mot
English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From French mot. Doublet of motto.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
mot (plural mots)
- A witty remark; a witticism; a bon mot.
- 1859, unknown author, “Literary Adventure. Life of Douglas Jerrold”, in North British Review:
- Here and there turns up a […] savage mot.
- 1970, John Glassco, Memoirs of Montparnasse, New York, published 2007, page 32:
- ‘He comes from Montreal, in Canada.’ ‘Why?’ she said, repeating Dr Johnson's mot with a forced sneer.
- (obsolete) A word or a motto; a device.
- 1597–1598, Joseph Hall, Virgidemiarum
- With his big title, an Italian mot
- 1594, William Shakespeare, Lucrece (First Quarto), London: […] Richard Field, for Iohn Harrison, […], →OCLC:
- Tarquin's eye may read the mot afar.
- 1597–1598, Joseph Hall, Virgidemiarum
- (obsolete) A note or brief strain on a bugle.
- 1820, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe; a Romance. […], volume (please specify |volume=I, II, or III), Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co. […], →OCLC:
- Comrades, mark these three mots — it is the call of the Knight of the Fetterlock
Etymology 2[edit]
Probably from Dutch mot (“woman”). See also mort (“woman”), etymology 5.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /mɒt/
Audio (UK) (file)
- Rhymes: -ɒt
Noun[edit]
mot (plural mots)
- (UK, Ireland, slang) A woman; a wife.
- 1789, G. Parker, “The Sandman's Wedding”, in Farmer, John Stephen, editor, Musa Pedestris[1], published 1896:
- Come wed, my dear, and let's agree, / Then of the booze-ken you'll be free; / No sneer from cully, mot, or froe / Dare then reproach my Bess for Joe; / For he's the kiddy rum and queer, / That all St. Giles's boys do fear.
- 1829 July 1, Vidocq, Eugène François; Maginn, William, transl., “Noctes Ambrosiana [En roulant de vergne en vergne]”, in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine[2], number 45, translation of En roulant de vergne en vergne, page 133:
- And we shall caper a-heel-and-toeing, / A Newgate hornpipe some fine day; / With the mots, their ogles throwing, / Tol lol, &c. / And old Cotton humming his pray.
- (UK, Ireland, slang) A prostitute.
- (UK, Ireland, slang) A landlady.
- 1851, Mayhew, Henry, London Labour and the London Poor, volume 1, page 217:
- After some altercation with the "mot" of the "ken" (mistress of the lodging-house) about the cleanliness of a knife or fork, my new acquaintance began to arrange "ground," &c., for the night's work.
Anagrams[edit]
Albanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Albanian *māti (“time”), from Proto-Indo-European *méh₁tis (“measurement”), deverbative of *meh₁- (“to measure”); compare Old English mǣþ (“measure”), Lithuanian mẽtas (“time”), Ancient Greek μῆτις (mêtis, “plan”).[1] Sense shift from ‘time’ to ‘weather, year, era’ influenced by Latin tempus (“time, weather”) (compare Romanian timp, French temps).
Noun[edit]
mot m (indefinite plural mote, definite singular moti, definite plural motet)
Declension[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Compounds[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Adverb[edit]
mot
References[edit]
- ^ Vladimir Orel, Albanian Etymological Dictionary (Leiden: Brill, 1998), 274–5.
Catalan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Late Latin muttum (“sound”), from muttire (“mutter, make a mu-noise”), of onomatopoeic origin. Compare French mot.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
mot m (plural mots)
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “mot” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Crimean Tatar[edit]
Noun[edit]
mot
- fashion
- Şimdi pek mot emiş ağarğan saçlar
- Ah men şu motluqtan uzaq olaydım.
Dutch[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle Dutch motte. Cognate to English moth, German Motte.
Noun[edit]
mot f (plural motten, diminutive motje n)
Hyponyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
An onomatopoeia.
Noun[edit]
mot f (plural motten, diminutive motje n)
Etymology 3[edit]
From Middle Low German mutte.
Noun[edit]
mot f (plural motten, diminutive motje n)
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 4[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun[edit]
mot f (plural motten, diminutive motje n)
- light rain; drizzle
Related terms[edit]
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Late Latin muttum (“sound”), from muttīre (“mutter, make a mu-noise”), of onomatopoeic origin. Has almost entirely replaced parole in Modern French, perhaps because of its brevity. Compare Catalan mot.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /mo/
audio [ɛ̃ˈmo] (file) - Rhymes: -o
- Homophones: maux, mots
- (older, now chiefly Belgium) IPA(key): /mɔ/
Noun[edit]
mot m (plural mots)
- word
- Synonym: parole
- 1903, Louise-Victorine Ackermann, Pensées d'une solitaire[3], page 43:
- Le poète est bien plus un évocateur de sentiments et d'images qu'un arrangeur de rimes et de mots.
- The poet is rather more an evoker of feelings and images than an arranger of rhymes and words.
- note, (short) message
Derived terms[edit]
- à mots couverts
- arracher les mots de la bouche
- au bas mot
- avoir le dernier mot
- avoir son mot à dire
- bon mot
- chercher ses mots
- demi-mot
- donner le mot
- en un mot
- fin mot
- gros mot
- jeu de mots
- jouer sur les mots
- manger ses mots
- mot à mot
- mot ad hoc
- mot caché
- mot composé
- mot de Cambronne
- mot de la fin
- mot de passe
- mot d'esprit
- mot d'ordre
- mot grammatical
- mot juste
- mot lexical
- mot magique
- mot pour mot
- mot souche
- mots croisés
- motus
- ne pas mâcher ses mots
- ne pas piper mot
- ne souffler mot
- ordre des mots
- passer le mot
- peser ses mots
- prendre au mot
- qui ne dit mot consent
- sans mot dire
- sans piper mot
- toucher deux mots
- toucher un mot
- tout de suite les grands mots
- une image vaut mille mots
Further reading[edit]
- “mot”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams[edit]
Middle English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old English mot.
Alternative forms[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
mot (plural motes)
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “mōt, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2[edit]
From Old English mōt, from Proto-West Germanic *mōtu, from Proto-Germanic *mōtō (“tax, toll”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Yola: mot
References[edit]
- “mọ̄t, n.(4).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 3[edit]
Verb[edit]
mot
- first/third-person singular present indicative of moten (“to have to”)
Middle French[edit]
Noun[edit]
mot m (plural mots)
Descendants[edit]
- French: mot
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Noun[edit]
mot n (definite singular motet, uncountable)
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
mot n (definite singular motet, indefinite plural mot, definite plural mota or motene)
- a meeting
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 3[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Preposition[edit]
mot
- to, towards
- Kjør mot byen. ― Drive towards town.
- against, from
- En paraply skjermer deg mot regnet! ― An umbrella protects you from the rain!
- against, versus
- Det var et kappløp mot tiden. ― It was a race against time.
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “mot” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun[edit]
mot n (definite singular motet, uncountable)
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
mot n (definite singular motet, indefinite plural mot, definite plural mota)
- a meeting
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 3[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Preposition[edit]
mot
- to, towards
- Han kom mot dei. ― He came towards them.
- against, from; for
- Har de noko som verkar mot tett nase? ― Do you have anything that works for a stuffy nose?
- against, versus
- Kven skal me spela mot? ― Who shall we play against?
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “mot” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Occitan[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Late Latin muttum.
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (file)
Noun[edit]
mot m (plural mots)
Old English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb[edit]
mōt
Etymology 2[edit]
From Proto-West Germanic *mōtu, from Proto-Germanic *mōtō (“tax, toll”).
Noun[edit]
mōt f
Declension[edit]
Descendants[edit]
See also[edit]
Old French[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Late Latin muttum.
Noun[edit]
mot m (oblique plural moz or motz, nominative singular moz or motz, nominative plural mot)
Descendants[edit]
- French: mot
Etymology 2[edit]
See molt
Adjective[edit]
mot m (oblique and nominative feminine singular mote)
- Alternative form of molt
Adverb[edit]
mot
- Alternative form of molt
Old Occitan[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Adverb[edit]
mot
Etymology 2[edit]
From Late Latin muttum.
Noun[edit]
mot m (oblique plural motz, nominative singular motz, nominative plural mot)
References[edit]
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “muttum”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 6/3: Mobilis–Myxa, page 303
Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse mót, from Proto-Germanic *mōtą, *gamōtą.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
mot n
- (chiefly west Sweden) A point where two or more objects meet (e.g. the joint of two bones).
- (chiefly west Sweden) A slip road or flyover.
- (chiefly west Sweden) An interchange; a large junction where two or more roads meet.
- (Ostrobothnia) A passing place.
- Synonym: mötesplats
Declension[edit]
Declension of mot | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | mot | motet | mot | moten |
Genitive | mots | motets | mots | motens |
Derived terms[edit]
- ledamot (“body part; board member”)
Preposition[edit]
mot
- to, towards
- Kör mot stan. ― Drive towards the town.
- against
- Det där är mot lagen! ― That’s against the law!
- versus
Further reading[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
Tocharian B[edit]
Noun[edit]
mot
Volapük[edit]
Noun[edit]
mot (nominative plural mots)
Declension[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
- balidhimotäb
- balidjimotäb
- balidmotam
- balidmoted
- balidmotedagität
- balidmotäb
- benomoted
- benomotedik
- bleinamotäb
- bubülimotön (intransitive verb)
- bütüpmoted
- dalemot
- dolafulamot
- emotölan
- famülamot
- fatamot
- gemotam
- jevodülimotön (intransitive verb)
- jipülamot
- jipülimotön (intransitive verb)
- lebenomoted
- lebenomotedik
- lemot
- lemoted
- lemotedik
- lesiöramoted
- lesiöramotedik
- lifamotam
- lifamotamik
- lumot
- lumotik
- lumotiko
- lumoto
- lümot
- lümotik
- lümotiko
- lümoto
- lümotül
- mot obik vobof delo e neito
- motafat
- motafatik
- motalad
- motaladäl
- motalöf
- motam
- motamik
- motamot
- motamotik
- motan
- moted
- motedadel
- motedadom
- motedadät
- motedagität
- motedalepenäd
- motedalän
- motedazif
- motedazäl
- motedazöt
- motedöp
- motik
- motiko
- motil
- moto
- motön
- motül
- nulomotäb
- pamotön
- pemotöl
- pludalemot
- skömamoted
- skömamotedik
- svinülimotön (intransitive verb)
- telidmoted
- telidmotedagität
See also[edit]
Walloon[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
mot m (plural mots)
Derived terms[edit]
Yola[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Unknown. Perhaps from Middle English but, from Old English būtan.
Preposition[edit]
mot
Etymology 2[edit]
From Middle English mot, from Old English mōt, from Proto-West Germanic *mōtu, from Proto-Germanic *mōtō.
Noun[edit]
mot
- asking (A charge on goods)
Etymology 3[edit]
Noun[edit]
mot
- Alternative form of mothe
References[edit]
- Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, page 57
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