moteur
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French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin mōtor. Displaced Old French mouveur.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /mɔ.tœʁ/, /mo.tœʁ/
Audio (Paris): (file) Audio; “un moteur”: (file) Audio (Switzerland (Valais)): (file) Audio (France (Paris)): (file) Audio (France (Vosges)): (file) Audio (France (Vosges)): (file) Audio (France (Lyon)): (file)
Noun
[edit]moteur m (plural moteurs)
- motor, engine [from 1744]
- moteur Diesel ― Diesel motor
- (computing) engine
- moteur de recherche ― search engine
- (philosophy) mover; one who causes a movement [from 1377]
- Selon Aristote, Dieu est le moteur non mû. ― According to Aristotle, God is the unmoved mover.
- (figuratively) driving force
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Persian: موتور (motor)
Adjective
[edit]moteur (feminine motrice, masculine plural moteurs, feminine plural motrices)
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “moteur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
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