lido
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
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈlaɪ.dəʊ/, /ˈliː.dəʊ/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -aɪdəʊ
- Rhymes: -iːdəʊ
Usage notes
- The first pronunciation (with /aɪ/) is more common, but the second more closely imitates the Italian pronunciation.
Derived terms
- lido deck
Related terms
Translations
Galician
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
Derived terms
Further reading
- lido in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latvian
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈli.du/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈli.do/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈli.du/ [ˈli.ðu]
- Hyphenation: li‧do
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