mot

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

English

Etymology 1

From French mot. Compare motto.

Pronunciation

Noun

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

Probably from Dutch mot (“woman”). See also mort (“woman”), etymology 5.

Pronunciation

Noun

mot (plural mots)

  1. (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, Vidocq, Eugène François with 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.
  2. (UK, Ireland, slang) A prostitute.
  3. (UK, Ireland, slang) A landlady.
    • 1851, Henry Mayhew, 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

Albanian

Etymology

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 time, weather (compare Romanian timp, French temps).

Noun

mot m (plural mote, definite moti, definite plural motet)

  1. weather
  2. year
  3. era, times (uncountable)

Declension

Declension of mot
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative mot mote moti motet
accusative motin
dative moti moteve motit motevet
ablative motesh

Adverb

  1. next year

Derived terms

Compounds

Related terms

References

  1. ^ Vladimir Orel, Albanian Etymological Dictionary (Leiden: Brill, 1998), 274–5.

Catalan

Etymology

From Late Latin muttum (“sound”), from muttire (“mutter, make a mu-noise”), of onomatopoeic origin. Compare French mot.

Pronunciation

Noun

mot m (plural mots)

  1. word
    Synonym: paraula

Derived terms

Further reading

Crimean Tatar

Noun

mot

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

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɔt/
  • audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: mot
  • Rhymes: -ɔt

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch motte. Cognate to English moth, German Motte.

Noun

mot f (plural motten, diminutive motje n)

  1. nocturnal butterfly-like insect: moth
    Synonym: nachtvlinder
Derived terms

Etymology 2

An onomatopoeia.

Noun

mot f (plural motten, diminutive motje n)

  1. a slap, a blow, a hit (physical aggression with hands or fists)
  2. (by extension) a quarrel, tiff

Etymology 3

From Middle Low German mutte.

Noun

mot f (plural motten, diminutive motje n)

  1. a female pig; a sow
    Synonym: zeug
  2. (by extension) a lewd woman
Derived terms

Etymology 4

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

mot f (plural motten, diminutive motje n)

  1. light rain; drizzle
Related terms

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. Compare Catalan mot.

Pronunciation

Noun

mot m (plural mots)

  1. word
    Synonym: parole
  2. note, (short) message
    Synonyms: message, note

Derived terms

Further reading

Anagrams

Middle French

Noun

mot m (plural mots)

  1. word

Descendants

  • French: mot

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

mot n (definite singular motet, uncountable)

  1. courage

Etymology 2

From Old Norse mót

Noun

mot n (definite singular motet, indefinite plural mot, definite plural mota or motene)

  1. a meeting
Derived terms

Etymology 3

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.
Derived terms
Terms derived from mot (preposition)

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

mot n (definite singular motet, uncountable)

  1. courage
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Norse mót.

Noun

mot n (definite singular motet, indefinite plural mot, definite plural mota)

  1. a meeting
Derived terms

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Preposition

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?
Derived terms
Terms derived from mot (preposition)

References

Occitan

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Late Latin muttum

Noun

mot m (plural mots)

  1. word

Old English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

mōt

  1. first/third-person singular present of motan

Etymology 2

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

Alternative forms

Noun

mōt n

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

Old French

Etymology 1

From Late Latin muttum.

Noun

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

  1. word
    Synonym: (more common) parole
Descendants

Etymology 2

See molt

Adjective

mot m (oblique and nominative feminine singular mote)

  1. Alternative form of molt

Adverb

mot

  1. Alternative form of molt

Old Occitan

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Latin multus.

Alternative forms

Adverb

mot

  1. much; alot

Etymology 2

From Late Latin muttum.

Noun

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

  1. word

References

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse mót, from Proto-Germanic *mōtą, *gamōtą.

Pronunciation

Noun

mot n

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

Declension

Declension of mot 
Singular Plural
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

Anagrams

Tocharian B

Noun

mot

  1. alcohol
  2. alcoholic beverage

Volapük

Noun

mot (nominative plural mots)

  1. mother
    Synonym: jifat
    Hypernym: pal
    Coordinate term: fat

Declension

declension of mot
singular plural
nominative mot mots
genitive mota motas
dative mote motes
accusative moti motis
vocative 1 o mot! o mots!
predicative 2 motu motus
  • 1 status as a case is disputed
  • 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only

Derived terms

See also

Walloon

Noun

mot m (plural mots)

  1. word

Derived terms

Westrobothnian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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  1. Mould, form to cast something in.
  2. Part of a wheel ring.
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Declension

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Derived terms

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