motor

English

Wikipedia

An electric motor.

Alternative forms

• motour (very rare)

Etymology

Latin moto (“I set in motion”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

motor (plural motors)

1. A machine or device that converts any form of energy into mechanical energy, or imparts motion.
2. (colloquial) A motor car, or automobile.
   • 1907, Robert Chambers, chapter 1/2, The Younger Set^[1]:

     It was flood-tide along Fifth Avenue ; motor, brougham, and victoria swept by on the glittering current […].

3. (figuratively) A source of power for something, an inspiration, a driving force.

Synonyms

• engine

Derived terms

terms derived from motor (noun)

electric motor motorbike

motorise motor unit rocket motor shaded-pole motor

Related terms

• motoric
• psychomotor
• sensorimotor

Translations

engine

• Albanian: motor (sq)
• Arabic: محرك (ar) (muḥárrik) m, موتور (ar) (mutūr) m
• Armenian: շարժիչ (hy) (šaržič)
• Azeri: motor (az)
• Belarusian: рухавік (be) (ruxavík) m, матор (be) (matór) m
• Bulgarian: мотор (bg) (motór) m, двигател (bg) (dvígatel) m
• Catalan: motor (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 馬達 (cmn), 马达 (cmn) (mǎdá), 摩托 (cmn) (mótuō), 引擎 (cmn) (yǐnqíng), 發動機 (cmn), 发动机 (cmn) (fādòngjī), 電動機 (cmn), 电动机 (cmn) (diàn dòngjī) (electric)

• Czech: motor (cs) m
• Dutch: motor (nl) m
• Esperanto: motoro (eo)
• Estonian: mootor (et)
• Finnish: moottori (fi)
• French: moteur (fr) m
• Georgian: ძრავა (ka) (jrava), მოტორ (ka) (motor)
• German: Motor (de) m, Triebwerk (de) n, Antrieb (de) m
• Greek: μηχανή (el) (mikhaní) f
• Hebrew: מָנוֹעַ (he) (manóa) m
• Hindi: मोटर (hi) (moṭar)
• Hungarian: motor (hu)
• Icelandic: mótor (is)
• Ido: motoro (io)
• Interlingua: motor (ia)
• Italian: (1) motore (it) m, (2) macchina (it) f

• Japanese: モーター (ja) (mōtā), エンジン (ja) (enjin), 機関 (ja) (きかん, kikan), 機械 (ja) (きかい, kikai), 発動機 (ja) (はつどうき, hatsudōki), 原動機 (ja) (げんどうき, kendōki)
• Korean: 모터 (ko) (moteo)
• Latvian: dzinējs (lv) m, motors (lv) m
• Lithuanian: variklis (lt) m, motoras (lt) m
• Macedonian: мотор (mk) (mótor) m
• Maltese: (1) mutur (mt) m, magna (mt) f {2}
• Mongolian: хөдөлгүүр (mn) (hödölgüür)
• Navajo: atsiitsʼiin
• Persian: موتور (fa) (motor)
• Polish: silnik (pl) m
• Portuguese: motor (pt) m
• Russian: мотор (ru) (motór) m, двигатель (ru) (dvígatel') m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: мотор (sh) m

  Roman: motor (sh) m

• Slovak: motor (sk) m
• Slovene: motor (sl) m
• Spanish: motor (es) m
• Swedish: motor (sv) c
• Telugu: యంత్రము (te) (yamtramu)
• Thai: มอเตอร์ (th) (mor dtêr)
• Turkish: motor (tr)
• Ukrainian: мотор (uk) (motór) m, двигун (uk) (dvyhún) m
• Urdu: موٹر (ur) (moṭar)
• Vietnamese: động cơ (vi), mô-tơ (vi)
• Welsh: modur (cy) m

motor car

• Dutch: motorrijtuig (nl) n

• Telugu: చిన్న కారు (te) (cinna karu)

Adjective

motor (not comparable)

1. (biology) describing neurons that create the ability to move

   motor unit

   She has excellent motor skills.

Translations

biology

• Catalan: motor (ca)
• Czech: motorický (cs)

• Irish: luaileach (ga)

Verb

motor (third-person singular simple present motors, present participle motoring, simple past and past participle motored)

1. To drive around leisurely in a motorised vehicle.

External links

• Wikipedia article on Motors
• Wikipedia article on Motor Neurons at Motor Units

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA: /muˈtoɾ/, X-SAMPA: /mu"to4/
• Rhymes: -oɾ

Adjective

motor m (feminine motora, masculine plural motors, feminine plural motores)

1. motor

Noun

motor m (plural motors)

1. motor

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Czech

Pronunciation

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Noun

motor m

1. engine, motor

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Danish

Wikipedia ^da

Pronunciation

• IPA: /moːtɔr/, [ˈmoːtˢɒ]

Noun

motor c (singular definite motoren, plural indefinite motorer)

1. motor

Inflection

    Inflection of motor

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	motor	motoren	motorer	motorerne
genitive	motors	motorens	motorers	motorernes

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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Noun

motor m (plural motoren, diminutive motortje)

1. engine (mechanical device)
2. (short for motorrijwiel) motorbike

Derived terms

• motorcoureur
• motorvoertuig

Related terms

• motoriek
• motoriseren

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈmotor/
• Hyphenation: mo‧tor

Noun

motor (plural motorok)

1. engine, motor

Declension

declension of motor singular plural nominative motor motorok accusative motort motorokat dative motornak motoroknak instrumental motorral motorokkal causal-final motorért motorokért translative motorrá motorokká terminative motorig motorokig essive-formal motorként motorokként essive-modal - - inessive motorban motorokban superessive motoron motorokon adessive motornál motoroknál illative motorba motorokba sublative motorra motorokra allative motorhoz motorokhoz elative motorból motorokból delative motorról motorokról ablative motortól motoroktól

possessives of motor possessor singular possession plural possession 1st person sing. motorom motorjaim 2nd person sing. motorod motorjaid 3rd person sing. motorja motorjai 1st person plural motorunk motorjaink 2nd person plural motorotok motorjaitok 3rd person plural motorjuk motorjaik

Derived terms

• motorcsónak
• motorháztető
• motorkerékpár

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Interlingua

Pronunciation

• IPA: /moˈtor/

Noun

motor (plural motores)

1. motor

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Latin

Verb

mōtor

1. first-person singular present passive indicative of mōtō

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈmɔt̪ɔr/

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Noun

motor m

1. (colloquial) motorcycle
2. engine

Declension

    declension of motor

	singular	plural
nominative	motor	motory
genitive	motoru	motorów
dative	motorowi	motorom
accusative	motor	motory
instrumental	motorem	motorami
locative	motorze	motorach
vocative	motorze	motory

Synonyms

• (#1) motocykl

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /moˈtor/

Noun

motor n (plural motoare)

1. engine

Declension

declension of motor

	singular		plural
gender n	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	un motor	motorul	niște motoare	motoarele
genitive/dative	unui motor	motorului	unor motoare	motoarelor

Related terms

• motoraș
• motoreactor
• motoretă
• motorină
• motorist
• motoriza
• motorizare
• motorizat

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Latin motor.

Noun

mòtōr m (Cyrillic spelling мо̀то̄р)

1. motor
2. engine

Declension

    declension of motor

	singular	plural
nominative	mòtōr	motori
genitive	motóra	motora
dative	motoru	motorima
accusative	motor	motore
vocative	motoru / motore	motori
locative	motoru	motorima
instrumental	motorom	motorima

Derived terms

• mòtōrnī

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Slovene

Noun

motor m inan. (dual motorja, plural motorji)

1. engine

Declension

Declension of motor (masculine inanimate, soft in -j-)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	motor	motorja	motorji
accusative	motor	motorja	motorje
genitive	motorja	motorjev	motorjev
dative	motorju	motorjema	motorjem
locative	motorju	motorjih	motorjih
instrumental	motorjem	motorjema	motorji

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Spanish

Noun

motor m (plural motores)

1. engine

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Swedish

Pronunciation

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Noun

motor c

1. engine, motor

Declension

Declension of motor

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	motor	motorn	motorer	motorerna
genitive	motors	motorns	motorers	motorernas

Derived terms

bensinmotor bilmotor båtmotor cykelmotor dieselmotor elmotor evighetsmotor fyrtaktsmotor förbränningsmotor grafikmotor jetmotor lastbilsmotor mopedmotor

motorcykelmotor motorisera Ottomotor raketmotor spelmotor Stirlingmotor testmotor tvåtaktsmotor tändkulemotor utombordsmotor vindmotor Wankelmotor vespamotor ångmotor

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Turkish

Noun

motor

1. engine (mechanical device)

This Turkish entry was created from the translations listed at engine. It may be less reliable than other entries, and may be missing parts of speech or additional senses. Please also see motor in the Turkish Wiktionary. This notice will be removed when the entry is checked. (more information) December 2008

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Venetian

Etymology

Compare Italian motore

Noun

motor m (plural motori) or motor m (plural moturi)

1. motor, engine