lotus
pronunciation
How to pronounce lotus in British English:
UK [ˈləʊtəs]
How to pronounce lotus in American English:
US [ˈloʊtəs]
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- Noun:
- native to eastern Asia; widely cultivated for its large pink or white flowers
- white Egyptian lotus: water lily of Egypt to southeastern Africa; held sacred by the Egyptians
Word Origin
- lotus (n.)
- 1540s, from Latin lotus, from Greek lotos, name used for several plants before it came to mean Egyptian white lotus (a sense attested in English from 1580s); perhaps from a Semitic source (compare Hebrew lot "myrrh"). The yogic sense is attested from 1848. Lotus-eaters (1812) are from Greek lotophagoi, mentioned in "Odyssey," book IX.
Example
- 1. Lotus is adding simulated engine noises to the evora .
- 2. Lotus lamps bloom on the water in het park .
- 3. The soul unfolds itself , like a lotus of countless petals .
- 4. Lotus , porsche and ferrari each unveiled vehicles driven partly by electric motors .
- 5. Of three hybrid systems seen at geneva , lotus 's is the most electrified .