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  otto

  noun

  attar.
• Otto
  Otto

  noun

  a male given name: from a Germanic word meaning “rich.”

otto

¹ American  

[ot-oh] / ˈɒt oʊ /

noun

• ottos
  plural

1. attar.

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Otto ² American  

[ot-oh, awt-oh] / ˈɒt oʊ, ˈɔt oʊ /

noun

1. a male given name: from a Germanic word meaning “rich.”

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Otto ¹ British  

/ ˈɔto /

noun

1. Rudolf (ˈruːdɔlf). 1869–1937, German theologian: his best-known work is The Idea of the Holy (1923)

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otto ² British  

/ ˈɒtəʊ /

noun

1. another name for attar

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• ottos
  plural

Example Sentences

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otto Otto ottos

Wearing its covert innovations lightly, and still fashioned from a mere otto pezzi, the chair remains as rigorously insurgent as it is supremely comfortable.

From New York Times ● Aug. 20, 2021

“Now, let me see, what an the otto things I was supposed to tell you?”

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

But if you will purchase for me half a dozen of small bottles of otto of roses I will thank you.

From A Sailor of King George by A. Beckford Bevan

There is an old monk at Norwich, that scents the street whenever he goes up it: and not with otto of roses.

From Earl Hubert's Daughter The Polishing of the Pearl - A Tale of the 13th Century by Emily Sarah Holt

I gave one final shove, burst the door open, and discovered the bouquet to be a bishop, who was scenting his handkerchief at the time with otto of roses.

From The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol. 2 by Harry Furniss

The Otto cycle is a thermodynamic process also used in car engines and other conventional machines.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 14, 2026

It turns out there is no liberal direction in history, and we are back to a world that Otto von Bismarck, the 19th-century German master strategist, would recognize.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

Consider when Gail and Otto arrive in Hollywood and hop in a cab driven by Richard Kind.

From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2026

Here, Wain manages to squeeze in a couple of rising talents: Gutierrez-Riley’s steady, supportive Otto and Wang’s scene-stealing motormouth, a lighter take on the anxious braggart he played in last fall’s “The Long Walk.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026

Otto had no clue, and that startled him.

From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles

It is obvious that vinegars differently perfumed may be made in a similar manner to the above, by using other ottos in place of the otto of roses.

From The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants by George William Septimus Piesse

Perfumers use the ottos of the mint in the manufacture of mouth-washes and dental liquids.

From The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants by George William Septimus Piesse

Mint.—All the Menthidæ yield fragrant ottos by distillation.

From The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants by George William Septimus Piesse

Oils, properly so called, unite with salifiable bases and form soap; whereas the essential or volatile oils, i.e. what we would please to call the ottos, do no such thing.

From The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants by George William Septimus Piesse

Melt the solid greases and oils together by a water-bath, then add the ottos.

From The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants by George William Septimus Piesse