motto
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English[edit]
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for motto in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Italian motto (“a word, a saying”), from Latin muttum (“a mutter, a grunt”), late 16th c.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
motto (plural mottos or mottoes)
- (heraldry) A sentence, phrase, or word, forming part of an heraldic achievement.
- A sentence, phrase, or word, prefixed to an essay, discourse, chapter, canto, or the like, suggestive of its subject matter; a short, suggestive expression of a guiding principle; a maxim.
- Joseph Addison (1672-1719)
- It was the motto of a bishop eminent for his piety and good works, ... Serve God, and be cheerful.
- 1922, Ben Travers, chapter 1, in A Cuckoo in the Nest[1]:
- “[…] the awfully hearty sort of Christmas cards that people do send to other people that they don't know at all well. You know. The kind that have mottoes like
Here's rattling good luck and roaring good cheer, / With lashings of food and great hogsheads of beer. […]”
- “[…] the awfully hearty sort of Christmas cards that people do send to other people that they don't know at all well. You know. The kind that have mottoes like
- Joseph Addison (1672-1719)
Synonyms[edit]
- See also Thesaurus:saying
Translations[edit]
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Further reading[edit]
motto (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Czech[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- moto n (less common)
Noun[edit]
motto n
Declension[edit]
See also[edit]
- krédo n
Danish[edit]
Noun[edit]
motto n (singular definite mottoet, plural indefinite mottoer)
References[edit]
- “motto” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Italian motto (“a word, a saying”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: mot‧to
Noun[edit]
motto n (plural motto's, diminutive mottootje n)
Hyponyms[edit]
Finnish[edit]
Noun[edit]
motto
- A motto (sentence or a phrase with guiding principle).
- (heraldry) A motto.
Declension[edit]
Inflection of motto (Kotus type 1/valo, tt-t gradation) | |||
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nominative | motto | motot | |
genitive | moton | mottojen | |
partitive | mottoa | mottoja | |
illative | mottoon | mottoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | motto | motot | |
accusative | nom. | motto | motot |
gen. | moton | ||
genitive | moton | mottojen | |
partitive | mottoa | mottoja | |
inessive | motossa | motoissa | |
elative | motosta | motoista | |
illative | mottoon | mottoihin | |
adessive | motolla | motoilla | |
ablative | motolta | motoilta | |
allative | motolle | motoille | |
essive | mottona | mottoina | |
translative | motoksi | motoiksi | |
instructive | — | motoin | |
abessive | mototta | motoitta | |
comitative | — | mottoineen |
Synonyms[edit]
- tunnuslause
- vaalilause (in heraldry sense)
Anagrams[edit]
Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -ɔtto
Noun[edit]
motto m (plural motti)
Japanese[edit]
Romanization[edit]
motto
Maquiritari[edit]
Noun[edit]
motto
References[edit]
- Ed. Key, Mary Ritchie and Comrie, Bernard. The Intercontinental Dictionary Series, Carib (De'kwana).
Nauruan[edit]
Noun[edit]
motto
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
motto n (definite singular mottoet, indefinite plural motto or mottoer, definite plural mottoa or mottoene)
- a motto
References[edit]
- “motto” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
motto n (definite singular mottoet, indefinite plural motto, definite plural mottoa)
- a motto
References[edit]
- “motto” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (file)
Noun[edit]
motto n
Declension[edit]
Declension of motto | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | motto | mottot | motton | mottona |
Genitive | mottos | mottots | mottons | mottonas |
Synonyms[edit]
- Webster 1913
- English terms borrowed from Italian
- English terms derived from Italian
- English terms derived from Latin
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Heraldry
- English nouns with irregular plurals
- Czech lemmas
- Czech nouns
- Czech neuter nouns
- cs:Heraldry
- Danish lemmas
- Danish nouns
- Dutch terms derived from Italian
- Dutch terms with audio links
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch nouns
- Dutch nouns with plural in -s
- nl:Heraldry
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- fi:Heraldry
- Finnish valo-type nominals
- Italian terms derived from Latin
- Italian lemmas
- Italian nouns
- Italian countable nouns
- it:Heraldry
- Japanese non-lemma forms
- Japanese romanizations
- Maquiritari lemmas
- Maquiritari nouns
- Nauruan lemmas
- Nauruan nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Italian
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Italian
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns
- Swedish terms with audio links
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish nouns
- sv:Heraldry