"rota" meaning in English

See rota in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈɹəʊ.tə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈɹoʊ.tə/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-rota.wav Forms: rotas [plural]
Rhymes: -əʊtə Etymology: Borrowed from Latin rota (“wheel”). Doublet of rotor and ruote. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*Hreth₂-}}, {{bor|en|la|rota||wheel}} Latin rota (“wheel”), {{doublet|en|rotor|ruote}} Doublet of rotor and ruote Head templates: {{en-noun}} rota (plural rotas)
  1. (UK, Ireland) A schedule that allocates some task, responsibility or (rarely) privilege between a set of people according to a (possibly periodic) calendar. Tags: Ireland, UK Related terms: rotate, roster Translations (schedule): rozpis (služeb, úkolů) [masculine] (Czech), työlista (Finnish), uainchlár [masculine] (Irish), ruolino di marcia [masculine] (Italian), calendario di lavoro [masculine] (Italian), ruolino di servizio [masculine] (Italian), horario con los turnos [masculine] (Spanish), arbetsschema [neuter] (Swedish)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈɹəʊ.tə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈɹoʊ.tə/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-rota.wav Forms: rotas [plural]
Rhymes: -əʊtə Head templates: {{en-noun}} rota (plural rotas)
  1. (music) A kind of zither used in the Middle Ages in church music. Categories (topical): Musical instruments Synonyms: rocta, rotta
    Sense id: en-rota-en-noun-Bvzxa3dp Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 25 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 73 Disambiguation of Pages with 25 entries: 7 0 8 1 2 7 0 1 0 8 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 3 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 4 0 2 8 1 1 1 1 1 8 1 4 2 8 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 0 9 1 2 8 0 1 0 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 2 9 1 0 0 0 0 9 1 4 1 9 0 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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