goto

See also: Goto, GOTO, göto, go to, and go-to

English

Noun

goto (plural gotos)

1. (computing) Alternative letter-case form of GOTO

   Overall, experience in the two decades that followed the publication of Dijkstra's letter showed the folly of producing goto-laden code.

Anagrams

• Togo, goot, to go, togo

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Galician

Etymology

15th century. From Latin guttur (“throat”). Compare French goitre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡoto̝/

Noun

goto m (plural gotos)

1. gulp

   Synonyms: grolo, gulapo

2. throat; larynx; neck
   • 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé (ed.), Tratado de Albeitaria. Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 89:

     estas llandooas jnchanse de gisa que asy apretan as gorgomellas et estreitan o goto por que espira o Cauallo

     this glands swell to the point that they squeeze the pharynx and narrow the throat, through which the horse breathes

   Synonym: gorxa

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “goto”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “goto”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “goto”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “goto”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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Italian

Etymology

From Late Latin gothus, from Proto-Germanic *gutô.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɔ.to/
• Rhymes: -ɔto
• Hyphenation: gò‧to

Adjective

goto (feminine gota, masculine plural goti, feminine plural gote)

1. Gothic

   Synonym: gotico

Noun

goto m (plural goti, feminine gota)

1. Goth

   Hyponyms: ostrogoto, visigoto

Further reading

• goto in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• goto in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• gòto in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• gòto in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• Togo

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

gòto f

1. definite singular of gòtu

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Sidamo

Goto.

Etymology

From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Burji gota and Hadiyya gotichcho.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡoto/
• Hyphenation: go‧to

Noun

goto m (singulative gotiichcho m)

1. (collective) hyenas

Declension

Declension of goto (masculine)

	unmodified	modified
predicative	goto
nominative	gotu	goti
genitive	gotu*)	goti*)
dative	gotoho	gotira
accusative	goto*)
ablative	gotunni	gotinni
*) Stressed on the final vowel.

References

• Kazuhiro Kawachi (2007) A grammar of Sidaama (Sidamo), a Cushitic language of Ethiopia, page 345

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Tagalog

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: go‧to
• IPA^(key): /ˈɡoto/, [ˈɡoː.t̪o]

Noun

goto (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜓᜆᜓ)

1. goto (Filipino rice and beef tripe gruel)
2. ox or cow tripe

   Synonyms: labot, tripa, kalyos

Derived terms

• gotohan

See also

• lugaw
• tito

 

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Venetian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *gottus, from Latin guttus.

Noun

gòto m (plural gòti)

1. glass (drinking vessel, quantity)