mot

See also Mot, MOT, mót, mòt, một, moț, möt, and møt

English

Etymology 1

From French mot.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /məʊ/

Noun

mot (plural mots)

1. A witty comment.
   • 1970, John Glassco, Memoirs of Montparnasse, New York 2007, p. 32:

     ‘He comes from Montreal, in Canada.’ ‘Why?’ she said, repeating Dr Johnson's mot with a forced sneer.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /mɒt/
• Rhymes: -ɒt

Noun

mot

1. (slang, Ireland) A girl, woman or girlfriend, particularly in the Dublin area.

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Albanian

Noun

mot m.

1. weather
2. next year

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Crimean Tatar

Noun

mot

1. fashion

   Şimdi pek mot emiş ağarğan saçlar

   Ah men şu motluqtan uzaq olaydım.

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Dutch

Etymology

Compare English moth, German Motte, Old English moþþe.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔt

• audio

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Noun

mot f. (plural motten, diminutive motje)

1. nocturnal butterfly-like insect: moth
2. a slap, a blow, a hit (physical aggression with hands or fists)
3. a quarrel, tiff

See also

• rups f.
• vlinder m.

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French

Etymology

From Late Latin muttum (“sound”), from muttire (“mutter, make a mu-noise”), of onomatopoeic origin. Has almost entirely replaced parole in Modern French, perhaps because of its shortness.

Pronunciation

• audio

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• IPA: /mo/, SAMPA: /mo/

Noun

mot m. (plural mots)

1. word
2. note, (short) message

Derived terms

• mot d'ordre

Anagrams

• TOM

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Middle French

Noun

mot m. (plural motz)

1. word

Descendants

• French: mot

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Norwegian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /muːt/

Noun

mot n. (definite singular motet)

1. (singular only) courage

Preposition

mot

1. to, towards

   Kjør mot byen = Drive towards town

2. against, from

   En paraply skjermer deg mot regnet! = An umbrella protects you from the rain!

3. against, versus

   Det var et kappløp mot tiden. = It was a race against time.

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Occitan

Alternative forms

• mòt

Etymology

From Late Latin muttum

Noun

mot m. (plural mots)

1. word

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Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /moːt/

Etymology 1

Inflected forms.

Verb

mōt

1. First-person singular present form of mōtan
2. Third-person singular present form of mōtan

Etymology 2

Proto-Germanic *mōtan. Cognate with Old High German muot, Old Norse mót (Swedish möte).

Noun

mōt n.

1. meeting, assembly

Declension

    Declension of mot (strong a-stem)

	Singular	Plural
nominative	mōt	mōt
accusative	mōt	mōt
genitive	mōtes	mōta
dative	mōte	mōtum

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Old French

Etymology 1

Late Latin muttum

Noun

mot m. (oblique plural moz, nominative singular moz, nominative plural mot)

1. word

Synonyms

• parole (more common)

Descendants

• French: mot

Etymology 2

See molt

Adjective

mot m.

1. Alternative form of molt.

Adverb

mot

1. Alternative form of molt.

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Old Provençal

Pronunciation

• IPA: /mot/

Etymology 1

Latin multus.

Alternative forms

• mout

Adverb

mot

1. much; alot

Etymology 2

Late Latin muttum.

Noun

mot m. (oblique plural motz, nominative singular motz, nominative plural mot)

1. word

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /muːt/

• audio

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Noun

mot n.

1. (chiefly west Sweden) interchange; a large junction where two or more roads meet.

Declension

Declension of mot

	singular		plural
Neuter	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	mot	motet	mot	moten
genitive	mots	motets	mots	motens

Preposition

mot

1. to, towards

   Kör mot stan

   Drive towards the town

2. against

   Det där är mot lagen!

   That’s against the law!

3. versus

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Volapük

Noun

mot (plural mots)

1. mother

Declension

declension of mot

	singular	plural
nominative	mot	mots
genitive	mota	motas
dative	mote	motes
accusative	moti	motis
predicative	motu	motus
vocative	o mot!	o mots!