lot
French, noun/lo/
lot is spelled L-O-T (3 letters) and appears 26 times per million words in written French, the 2,990th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lot is a French masculine noun meaning “share (of inheritance)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Portion d’un tout que l’on partage entre plusieurs personnes. Il se dit principalement en matière de…”.
What does lot mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineshare (of inheritance)
- 2
masculineplot (of land)
- 3
masculinebatch (of goods for sale)
- 4
masculinelot (at auction)
- 5
masculineprize (in lottery)
- 6
masculinelot, fate
- 7
masculineslangbabe
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Portion d’un tout que l’on partage entre plusieurs personnes. Il se dit principalement en matière de succession. 2. Ce qui échoit dans une loterie à chacun des billets gagnants. 3. Ce que nous donne en partage la destinée, le sort. 4. Femme, généralement plaisante, jolie. Souvent dans des expressions comme « beau, bath, chouette petit lot ».
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of lot
- lots plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lot?
- /lo/
- /lɔ/
- \lo\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to lot
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is lot in French?
lot appears 26 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).