lido

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See also: Lido, līdõ, and lí do

English

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Etymology

After Lido (Lido di Venezia), an island with a long beach in Venice, Italy, site of Europe’s first modern beach resort (1857), from Italian lido (beach, shore), from Latin litus (shore) (hence also English littoral (of the shore)). The name is aspirational, evoking glamorous Venice; compare Venetian Pool, another outdoor pool named for Venice.

Pronunciation

Noun

lido (plural lidos)

Tinside Pool in Plymouth
  1. (British) Part of the sea by a beach sectioned off for swimming and other aquatic activities.
  2. (British) An outdoor swimming pool.

Usage notes

  • The first pronunciation (with /aɪ/) is more common, but the second more closely imitates the Italian pronunciation.

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Galician

Etymology 1

Participle

lido (feminine lida, masculine plural lidos, feminine plural lidas)

  1. past participle of ler

Etymology 2

Verb

lido

  1. first-person singular present indicative of lidar

Italian

Etymology

From Latin lītus (shore). Also attested in Old Italian as lito, without voicing of intervocalic /-t-/.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈli.do/
  • Rhymes: -ido
  • Hyphenation: lì‧do

Noun

lido m (plural lidi)

  1. shore

Derived terms

Further reading

  • lido in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Latvian

Verb

lido

  1. inflection of lidot:
    1. second/third-person singular present indicative
    2. third-person plural present indicative
    3. second-person singular imperative
  2. (with the particle lai) third-person singular imperative of lidot
  3. (with the particle lai) third-person plural imperative of lidot

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: li‧do

Etymology 1

Adjective

lido (feminine lida, masculine plural lidos, feminine plural lidas)

  1. well-read

Participle

lido (feminine lida, masculine plural lidos, feminine plural lidas)

  1. past participle of ler

Etymology 2

Verb

lido

  1. first-person singular present indicative of lidar