genitive Jota or Jotas, plural Jotas)

1. iota

Declension

Derived terms

• kein Jota

English

Noun

jota ‎(plural jotas)

1. A traditional popular dance of the Iberian peninsula with regional variations.
2. The music to which this dance is set, normally of 3/4 or 6/8 time.

Translations

Anagrams

• jato, JATO

Catalan

Etymology 1

From Latin iota.

Noun

jota f ‎(plural jotes)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter J/j.

Etymology 2

Noun

jota f ‎(plural jotes)

1. jota (Iberian folk dance)
2. jota (music to which a jota is danced)

Hyponyms

• mateixa

Czech

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἰῶτα ‎(iôta, “iota”).

Noun

jota n

1. iota (Greek letter)

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjoː.taː/

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἰῶτα ‎(iôta). The sense "small amount" developed in reference to a phrase in the New Testament: Eer de hemel en aarde vergaat, zal er niet één jota of één tittel vergaan van de wet.— until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the Law (Mt 5:18), iota being the smallest letter of the Greek alphabet.

Noun

jota f ‎(plural jota's, diminutive jotaatje n)

1. iota (Greek letter)
2. (negative polarity item) iota (small amount)

   Ik snap er geen jota van.

   I don’t understand a thing of it.

Synonyms

• (small amount): snars, (vulgar) bal, reet, hol

Finnish

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: jo‧ta
• Rhymes: -otɑ
• IPA^(key): [ˈjotɑ]

Pronoun

jota

1. Partitive singular form of joka.
2. (relative) who, which, that.

   • Nainen, jota en näe,...
     • The woman (who/that) I don't see...

3. (relative) who(m), which, that.

   • Nainen, jota varten ostin kukkia,...
     • The woman for whom I bought flowers... / The woman (that/who) I bought flowers for...

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• ioota

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: jo‧ta
• IPA^(key): [ˈjoːtɑ]

Noun

jota

1. iota (ninth letter in Greek alphabet)

Declension

Usage notes

The recommended Finnish spelling for the name of this letter is ioota.

Anagrams

• ajot, jaot, ojat

French

Etymology

Borrowing from Spanish jota.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xɔ.ta/, /ʁɔ.ta/

Noun

jota m ‎(plural jotas)

1. jota (dance)

Gothic

Romanization

jōta

1. Romanization of 𐌾𐍉𐍄𐌰

Italian

Noun

jota m, f ‎(invariable)

1. Obsolete spelling of iota

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Carioca) IPA^(key): /ˈʒɔtɐ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʒɔta/
• Homophone: Jota

Etymology 1

From Latin iota, from Ancient Greek ἰῶτα ‎(iôta, “iota”), from Semitic.

Noun

jota m (plural jotas)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter J/j.

Related terms

• iota

Coordinate terms

• i, cá/capa

Etymology 2

Borrowing from Spanish jota ‎(“jota”), from earlier xota, from Mozarabic *šáwta ‎(“jump”), from Latin saltō ‎(“I dance”).

Noun

jota f (plural jotas)

1. jota (dance)
2. jota (music)

Related terms

• saltar
• salto

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxot̪a/

Etymology 1

From Latin iota, from Ancient Greek ἰῶτα ‎(iôta, “iota”).

Noun

jota f ‎(plural jotas)

1. jot; iota
2. The name of the Latin-script letter J/j.
3. a jack in a deck of cards

Etymology 2

Noun

jota f ‎(plural jotas)

1. (Mexico) gay male

   ¡Ay que jota!

Synonyms

• (gay male): maricón

Etymology 3

From older xota, from Mozarabic *šáwta ‎(“jump”), from Latin saltō ‎(“I dance”).

Noun

jota f ‎(plural jotas)

1. jota (Iberian folk dance)
2. jota (music to which a jota is danced)

Swedish

Noun

jota n

1. (negative polarity item) iota (small amount)

Usage notes

Almost exclusively used in the expression inte ett jota ‎(“not the slightest, not at all, nothing”).