English

Proper noun

Otto

1. A male given name.

Translations

Anagrams

• OTOT
• toot

Danish

Etymology

From German Otto.

Proper noun

Otto

1. A male given name.

Related terms

• (surnames) Ottosen

References

• Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 23 647 males with the given name Otto have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1910s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.

Estonian

Etymology

From German Otto.

Proper noun

Otto

1. A male given name.

Related terms

• Ott
• Udo

Faroese

Etymology

Ultimately, from German Otto.

Proper noun

Otto m

1. A male given name.

Usage notes

Patronymics

• son of Otto: Ottosson
• daughter of Otto: Ottosdóttir

Declension

Finnish

Etymology

From German Otto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈotːo/
• Hyphenation: Ot‧to

Proper noun

Otto

1. A male given name.
   • 1958 Paavo Rintala, Pojat, Otava (2000), ISBN 951-1-16668-9, page 185:

     —Minun nimi Otto.

     —Otto on suomalainenkin nimi.

     —Jaa minä tiedä, kansainvälinen, überall Otto-nimi...

   • 2014 Tanja Pohjola, Lintu pieni, Atena, ISBN 978-952-300-071-1, page 13:

     Dorotean huulet liikkuivat, kun hän toisti aviomiehensä nimen, mutta se ei saanut häntä tuntemeen mitään. Nimi niin kuin mikä tahansa. Eikö sen olisi pitänyt läikyttää häntä, saada vedet valumaan yli? Mutta Otto, miten yksinkertainen nimi. Ei tietoakaan siitä, miten paljon enemmän elämä voi olla kuin kaksi konsonanttia ja kaksi vokaalia.

   • 2014 Heikki Turunen, Karjalan kuningas, WSOY, ISBN 978-951-0-40761-5, page 12:

     Toisen kerran äiti epäili päähänpinttymän syyksi Onnelan Viijaa, kuvanveistäjää, joka oli Impan rotinoilla nauranut ja sanonut minua, nimen kuultuaan, kuningas Otoksi, Saksaa joskus todella hallinneen sennimisen kuninkaan mukaan.

2. The letter "O" in the Finnish tavausaakkoset, a spelling system similar to ICAO spelling alphabet.

Declension

Anagrams

• otot, toto

German

Etymology

Short form of Old High German compound names beginning with the element ōt ‎(“riches”), such as Ottokar and Otmar. Name of a 10th century German emperor.

Proper noun

Otto

1. A male given name.
2. A patronymic surname​.

Related terms

• (male given names) Udo
• (female given names) Oda, Odilia, Ottilie, Uta, Ute
• Otto Normalverbraucher

Norwegian

Etymology

From German Otto.

Proper noun

Otto

1. A male given name.

Portuguese

Proper noun

Otto m

1. A male given name, equivalent to English Otto; variant of Oto

Swedish

Etymology

From German Otto.

Proper noun

Otto

1. A male given name.

English

Noun

otto ‎(plural ottos)

1. Alternative spelling of attar

Derived terms

• otto of roses

Anagrams

• OTOT
• toot

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *votto. Equivalent to ottaa +‎ -o.

Noun

otto

1. taking
2. intake
3. withdrawal
4. (as prefix) adopted

Declension

Derived terms

Anagrams

• otot, toto

Italian

Etymology

From Latin octō, from Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔtːo/, [ˈɔt̪.t̪o]
• Hyphenation: òt‧to
• Rhymes: -ɔtto

Numeral

otto m, f ‎(invariable)

1. (cardinal) eight

Noun

otto m ‎(invariable)

1. eight

otto f pl

1. (following the article le) eight o'clock (a.m. or p.m.)

   Sono le otto.‎

   It's eight o'clock.

Related terms

See also

Playing cards in Italian · carte da gioco (layout · text)
asso	due	tre	quattro	cinque	sei	sette
otto	nove	dieci	fante	donna, regina	re	jolly, joker, matta

• Appendix:Italian numbers

Anagrams

• totò, Totò

Japanese

Romanization

otto

1. rōmaji reading of おっと