mots

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See also: MOTs, mot.S, mõts, and möts

English

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Noun

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mots

  1. plural of mot

Anagrams

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Catalan

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Noun

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mots

  1. plural of mot

French

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /mo/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -o

Noun

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mots m

  1. plural of mot

Latgalian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Balto-Slavic *matas (measure). Cognates include Latvian mats and Lithuanian matas.

The semantic development stems from using hair as a means of measuring objects.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈmɔt͡s]
  • Hyphenation: mots

Noun

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mots m (diminutive mateņš)

  1. (strand of) hair
  2. (in the plural) hair

Declension

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References

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  • M. Bukšs, J. Placinskis (1973) Latgaļu volūdas gramatika un pareizraksteibas vōrdneica, Latgaļu izdevnīceiba, page 377

Swedish

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Noun

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mots

  1. indefinite genitive singular of mot
  2. indefinite genitive plural of mot

Volapük

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Noun

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mots

  1. nominative plural of mot