motor
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English motour (“controller, prime mover; God”), from Latin mōtor (“mover; that which moves something”), from mōtō (“I set in motion”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈməʊtə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmoʊtəɹ/, [ˈmoʊɾɚ]
Audio (US) (file) - Hyphenation: mo‧tor
- Rhymes: -əʊtə(ɹ)
Noun edit
motor (plural motors)
- A machine or device that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy, or imparts motion.
- (colloquial) A motor car, or automobile, even a goods vehicle.
- Nice motor!
- 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, “His Own People”, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC, page 6:
- It was flood-tide along Fifth Avenue; motor, brougham, and victoria swept by on the glittering current; pretty women glanced out from limousine and tonneau; young men of his own type, silk-hatted, frock-coated, the crooks of their walking sticks tucked up under their left arms, passed on the Park side.
- 1918, Edith Wharton, chapter I, in The Marne, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC, page 1:
- Every since the age of six Troy Belknap of New York had embarked for Europe every June on the fastest steamer of one of the most expensive lines. With his family he had descended at the dock from a large noiseless motor, had kissed his father good-bye, turned back to shake hands with the chauffeur (a particular friend), and trotted up the gang-plank behind his mother's maid, [...]
- 1929, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, When the World Screamed[1]:
- 'However, you go and try your luck and see how you like it.' With that he flung himself into his motor and was off.
- 1936, F.J. Thwaites, chapter XXII, in The Redemption, Sydney: H. John Edwards, published 1940, page 214:
- The screeching of brakes, the monotonous blare of motor horns, the clip-clip of shoes on slippery pavements, the rustling of wet mackintoshes were all part of the great metropolis.
- 1944 November and December, T. F. Cameron, “Motor and Cartage Working”, in Railway Magazine, page 338:
- Goods motors for which "A" licences are held are free to operate anywhere, to pick up the most remunerative traffic, and the points between which the best back loads are available.
- (figuratively) A source of power for something; an inspiration; a driving force.
- Any protein capable of converting chemical energy into mechanical work.
- (Christianity, archaic, poetic) The controller or prime mover of the universe; God.
- (prison slang) The fermenting mass of fruit that is the basis of pruno, or "prison wine".
- Synonym: kicker
Alternative forms edit
- motour (obsolete)
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
- aeromotor
- affectomotor
- agrimotor
- air motor
- arteriomotor
- audiomotor
- bimotor
- Brownian motor
- coastal motor boat
- corticomotor
- crate motor
- depressomotor
- diesel motor
- dorsomotor
- driving motor
- electric motor
- electromotor
- extramotor
- fine motor skill
- gearmotor
- graphomotor
- gross motor skill
- hydromotor
- hypermotor
- hysteresis motor
- ideomotor
- idiomotor
- induction motor
- kick motor
- linear motor
- magnetomotor
- micromotor
- monomotor
- Motability
- motel
- motopia
- motorable
- motorail
- motor-ambulance
- motor aphasia
- motoraxon
- motorbicycle
- motorbike
- motorboard
- motor boat, motorboat
- motorbus
- motorcab
- motorcade
- motorcamp
- motorcar
- motorcaravan
- motor caravan
- motorcoach
- motor-coach
- motor coach
- motor cop
- motor cortex
- motor court
- motor cruiser
- motor-cycle
- motor cycle
- motorcycle
- motorcyclist
- motordom
- motordrome
- motor factor
- motor glider
- motorhand
- motorhead
- motor-home
- motor home, motorhome
- motor hotel
- motorial
- motor inn
- motor insurance
- motorise
- motorism
- motorist
- motorize
- motorjet
- motorkhana
- motorless
- motorlike
- motor lodge
- motorman
- motormania
- motor mount
- motor mouth, motormouth, motor-mouth
- motormouthed
- motorneer
- motor nerve
- motor neuron
- motor neuron disease
- motor neurone disease
- motor oil
- Motorola
- motorpathy
- motorphobe
- motorphobia
- motorphone
- motorplex
- motor pool
- motor protein
- motor pulley
- motor racing
- motor sailer
- motorsailer
- motor scooter
- motor ship
- motor show
- motor spirit
- motorsport
- motorsports
- motor station
- motor theory
- motor torpedo boat
- motor trade
- motor truck
- motortruck
- motor unit
- motor-van
- motor variable
- motor vehicle
- motor vessel
- motor voter
- motorway
- motor yacht
- Motown
- multimotor
- musculomotor
- nanomotor
- neuromotor
- nonmotor
- olfactomotor
- optomotor
- oromotor
- outboard motor
- paramotor
- pedomotor
- phonomotor
- photomotor
- pilomotor
- pony motor
- premotor
- primus motor
- propriomotor
- pupillomotor
- railmotor, rail-motor, rail motor
- reluctance motor
- repulsion motor
- retinomotor
- rheomotor
- rocket motor
- sand motor
- secretomotor
- serro-motor
- shaded-pole motor
- skeletomotor
- somatomotor
- squirrel-cage motor
- starter motor
- stepping motor
- supplementary motor area
- synchronous motor
- telemotor
- traction motor
- trimotor
- tumble motor
- ullage motor
- vasomotor
- vestibulomotor
- vibromotor
- visceromotor
- visuomotor
- water motor
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Persian: موتر (môtar)
- → Japanese: モーター (mōtā)
- → Burmese: မော်တော် (mautau)
- → Hausa: mōtā̀
- → Nupe: mátò
- → Yoruba: mọ́tò
- → Shanghainese: 馬達/马达 (mo⁶-da⁶)
- → Tibetan: མོ་ཊ (mo ṭa)
Translations edit
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Adjective edit
motor (not comparable)
- (biology) Relating to the ability to move.
- She has excellent motor skills.
- Relating to motor cars.
- Motor insurance is expensive for youngsters.
- (nautical) Propelled by an internal combustion engine (as opposed to a steam engine or turbine).
- 1915 June, “Many Yachts to Go in Commission”, in The American Marine Engineer:
- A motor yacht for its size has about 30 per cent more accommodations than a steamer of the same size.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
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Verb edit
motor (third-person singular simple present motors, present participle motoring, simple past and past participle motored)
- (dated) To make a journey by motor vehicle; to drive.
- Synonym: moto
- On Saturday we motored down to Plymouth.
- 1944 November and December, T. F. Cameron, “Motor and Cartage Working”, in Railway Magazine, pages 336–337:
- The practice used to be for such consignments to be loaded as tranships to the large centre, but this involved rather slow transits, and to a considerable extent these consignments are now motored to the large centre, and in the average case the transit is improved by a day.
- (transitive, aviation) To rotate a jet engine or turboprop using the engine's starter, without introducing fuel into the engine.
- During startup, the engine should be motored for 20 to 30 seconds to allow the shafts to straighten out, as they may have become bowed under their own weight while the airplane was sitting on the ground.
- (informal, figurative) To progress at a brisk pace.
- Sales were slow at first, but now things are really motoring.
- 2023 November 15, Ian Prosser talks to Stefanie Foster, “A healthy person is a more productive person”, in RAIL, number 996, page 34:
- More recently, ORR has been developing its knowledge and skills in cyber and digital security. Prosser says this is really "motoring".
- (slang) To leave.
- I gotta motor.
Translations edit
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References edit
- Motor Neurons at Motor Units on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- “motor”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “motor”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Anagrams edit
Afrikaans edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English motor, compare motor car, from Latin mōtor.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
motor (plural motors, diminutive motortjie)
- car, automobile
- Synonym: kar
- engine, motor
Derived terms edit
References edit
- ^ G.J. van Wyk, Etimologiewoordeboek van Afrikaans, 2003, Stellenbosch.
Asturian edit
Noun edit
motor m (plural motores)
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
motor (feminine motora, masculine plural motors, feminine plural motores) or motor (feminine motriu, masculine plural motors, feminine plural motrius)
Noun edit
motor m (plural motors)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “motor” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “motor”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “motor” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “motor” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Cebuano edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
motór
- motor; engine
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
motór
- Clipping of motorsiklo.
Quotations edit
For quotations using this term, see Citations:motor.
Czech edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
motor m inan
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
- See motiv
Further reading edit
Danish edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
motor c (singular definite motoren, plural indefinite motorer)
Inflection edit
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | motor | motoren | motorer | motorerne |
genitive | motors | motorens | motorers | motorernes |
Derived terms edit
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English motor, from Latin motor. In the sense “motorbike” motor was originally short for motorrijwiel or motorfiets.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
motor m (plural motoren or motors, diminutive motortje n)
- engine (mechanical device)
- motorbike
- Synonyms: motorfiets, motorrijwiel
Derived terms edit
- benzinemotor
- buitenboordmotor
- crossmotor
- dieselmotor
- elektromotor
- hulpmotor
- middenmotor
- motoragent
- motorbende
- motorbrigade
- motorclub
- motorcoureur
- motorengel
- motorfiets
- motormuis
- motorrijder
- motorrijwiel
- motorvoertuig
- politiemotor
- straalmotor
- stuntmotor
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
Hungarian edit
Etymology edit
From English motor or German Motor, from Latin mōtor, mōtō (“I set in motion”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
motor (plural motorok)
- engine, motor (a machine or device that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy, or imparts motion; the part of a car or other vehicle which provides the force for motion)
- (figurative) powerhouse (any source of power, energy or strength)
- motorbike, motorcycle (an open-seated motor vehicle with handlebars instead of a steering wheel, and having two (or sometimes three) wheels)
- Synonyms: motorbicikli, motorkerékpár
Declension edit
Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | motor | motorok |
accusative | motort | motorokat |
dative | motornak | motoroknak |
instrumental | motorral | motorokkal |
causal-final | motorért | motorokért |
translative | motorrá | motorokká |
terminative | motorig | motorokig |
essive-formal | motorként | motorokként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | motorban | motorokban |
superessive | motoron | motorokon |
adessive | motornál | motoroknál |
illative | motorba | motorokba |
sublative | motorra | motorokra |
allative | motorhoz | motorokhoz |
elative | motorból | motorokból |
delative | motorról | motorokról |
ablative | motortól | motoroktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
motoré | motoroké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
motoréi | motorokéi |
Possessive forms of motor | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | motorom | motorjaim |
2nd person sing. | motorod | motorjaid |
3rd person sing. | motorja | motorjai |
1st person plural | motorunk | motorjaink |
2nd person plural | motorotok | motorjaitok |
3rd person plural | motorjuk | motorjaik |
Derived terms edit
References edit
- ^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN
Further reading edit
- motor in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Dutch motor, from English motor, from Latin motor. In the sense “motorbike” or "motorcycle", motor was originally short for motorrijwiel or motorfiets.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
motor (first-person possessive motorku, second-person possessive motormu, third-person possessive motornya)
- engine
- (informal) motorcycle
- Synonyms: honda, sepeda motor
- (figuratively) important person in organization.
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “motor” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Interlingua edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
motor (plural motores)
Latin edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmoː.tor/, [ˈmoːt̪ɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈmo.tor/, [ˈmɔːt̪or]
Noun edit
mōtor m (genitive mōtōris); third declension
Declension edit
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | mōtor | mōtōrēs |
Genitive | mōtōris | mōtōrum |
Dative | mōtōrī | mōtōribus |
Accusative | mōtōrem | mōtōrēs |
Ablative | mōtōre | mōtōribus |
Vocative | mōtor | mōtōrēs |
Verb edit
mōtor
References edit
- “motor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- motor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Noun edit
motor m (definite singular motoren, indefinite plural motorer, definite plural motorene)
Derived terms edit
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
motor m (definite singular motoren, indefinite plural motorar, definite plural motorane)
Derived terms edit
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
motor m inan (diminutive motorek)
- (colloquial) motorcycle
- engine
- Synonym: silnik
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French moteur, from Latin mōtōrem.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
motor (feminine motora, masculine plural motores, feminine plural motoras)
Noun edit
motor m (plural motores)
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
motor n (plural motoare)
Declension edit
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) motor | motorul | (niște) motoare | motoarele |
genitive/dative | (unui) motor | motorului | (unor) motoare | motoarelor |
vocative | motorule | motoarelor |
Related terms edit
References edit
- motor in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
Serbo-Croatian edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
mòtōr m (Cyrillic spelling мо̀то̄р)
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
Slovene edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mọ̑tor m inan
Inflection edit
Masculine inan., soft o-stem | |||
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nom. sing. | mótor | ||
gen. sing. | mótorja | ||
singular | dual | plural | |
nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
mótor | mótorja | mótorji |
genitive (rodȋlnik) |
mótorja | mótorjev | mótorjev |
dative (dajȃlnik) |
mótorju | mótorjema | mótorjem |
accusative (tožȋlnik) |
mótor | mótorja | mótorje |
locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
mótorju | mótorjih | mótorjih |
instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
mótorjem | mótorjema | mótorji |
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
motor (feminine motora, masculine plural motores, feminine plural motoras)
Derived terms edit
Noun edit
motor m (plural motores)
- motor (mechanical device)
- (mechanics) engine
- (figuratively) driving force, driver, mover
- (figuratively) powerhouse
- (computing) backend, back end
Hyponyms edit
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Ye'kwana: motode
Further reading edit
- “motor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish edit
Pronunciation edit
audio (file)
Noun edit
motor c
Declension edit
Declension of motor | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | motor | motorn | motorer | motorerna |
Genitive | motors | motorns | motorers | motorernas |
Derived terms edit
- bensinmotor
- bilmotor
- båtmotor
- cykelmotor
- dieselmotor
- elmotor
- evighetsmotor
- explosionsmotor
- fyrtaktsmotor
- förbränningsmotor
- grafikmotor
- jetmotor
- lastbilsmotor
- mopedmotor
- motorcykel
- motorcykelmotor
- motorisera
- motorsåg
- Ottomotor
- raketmotor
- spelmotor
- Stirlingmotor
- testmotor
- tvåtaktsmotor
- tändkulemotor
- utombordsmotor
- vespamotor
- vindmotor
- Wankelmotor
- ångmotor
References edit
Anagrams edit
Tagalog edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
motór (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜆᜓᜇ᜔)
Related terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
motór (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜆᜓᜇ᜔)
- Clipping of motorsiklo.
Further reading edit
Turkish edit
Alternative forms edit
- motör (obsolete)
Etymology edit
From French moteur m, from Latin mōtor m (“mover”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
motor (definite accusative motoru, plural motorlar)
- engine (mechanical device)
- (colloquial) a motorcycle
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
Venetian edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
West Makian edit
Etymology edit
Possibly a shortening of Dutch motorboot (“motorboat”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
motor
References edit
- Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours[2], Pacific linguistics