motte

See also: Motte, mõtte, mötte, and møtte

English

Etymology

From Old French motte ‎(“mound, hillock”).

Noun

motte ‎(plural mottes)

1. A raised earth mound, often topped with a wooden or stone structure and surrounded with a ditch.
2. (US, dialect) A clump of trees in a prairie.

Derived terms

• motte-and-bailey

Anagrams

• motet, totem

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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Noun

motte ? ‎(plural mottes, diminutive mottetje n)

1. a raised earth mound, often topped with a wooden or stone structure and surrounded with a ditch

Anagrams

• totem

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔt/

Noun

motte f ‎(plural mottes)

1. motte (mound of earth)
2. clod, lump of earth
3. block (of butter)
4. (colloquial) (pubic) mound, mons veneris

External links

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

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Japanese

Romanization

motte

1. rōmaji reading of もって