Lottery — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

something that is regarded as a chance event

players buy (or are given) chances and prizes are distributed by casting lots

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/lˈɑːɾɚɹi/

🇬🇧British English

/lˈɒtəɹi/

🇮🇳Indian English

/lˈɒtəɹi/

3 syllables Say it as /lˈɑːɾɚɹi/.

Examples

the election was just a lottery to them

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

drawing

Parts of Speech

noun	something that is regarded as a chance event “the election was just a lottery to them”
noun	players buy (or are given) chances and prizes are distributed by casting lots

Word Forms

draw

verb

choose at random

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Lotterie

etwas, das als Zufallsereignis angesehen wird

🇫🇷French

loterie

quelque chose qui est considéré comme un événement fortuit

🇪🇸Spanish

lotería

algo que se considera un evento casual

🇮🇹Italian

lotteria

qualcosa che viene considerato un evento casuale

🇳🇱Dutch

loterij

iets dat als een toevallige gebeurtenis wordt beschouwd

🇵🇹Portuguese

loteria

algo que é considerado um evento casual

🇷🇺Russian

лотерея

нечто, что рассматривается как случайное событие

India

🇮🇳Hindi

लॉटरी

कुछ ऐसा जिसे एक आकस्मिक घटना माना जाता है

🇧🇩Bengali

লটারি

এমন কিছু যা একটি সুযোগ ঘটনা হিসাবে বিবেচিত হয়

🇮🇳Tamil

லாட்டரி

ஒரு வாய்ப்பு நிகழ்வாகக் கருதப்படும் ஒன்று

🇮🇳Telugu

లాటరీ

ఏదో ఒక అవకాశం సంఘటనగా పరిగణించబడుతుంది

🇮🇳Marathi

लॉटरी

एक संधी घटना म्हणून गणली जाते

🇮🇳Gujarati

લોટરી

કંઈક કે જે એક તક ઘટના તરીકે ગણવામાં આવે છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ಲಾಟರಿ

ಒಂದು ಅವಕಾಶ ಘಟನೆ ಎಂದು ಪರಿಗಣಿಸಲಾಗಿದೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ലോട്ടറി

ഒരു ആകസ്മിക സംഭവമായി കണക്കാക്കപ്പെടുന്ന ഒന്ന്

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਲਾਟਰੀ

ਕੁਝ ਅਜਿਹਾ ਜਿਸਨੂੰ ਇੱਕ ਮੌਕਾ ਘਟਨਾ ਵਜੋਂ ਮੰਨਿਆ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ

🇵🇰Urdu

لاٹری

ایسی چیز جسے موقع واقعہ سمجھا جاتا ہے۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

彩票

被视为偶然事件的事情

🇯🇵Japanese

宝くじ

偶然の出来事とみなされる何か

🇰🇷Korean

운

우연한 사건으로 간주되는 것

🇻🇳Vietnamese

xổ số

một cái gì đó được coi là một sự kiện cơ hội

🇹🇭Thai

ลอตเตอรี

สิ่งที่ถือเป็นโอกาส

🇮🇩Indonesian

lotere

sesuatu yang dianggap sebagai peristiwa kebetulan

🇲🇾Malay

loteri

sesuatu yang dianggap sebagai peristiwa kebetulan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

اليانصيب

شيء يعتبر بمثابة حدث فرصة

🇮🇷Persian

قرعه کشی

چیزی که به عنوان یک رویداد تصادفی در نظر گرفته می شود

🇹🇷Turkish

piyango

şans eseri olarak kabul edilen bir şey

🇮🇱Hebrew

הַגרָלָה

משהו שנחשב כאירוע מקרי

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