moto
EnglishEdit
NounEdit
moto (plural motos)
- One of a series of motocross or BMX races.
- American Motorcyclist, Jan 1982:
- In fact, after the third of four motos, Hinkle had opened a comfortable lead toward the overall win, and perhaps he really didn't feel any pressure as he cruised home seventh in the final moto to lock up the crown.
- American Motorcyclist, Jan 1982:
- (In only some varieties of English) A motorcycle or moped.
- 2019, Kevin Barry, Night Boat to Tangier, New York: Doubleday, →ISBN, pages 192–193:
- He stood in the evening on the street in the haze of rain-flecked light. The backfire of a fucked moto cracked like a gunshot, but he did not flinch from it.
AnagramsEdit
AsturianEdit
NounEdit
moto f (plural motos)
- motorcycle (open-seated motor-powered vehicle with two wheels)
SynonymsEdit
CatalanEdit
EtymologyEdit
Shortened form of motocicleta
NounEdit
moto f (plural motos)
- Clipping of motocicleta.; motorcycle
Further readingEdit
- “moto” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
ChichewaEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
móto 3
ChineseEdit
EtymologyEdit
Irregular romanisation of 冇圖 (mou5 tou4, “no image”).
EtymologyEdit
InterjectionEdit
moto
- (Hong Kong Cantonese, Internet slang) used in situations where no image is provided in a post or thread
CzechEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- motto (more common)
NounEdit
moto n
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
Shortened form of motocyclette
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
moto f (plural motos)
Further readingEdit
- “moto”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
GalicianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From motocicleta, by shortening
NounEdit
moto f (plural motos)
- Clipping of motocicleta.; motorcycle
IdoEdit
NounEdit
moto (plural moti)
ItalianEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Shortened form of motocicletta.
NounEdit
moto f (invariable)
- Clipping of motocicleta.; motorcycle
Etymology 2Edit
NounEdit
moto m (plural moti)
Derived termsEdit
AnagramsEdit
JapaneseEdit
RomanizationEdit
moto
JavaneseEdit
NounEdit
moto
- Nonstandard spelling of mata.
LatinEdit
PronunciationEdit
ParticipleEdit
mōtō
VerbEdit
mōtō (present infinitive mōtāre, perfect active mōtāvī, supine mōtātum); first conjugation
ConjugationEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “moto”, in Charlton T[homas] Lewis; Charles [Lancaster] Short (1879) […] A New Latin Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Chicago, Ill.: American Book Company; Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- “moto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- moto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
LingalaEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀ntʊ̀.
NounEdit
moto 1 (plural bato 2)
Derived termsEdit
MwaniEdit
NounEdit
moto 3
Nigerian PidginEdit
EtymologyEdit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
NounEdit
moto
NormanEdit
EtymologyEdit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
NounEdit
moto m (plural motos)
SynonymsEdit
PortugueseEdit
EtymologyEdit
From motocicleta, by shortening
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
moto f (plural motos)
SpanishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Clipping of motocicleta.
NounEdit
moto f (plural motos)
- Clipping of motocicleta.; motorcycle
Derived termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
From mojón.
NounEdit
moto m (plural motos)
Further readingEdit
- “moto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
SwahiliEdit
EtymologyEdit
From -ota.
PronunciationEdit
Audio (Kenya) (file)
NounEdit
moto (m-mi class, plural mioto)
Derived termsEdit
- motoni (“hell”)
TirurayEdit
NounEdit
moto
Tok PisinEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
moto
WutunhuaEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Mandarin 摩托 (mótuō), from English motor.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
moto
- motorcycle
- 2014, Wutun villagers, “Mani session 1”, in Interactive Inner Asia Project[1]:
- men she moto-ge yek-li-zhe.
- There is a motorcycle outside the door.