Dictionary Definition
iota
Noun
1 a tiny or scarcely detectable amount [syn:
shred, scintilla, whit, tittle, smidgen, smidgeon, smidgin, smidge]
2 the 9th letter of the Greek alphabet
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Etymology
From ἰῶτα.Noun
- The ninth, and smallest, letter of the Greek alphabet.
- As a Greek numeral, iota represents ten.
- A printed instance of that ninth letter.
- There are twelve iotas on that page.
- A jot; a very small, inconsiderable quantity.
Usage notes
Translations
Greek letter
- Greek: γιώτα , ίωτα
- Interlingua: iota
- Portuguese: iota
- Russian: йота (jóta)
a small amount
- Interlingua: iota
- Portuguese: pingo
Extensive Definition
Iota (uppercase Ι, lowercase ι;
[jɒta] Yota) is the ninth letter of the
Greek
alphabet. In the system of Greek
numerals it has a value of 10. It was derived from the Phoenician
letter Yodh (
iota in Dutch: Iota (letter)
iota in Japanese: Ι
iota in Norwegian: Iota
iota in Norwegian Nynorsk: Iota
iota in Low German: Iota
iota in Polish: Jota (litera)
iota in Portuguese: Ι
iota in Russian: Йота (буква)
iota in Simple English: Iota
iota in Slovak: Ióta
iota in Slovenian: Jota (črka)
iota in Serbo-Croatian: Jota
iota in Finnish: Ioota
iota in Swedish: Jota
iota in Thai: ไอโอตา
iota in Turkish: Ι
iota in Ukrainian: Йота (літера)
iota in Chinese: Ι
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
ace,
atom, bit, crumb, dab, dole, dot, dram, dribble, driblet, drop, droplet, dwarf, farthing, fleck, flyspeck, fragment, gnat, gobbet, grain, granule, groat, hair, handful, jot, little, little bit, microbe, microorganism, midge, minim, minimum, minutia, minutiae, mite, modicum, molecule, mote, nutshell, ounce, particle, pebble, pinch, pinhead, pinpoint, pittance, point, ray, scrap, scruple, smidgen, smitch, snip, snippet, speck, spoonful, spot, thimbleful, tiny bit,
tittle, trifling amount,
trivia, vanishing point,
whit