noto

See also: Noto, notó, notò, and nōto

Äiwoo

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *na ucuŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ujuŋ, from Proto-Austronesian *ujuŋ.

Noun

noto (third person minimal notä) (inalienable)

1. (anatomy) nose

   Noto imepelino.

   I pierced my nose.

   Nubagä kâuwoli ngâ notä.

   Snot is running from his nose.

References

• Næss, Åshild (2017), “noto”, in A short dictionary of Äiwoo (Studies in the Languages of Island Melanesia; A-PL 35)‎^[1], Canberra, ACT: Asia-Pacific Linguistics, College of Asia and the Pacific, Australian National University, page 78
• Lackey, William James; Boerger, Brenda H. (December 2021), “Reexamining the Phonological History of Oceanic's Temotu subgroup”, in Oceanic Linguistics‎^[2], volume 60, number 2, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawaiʻi Press, →JSTOR, pages 367–411

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [ˈno̞.tu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈnɔ.to]
• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈnɔ.tu]

Verb

noto

1. first-person singular present indicative of notar

Esperanto

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃-

Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti

Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₃sḱéti

Proto-Italic *gnōskō

Latin gnōscō

Latin nōscō?

Latin notader.

Esperanto noto

Derived from Latin nota.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnoto/

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• Rhymes: -oto
• Syllabification: no‧to

Noun

noto (accusative singular noton, plural notoj, accusative plural notojn)

1. note
2. grade, rating
   • 2012, La Regularoj de AIS, 'Ĉapitoro V, Artikolo 16'.
   • ...tiuj estas rigardata kiel la fina noto de la ekzameno.

Derived terms

• banknoto (“bank note”)
• noti (“to note, write down”)
• notlibreto (“notebook”)
• notobloko, notfoliaro (“notepad”)
• piednoto (“footnote”)

Further reading

• “noto”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “noto”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

Galician

Verb

noto

1. first-person singular present indicative of notar

Ido

Etymology

From Esperanto, from French note, Italian and Spanish nota, from Latin nota (“mark, sign”).

Noun

noto (plural noti)

1. a note

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɔ.to/
• Rhymes: -ɔto
• Hyphenation: nò‧to

Etymology 1

From the Latin nōtus (“known; notorious”).

Adjective

noto (feminine nota, masculine plural noti, feminine plural note, superlative notissimo)

1. of common knowledge

   Synonym: risaputo

2. well-known, known

   Synonyms: famoso, conosciuto, celebre, risaputo

3. famous, notorious

   Synonyms: famoso, celebre

Noun

noto m (plural noti)

1. the known

   Antonym: ignoto

Related terms

• arcinoto
• notare
• notorietà
• notorio

Etymology 2

See notare.

Verb

noto

1. first-person singular present indicative of notare

Anagrams

• tono, tono-, tonò

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃-

Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti

Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₃sḱéti

Proto-Italic *gnōskō

Latin gnōscō

Latin nōscō?

Latin nota

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin notō

From nota + -ō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈnɔ.toː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈnɔː.to]

Verb

notō (present infinitive notāre, perfect active notāvī, supine notātum); first conjugation

1. to mark, make a mark
2. to write, especially in shorthand
3. to write remarks or notes
4. to signify, denote
5. (figuratively) to hint at
6. (figuratively) to mark, note, observe
7. (figuratively) to brand as infamous; to censure

Conjugation

   Conjugation of notō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	notō		notās		notat		notāmus		notātis		notant
	imperfect	notābam		notābās		notābat		notābāmus		notābātis		notābant
	future	notābō		notābis		notābit		notābimus		notābitis		notābunt
	perfect	notāvī		notāvistī, notāstī1		notāvit, notāt1		notāvimus, notāmus1		notāvistis, notāstis1		notāvērunt, notārunt, notāvēre1
	pluperfect	notāveram, notāram1		notāverās, notārās1		notāverat, notārat1		notāverāmus, notārāmus1		notāverātis, notārātis1		notāverant, notārant1
	future perfect	notāverō, notārō1		notāveris, notāris1		notāverit, notārit1		notāverimus, notārimus1		notāveritis, notāritis1		notāverint, notārint1
passive	present	notor		notāris, notāre		notātur		notāmur		notāminī		notantur
	imperfect	notābar		notābāris, notābāre		notābātur		notābāmur		notābāminī		notābantur
	future	notābor		notāberis, notābere		notābitur		notābimur		notābiminī		notābuntur
	perfect	notātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	notātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	notātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	notem		notēs		notet		notēmus		notētis		notent
	imperfect	notārem		notārēs		notāret		notārēmus		notārētis		notārent
	perfect	notāverim, notārim1		notāverīs, notārīs1		notāverit, notārit1		notāverīmus, notārīmus1		notāverītis, notārītis1		notāverint, notārint1
	pluperfect	notāvissem, notāssem1		notāvissēs, notāssēs1		notāvisset, notāsset1		notāvissēmus, notāssēmus1		notāvissētis, notāssētis1		notāvissent, notāssent1
passive	present	noter		notēris, notēre		notētur		notēmur		notēminī		notentur
	imperfect	notārer		notārēris, notārēre		notārētur		notārēmur		notārēminī		notārentur
	perfect	notātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	notātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		notā		—		—		notāte		—
	future	—		notātō		notātō		—		notātōte		notantō
passive	present	—		notāre		—		—		notāminī		—
	future	—		notātor		notātor		—		—		notantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		notāre			notārī			notāns			—
future		notātūrum esse			notātum īrī			notātūrus			notandus
perfect		notāvisse, notāsse1			notātum esse			—			notātus
future perfect		—			notātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		notātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		notandī		notandō		notandum		notandō		notātum		notātū

¹At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

Derived terms

• annotō
• dēnotō
• ēnotō
• notābilis
• notārius
• notātiō
• notātus
• notula
• praenotō

Related terms

• cognitus
• ignōscō
• nōscō
• notōrius

Descendants

• → Dutch: noteren
• → English: note
• French: noter
  • Romanian: nota
• Galician: notar
• → German: notieren
• Italian: notare
• Piedmontese: noté
• → Polish: notować
• Portuguese: notar
• Sicilian: nutari
• Spanish: notar

Participle

nōtō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of nōtus

References

• “noto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “noto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “noto”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[3], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to inflict an indignity upon, insult a person: aliquem ignominia afficere, notare
    
  • to observe the chronological order of events: servare et notare tempora
    
  • to brand a person with infamy: notare aliquem ignominia (Cluent. 43. 119)
    
  • (ambiguous) the reprimand of a censor: nota, animadversio censoria
    
  • (ambiguous) not to be diffuse on such a well-known subject: ne in re nota et pervulgata multus sim
    
• “noto”, in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976), The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press

Old High German

Etymology

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Adverb

noto

1. necessarily

References

• Braune, Wilhelm. Althochdeutsches Lesebuch, zusammengestellt und mit Glossar versehen

Portuguese

Verb

noto

1. first-person singular present indicative of notar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnoto/ [ˈno.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -oto
• Syllabification: no‧to

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin Notus, from Ancient Greek νότος (nótos).

Noun

noto m (plural notos)

1. (meteorology) southerly

Etymology 2

Noun

noto m (plural notos)

1. (entomology) notum

Etymology 3

Verb

noto

1. first-person singular present indicative of notar

Further reading

• “noto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025