lido
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English
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)
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- (British) Part of the sea by a beach sectioned off for swimming and other aquatic activities.
- (British) An outdoor swimming pool.
Usage notes
- The first pronunciation (with /aɪ/) is more common, but the second more closely imitates the Italian pronunciation.
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
outdoor swimming pool
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Galician
Etymology 1
Participle
lido (feminine lida, masculine plural lidos, feminine plural lidas)
- past participle of ler
Etymology 2
Verb
lido
Italian
Etymology
From Latin lītus (“shore”). Also attested in Old Italian as lito, without voicing of intervocalic /-t-/.
Pronunciation
Noun
lido m (plural lidi)
Derived terms
Further reading
- lido in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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Latvian
Verb
lido
- inflection of lidot:
- (with the particle lai) third-person singular imperative of lidot
- (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)
Related terms
Participle
lido (feminine lida, masculine plural lidos, feminine plural lidas)
- past participle of ler
- 1977, Clarice Lispector, A hora da estrela [The Hour of the Star]:
- Como que estou escrevendo na hora mesma em que sou lido.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Etymology 2
Verb
lido
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