moto

See also: MOTO, Moto, Motō, moto-, -moto, and mô tô

English

Noun

moto (plural motos)

1. One of a series of motocross or BMX races.
   • American Motorcyclist, Jan 1982:

     In fact, after the third of four motos, Hinkle had opened a comfortable lead toward the overall win, and perhaps he really didn't feel any pressure as he cruised home seventh in the final moto to lock up the crown.

Anagrams

• moot, tomo-, toom

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Asturian

Noun

moto f (plural motos)

1. motorcycle (open-seated motor-powered vehicle with two wheels)

Synonyms

• motocicleta

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Catalan

Noun

moto f (plural motos)

1. Clipping of motocicleta.

Further reading

• “moto” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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Chichewa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmó.to/

Noun

móto class 3

1. fire

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Czech

Alternative forms

• motto (more common)

Noun

moto n

1. motto

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French

Etymology

Shortened form of motocyclette

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔ.to/

Pronunciation

• audio

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• Rhymes: -o

Noun

moto f (plural motos)

1. bike, motorbike (motorcycle)

Further reading

• “moto” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Galician

Etymology

From motocicleta, by shortening

Noun

moto f (plural motos)

1. motorcycle

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Ido

Noun

moto (plural moti)

1. motto, saying, maxim

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Italian

Etymology

Shortened form of motocicletta.

Noun

moto f (invariable)

1. motorcycle

Noun

moto m (plural moti)

1. movement
2. motion
3. exercise
4. uprising, revolt

Derived terms

• con moto
• moto browniano

Anagrams

• tomo

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Japanese

Romanization

moto

1. Rōmaji transcription of もと

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmoː.toː/

Participle

mōtō

1. dative masculine singular of mōtus
2. dative neuter singular of mōtus
3. ablative masculine singular of mōtus
4. ablative neuter singular of mōtus

Verb

mōtō (present infinitive mōtare, perfect active mōtāvī, supine mōtātum); first conjugation

1. I set in motion
2. I keep moving

Inflection

Conjugation of moto (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	mōtō	mōtās	mōtat	mōtāmus	mōtātis	mōtant
	imperfect	mōtābam	mōtābās	mōtābat	mōtābāmus	mōtābātis	mōtābant
	future	mōtābō	mōtābis	mōtābit	mōtābimus	mōtābitis	mōtābunt
	perfect	mōtāvī	mōtāvistī	mōtāvit	mōtāvimus	mōtāvistis	mōtāvērunt, mōtāvēre
	pluperfect	mōtāveram	mōtāverās	mōtāverat	mōtāverāmus	mōtāverātis	mōtāverant
	future perfect	mōtāverō	mōtāveris	mōtāverit	mōtāverimus	mōtāveritis	mōtāverint
passive	present	mōtor	mōtāris, mōtāre	mōtātur	mōtāmur	mōtāminī	mōtantur
	imperfect	mōtābar	mōtābāris, mōtābāre	mōtābātur	mōtābāmur	mōtābāminī	mōtābantur
	future	mōtābor	mōtāberis, mōtābere	mōtābitur	mōtābimur	mōtābiminī	mōtābuntur
	perfect	mōtātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	mōtātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	mōtātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	mōtem	mōtēs	mōtet	mōtēmus	mōtētis	mōtent
	imperfect	mōtārem	mōtārēs	mōtāret	mōtārēmus	mōtārētis	mōtārent
	perfect	mōtāverim	mōtāverīs	mōtāverit	mōtāverīmus	mōtāverītis	mōtāverint
	pluperfect	mōtāvissem	mōtāvissēs	mōtāvisset	mōtāvissēmus	mōtāvissētis	mōtāvissent
passive	present	mōter	mōtēris, mōtēre	mōtētur	mōtēmur	mōtēminī	mōtentur
	imperfect	mōtārer	mōtārēris, mōtārēre	mōtārētur	mōtārēmur	mōtārēminī	mōtārentur
	perfect	mōtātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	mōtātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	mōtā	—	—	mōtāte	—
	future	—	mōtātō	mōtātō	—	mōtātōte	mōtantō
passive	present	—	mōtāre	—	—	mōtāminī	—
	future	—	mōtātor	mōtātor	—	—	mōtantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		mōtāre	mōtāvisse	mōtātūrus esse	mōtārī	mōtātus esse	mōtātum īrī
participles		mōtāns	—	mōtātūrus	—	mōtātus	mōtandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		nominative	genitive	dative/ablative	accusative	accusative	ablative
		mōtāre	mōtandī	mōtandō	mōtandum	mōtātum	mōtātū

References

• moto in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• moto in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “moto” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)

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Mwani

Noun

moto class 3

1. fire

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Nigerian Pidgin

Noun

moto

1. car

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Norman

Noun

moto m (plural motos)

1. (Guernsey, Jersey) car

Synonyms

• vaituthe

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Portuguese

Etymology

From motocicleta, by shortening

Noun

moto f (plural motos)

1. motorcycle

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Spanish

Etymology 1

From motocicleta, by shortening.

Noun

moto f (plural motos)

1. motorcycle

Etymology 2

From mojón.

Noun

moto m (plural motos)

1. milestone

Synonyms

• hito

Further reading

• “moto” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

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Swahili

Etymology

From -ota.

Noun

moto (m-mi class, plural mioto)

1. fire, flame
2. energy, charge
3. heat, temperature, warmth
4. exertion, glowing
5. zeal
6. bruise, welts, marks