modo
Daur edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Mongolic *modu, compare Mongolian мод (mod).
Noun edit
modo
Esperanto edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
modo (accusative singular modon, plural modoj, accusative plural modojn)
Galician edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
modo m (plural modos)
Ido edit
Etymology edit
From Esperanto modo (“mood”), from English mode, French mode, German Modus, Italian modo, Russian мо́да (móda), Spanish modo, all ultimately from Latin modus.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
modo (plural modi)
- mode (a passing usage which depends upon taste, caprice)
- fashion, style
- (grammar) mood (indicative, imperative, etc.)
- (philosophy, music) mode
- (law) modus
Derived terms edit
- enmoda (“in fashion”)
- enmodigar (“to cause to go in fashion”)
- enmodeskar (“to become in fashion”)
- ekmoda (“old-fashioned”)
- ekmodigar (“to cause to go out of fashion”)
- ekmodeskar (“to become out of fashion”)
- modala (“modal”)
- modaleso (“modality”)
Italian edit
Etymology edit
From Latin modus, from Proto-Indo-European *modós, derived from the root *med- (“to measure”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
modo m (plural modi)
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Anagrams edit
Lashi edit
Etymology edit
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modo
References edit
- Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid[1], Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis)
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From modus (“measure, mode, manner, way”); the adverb derives from its ablative form. The short vowel in the adverb is an example of iambic shortening that became conventional in Classical Latin (as in ego).
Pronunciation edit
- modo: (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmo.do/, [ˈmɔd̪ɔ]
- modo: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈmo.do/, [ˈmɔːd̪o]
- modō: (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmo.doː/, [ˈmɔd̪oː]
- modō: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈmo.do/, [ˈmɔːd̪o]
Adverb edit
modo (not comparable)
- just, only, merely, simply
- recently, just now
- Latrōcinium modo factum est. ― A robbery has just now taken place.
- presently
Usage notes edit
modo ... modo ― at one time ... at another
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Noun edit
modō m
See also edit
References edit
- Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911) “mŏdo”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 412
Further reading edit
- “modo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “modo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- modo in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- modo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) to translate freely: his fere verbis, hoc fere modo convertere, transferre
- (ambiguous) with no moderation: sine modo; nullo modo adhibito
- (ambiguous) to flee like deer, sheep: pecorum modo fugere (Liv. 40. 27)
- (ambiguous) to translate freely: his fere verbis, hoc fere modo convertere, transferre
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin modus (“measure; manner”), from Proto-Indo-European *med- (“to measure”).
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: mo‧do
Noun edit
modo m (plural modos)
- mode; way; method (method or manner of doing something)
- mode; state; condition
- (grammar) mood
- (music) mode (one of several ancient scales)
Hyponyms edit
- (grammatical mood): conjuntivo/subjuntivo (modo conjuntivo/modo subjuntivo), gerúndio, imperativo, indicativo (modo indicativo), infinitivo, particípio
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Sardinian edit
Etymology edit
Adverb edit
modo
- (Campidanese, medieval) now
Descendants edit
References edit
- Wagner, Max Leopold (1960–1964) “kòmo”, in Dizionario etimologico sardo, Heidelberg
Slovene edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Slavic *mǫdo.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mọ̄do n
Inflection edit
Neuter, hard | |||
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nom. sing. | módo | ||
gen. sing. | móda | ||
singular | dual | plural | |
nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
módo | módi | móda |
genitive (rodȋlnik) |
móda | mód | mód |
dative (dajȃlnik) |
módu | módoma | módom |
accusative (tožȋlnik) |
módo | módi | móda |
locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
módu | módih | módih |
instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
módom | módoma | módi |
Derived terms edit
See also edit
Further reading edit
- “modo”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
modo m (plural modos)
- way, manner
- (grammar) mood
- (following "ni") (no) matter; (there is no) solution (but oh well)
- Ni modo, es un trabajo sucio pero alguien tiene que hacerlo.
- No matter, it's a dirty job but somebody has to do it.
Hyponyms edit
- infinitivo
- modo imperativo, imperativo
- modo indicativo
- modo subjuntivo, subjuntivo
- modo condicional
- optativo
Derived terms edit
- a modo de
- de cualquier modo
- de igual modo
- de modo que
- de ningún modo
- de otro modo
- de todos modos
- de un modo u otro
- del mismo modo
- dicho de otro modo
- en cierto modo
- escala del modo
- modismo
- modo avión
- modo condicional
- modo de acción
- modo de adquirir
- modo de articulación
- modo de producción
- modo imperativo
- modo indicativo
- modo subjuntivo
- modoso
- ni modo
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “modo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014