Meanings
lido1
lido2
nounlido (uncountable)
- abbreviationclippingslanguncountableClipping of lidocaine
LIDO3
nounLIDO (uncountable)
- abbreviationinitialismuncountableInitialism of Lightweight Information Describing Objects.
LiDO4
nounLiDO (uncountable)
- abbreviationinitialismuncountableInitialism of Large inclination Distant Objects.
Origin
- Latinlitus“shore”
- Italianlido“beach, shore”
- Englishlido
After Lido (Lido di Venezia), an island with a long beach in Venice, Italy, site of Europe’s first modern beach resort (1857), from Italian lido (“beach, shore”), from Latin litus (“shore”) (hence also English littoral (“of the shore”)). The name is aspirational, evoking glamorous Venice; compare Venetian Pool, another outdoor pool named for Venice.
More words from Italian, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Czech koupaliště, plovárna
- koupalištěoutdoor swimming pool
- plovárnaoutdoor swimming pool
Danish friluftsbad
- friluftsbadoutdoor swimming pool
Finnish uimaranta, maauimala
- uimarantapart of sea
- maauimalaoutdoor swimming pool
German Freibad, Badi
- Freibadoutdoor swimming pool
- Badioutdoor swimming pool
Hungarian vízparti strand/fürdő, strandfürdő
- vízparti strand/fürdőpart of sea
- strandfürdőoutdoor swimming pool
Polish kąpielisko
- kąpieliskopart of sea
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with lido
toledoEscondidotuxedospeedotorpedoaikidodidolibidoHokkaidofidocredoIdobushidoejidoteredopaedocomedoEsperantidoflavedogravedolivedomortidotokiponido
All rhymes →Anagrams
Cite this entry
APA
lido. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lido
MLA
“lido.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lido. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lido,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lido.
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