mot

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

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English [edit]

Etymology 1 [edit]

From French mot. Compare motto.

Pronunciation [edit]

Noun [edit]

mot (plural mots)

  1. A witty remark; a witticism; a bon mot.
    • N. Brit. Rev.
      Here and there turns up a […] savage mot.
    • 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.
  2. (obsolete) A word or a motto; a device.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Bishop Hall to this entry?)
    • Shakespeare
      Tarquin's eye may read the mot afar.
  3. (obsolete) A note or brief strain on a bugle.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Sir Walter Scott to this entry?)

Etymology 2 [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

Noun [edit]

mot

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

Albanian [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Proto-Albanian *māti ‘time’, from *mh̥₁ti̯-e/o-, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₁tis (gen. *mh̥₁téis) (compare Old English mǣþ ‘measure’, Lithuanian mẽtas ‘time’, Dutch mot (“fine rain”), Ancient Greek μῆτις (mē̂tis) ‘plan’). Sense development from ‘time’ to ‘weather’ influenced by Latin tempus ‘time; weather’ (cf. Romanian timp, French temps).

Noun [edit]

mot m

  1. weather
  2. next year
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Crimean Tatar [edit]

Noun [edit]

mot

  1. fashion
    Şimdi pek mot emiş ağarğan saçlar
    Ah men şu motluqtan uzaq olaydım.

Dutch [edit]

Etymology [edit]

Compare English moth, German Motte, Old English moþþe.

Pronunciation [edit]

Noun [edit]

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

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French [edit]

Etymology [edit]

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 [edit]

Noun [edit]

mot m (plural mots)

  1. word
  2. note, (short) message

Derived terms [edit]

Anagrams [edit]

Middle French [edit]

Noun [edit]

mot m (plural mots)

  1. word

Descendants [edit]

Norwegian Bokmål [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

Noun [edit]

mot n (definite singular motet; uncountable)

  1. (singular only) courage

Preposition [edit]

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.

Norwegian Nynorsk [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

Noun [edit]

mot n (definite singular motet; uncountable)

  1. (singular only) courage

Preposition [edit]

mot

  1. to, towards
    Han kom mot dei.
    He came towards them.
  2. against, from; for
    Har de noko som verkar mot tett nase?
    Do you have anything that works for a stuffy nose?
  3. against, versus
    Kven skal me spela mot?
    Who shall we play against?

Occitan [edit]

Alternative forms [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Late Latin muttum

Noun [edit]

mot m (plural mots)

  1. word

Old English [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

Etymology 1 [edit]

Inflected forms.

Verb [edit]

mōt

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

Etymology 2 [edit]

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

Noun [edit]

mōt n

  1. meeting, assembly
Declension [edit]
    Declension of mot (strong a-stem)
Singular Plural
nominative mōt mōt
accusative mōt mōt
genitive mōtes mōta
dative mōte mōtum

Old French [edit]

Etymology 1 [edit]

Late Latin muttum

Noun [edit]

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

  1. word
Synonyms [edit]
Descendants [edit]

Etymology 2 [edit]

See molt

Adjective [edit]

mot m

  1. Alternative form of molt.

Adverb [edit]

mot

  1. Alternative form of molt.

Old Provençal [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

Etymology 1 [edit]

Latin multus.

Alternative forms [edit]

Adverb [edit]

mot

  1. much; alot

Etymology 2 [edit]

Late Latin muttum.

Noun [edit]

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

  1. word

Swedish [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

Noun [edit]

mot n

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

Declension [edit]

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

Preposition [edit]

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

Volapük [edit]

Noun [edit]

mot (plural mots)

  1. mother

Declension [edit]

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!

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Derived terms [edit]

Terms derived from mot "mother"

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