motmot

English

Etymology

Onomatopoeic, from American Spanish.

Noun

motmot (plural motmots)

1. Any bird in the taxonomic family Momotidae, endemic to the neotropics.

Translations

Bird in the taxonomic family Momotidae

• Catalan: motmot (ca) m
• Dutch: motmot
• French: motmot (fr) m
• German: Sägeracke f
• Navajo: móʼmoʼii
• Polish: piłodziób (pl) m
• Russian: момо́т m (momót)

Further reading

• Momotidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Momotidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Anagrams

• TomTom, tom-tom, tomtom

Catalan

Noun

motmot m (plural motmots)

1. motmot

Tagalog

Etymology

Reduplication of clipping of motel, from English motel in the sense of short-stay hotel, in Philippine English.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈmotmot/ [ˈmot̪.mot̪̚]
• Rhymes: -otmot
• Syllabification: mot‧mot

Noun

motmot (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜆ᜔ᜋᜓᜆ᜔)

1. (slang) motel; short-stay hotel