Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

roto

/ˈɹəʊtəʊ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.39 in modern English

Syllables: ro-to
IPA: /ˈɹəʊtəʊ/

4

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

2

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Clipping of rotogravure.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Clipping of rotisserie baseball.

American usage; Informal; Uncountable

noun

Clipping of rotisserie sports.

American usage; Informal; Uncountable

verb

Clipping of rotoscope.

Informal

noun

A Chilean, especially a common man or lower-class Chilean.

Countable

name

A locality in the Carrathool council area, central New South Wales, Australia.

Example Sentences

""But that's just not an exciting quote, so they put on that roto baseball guy saying disparaging things about fantasy football," Emil concedes, referring to a roto baseball expert that HBO interviewed for the piece[…]"
"Looking to find someone who has a comprehensive list of rules and regulations for Roto baseball."

Etymology

Clipping.

Usage

Inflected Forms

rotos (plural) rotos (present, singular) rotoing (participle, present) rotoed (participle, past) rotoed (past)

Phrases

roto-homothety

Rhymes With

moto kyoto toto soto yamamoto miyamoto matsumoto desoto hashimoto sakamoto koto cotto

Questions

How do you pronounce roto?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɹəʊtəʊ/.
What does roto mean?: Clipping of rotogravure.
Where does roto come from?: Clipping.

How to pronounce roto

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