Otis

See also: otis

Translingual

great bustard (Otis tarda), the only species in its genus.

Etymology

From Latin ōtis (bustard), from Ancient Greek ὠτίς (ōtís).

Proper noun

Otis f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Otididae great bustard (Otis tarda).

Hypernyms

Hyponyms

  • (genus): Otis tarda - sole accepted extant species

Derived terms

References

English

Etymology

A patronymic surname derived from Middle English genitive case of the Germanic given name Ote, Ode, cognate to modern Otto.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈoʊtɪs/
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈəʊtɪs/
  • Rhymes: -əʊtɪs

Proper noun

Otis

  1. A surname transferred from the given name, notably of the American revolutionary hero James Otis and the innovator and industrialist Elisha Otis.
  2. (chiefly US) A male given name from the Germanic languages, transferred from the surname.
    • 1961, Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road, Vintage Contemporaries, published 2000, →ISBN, page 74:
      [] in a world of mandatory diminutives, a corporation of jolly Bills and Jacks and Herbs and Teds in which an unabbreviable given name like Earl must have been a minor handicap, "Oat" was the best that could be done for a man with the given name of Otis.
  3. An Otis elevator.

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