Jot — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a brief (and hurriedly handwritten) note

a slight but appreciable amount

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/dʒˈɑːt/

🇬🇧British English

/dʒˈɒt/

🇮🇳Indian English

/dʒˈɒt/

1 syllable Say it as /dʒˈɑːt/.

Examples

this dish could use a touch of garlic

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

jot down speck soupcon hint pinch tinge touch mite jotting

Parts of Speech

noun	a brief (and hurriedly handwritten) note
noun	a slight but appreciable amount “this dish could use a touch of garlic”
verb	write briefly or hurriedly; write a short note of

Word Forms

jot	verb	write briefly or hurriedly; write a short note of
jot	noun	a brief (and hurriedly handwritten) note
jotter	noun	a small notebook for rough notes
jotting	noun	a brief (and hurriedly handwritten) note

Around the World

Europe

🇫🇷French

iota

une note brève (et manuscrite à la hâte)

🇪🇸Spanish

jota

una nota breve (y apresuradamente escrita a mano)

🇮🇹Italian

annotare

una breve nota (e frettolosamente scritta a mano).

🇳🇱Dutch

jota

een kort (en haastig handgeschreven) briefje

🇵🇹Portuguese

anota

uma nota breve (e escrita à mão às pressas)

🇷🇺Russian

записка

краткая (и наспех написанная от руки) заметка

India

🇮🇳Hindi

संक्षेप में लिख देना

एक संक्षिप्त (और जल्दबाजी में हस्तलिखित) नोट

🇧🇩Bengali

জট

একটি সংক্ষিপ্ত (এবং দ্রুত হাতে লেখা) নোট

🇮🇳Telugu

జోట్

సంక్షిప్త (మరియు హడావుడిగా చేతితో వ్రాసిన) గమనిక

🇮🇳Marathi

जट

एक संक्षिप्त (आणि घाईघाईने हस्तलिखित) टीप

🇮🇳Gujarati

જોટ

સંક્ષિપ્ત (અને ઉતાવળમાં હસ્તલિખિત) નોંધ

🇮🇳Kannada

ಜೋಟ್

ಸಂಕ್ಷಿಪ್ತ (ಮತ್ತು ಅವಸರದಿಂದ ಕೈಬರಹದ) ಟಿಪ್ಪಣಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ജോറ്റ്

ഒരു ഹ്രസ്വ (തിടുക്കത്തിൽ കൈയക്ഷരം) കുറിപ്പ്

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਜੋਤ

ਇੱਕ ਸੰਖੇਪ (ਅਤੇ ਜਲਦੀ ਹੱਥ ਲਿਖਤ) ਨੋਟ

🇵🇰Urdu

جوٹ

ایک مختصر (اور جلدی سے ہاتھ سے لکھا ہوا) نوٹ

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

记下

简短的（匆忙手写的）便条

🇯🇵Japanese

冗談

短い（そして急いで手書きの）メモ

🇰🇷Korean

조금

간단한 (그리고 서둘러 손으로 쓴) 메모

🇻🇳Vietnamese

ghi chú

một ghi chú ngắn gọn (và viết tay vội vàng)

🇹🇭Thai

จด

บันทึกย่อสั้น ๆ (และเขียนด้วยลายมืออย่างเร่งรีบ)

🇮🇩Indonesian

mencatat

catatan singkat (dan ditulis tangan dengan tergesa-gesa).

🇵🇭Filipino

isulat

isang maikling (at nagmamadaling sulat-kamay) na tala

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

مثقال ذرة

ملاحظة مختصرة (ومكتوبة بخط اليد على عجل).

🇮🇷Persian

نقطه

یک یادداشت کوتاه (و با عجله دست نویس).

🇹🇷Turkish

zerre

kısa (ve aceleyle el yazısıyla yazılmış) bir not

🇮🇱Hebrew

יוֹד

הערה קצרה (ובמהר בכתב יד).

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