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mot

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mot"

English edit

Etymology 1 edit

From French mot. Doublet of motto.

Pronunciation edit

  • (UK) IPA(key): /məʊ/
    • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • Rhymes: -əʊ

Noun edit

mot (plural mots)

  1. A witty remark; a witticism; a bon mot.
    • 1859, unknown author, “Literary Adventure. Life of Douglas Jerrold”, in North British Review:
      Here and there turns up a […] savage mot.
    • 1970, John Glassco, Memoirs of Montparnasse, New York, published 2007, page 32:
      ‘He comes from Montreal, in Canada.’ ‘Why?’ she said, repeating Dr Johnson's mot with a forced sneer.
  2. (obsolete) A word or a motto; a device.
  3. (obsolete) A note or brief strain on a bugle.

Etymology 2 edit

Probably from Dutch mot (“woman”). See also mort (“woman”) and moth (“girlfriend”).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

mot (plural mots)

  1. (UK, Ireland, slang) A woman; a wife.
    • 1789, G. Parker, “The Sandman's Wedding”, in Farmer, John Stephen, editor, Musa Pedestris‎[1], published 1896:
      Come wed, my dear, and let's agree, / Then of the booze-ken you'll be free; / No sneer from cully, mot, or froe / Dare then reproach my Bess for Joe; / For he's the kiddy rum and queer, / That all St. Giles's boys do fear.
    • 1829 July, Vidocq, Eugène François with Maginn, William, transl., “Noctes Ambrosiana [En roulant de vergne en vergne]”, in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine‎[2], number 45, translation of En roulant de vergne en vergne, page 133:
      And we shall caper a-heel-and-toeing, / A Newgate hornpipe some fine day; / With the mots, their ogles throwing, / Tol lol, &c. / And old Cotton humming his pray.
  2. (UK, Ireland, slang) A prostitute.
  3. (UK, Ireland, slang) A landlady.
    • 1851, Henry Mayhew, London Labour and the London Poor, volume 1, page 217:
      After some altercation with the "mot" of the "ken" (mistress of the lodging-house) about the cleanliness of a knife or fork, my new acquaintance began to arrange "ground," &c., for the night's work.

Anagrams edit

Albanian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Albanian *māti (“time”), from Proto-Indo-European *méh₁tis (“measurement”), deverbative of *meh₁- (“to measure”); compare Old English mǣþ (“measure”), Lithuanian mẽtas (“time”), Ancient Greek μῆτις (mêtis, “plan”).[1] Sense shift from ‘time’ to ‘weather, year, era’ influenced by Latin tempus (“time, weather”) (compare Romanian timp, French temps).

Noun edit

mot m (plural mote, definite moti, definite plural motet)

  1. weather
    Synonym: qëro (archaic)
  2. year
  3. era, times (uncountable)

Declension edit

Declension of mot
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative mot mote moti motet
accusative motin
dative moti moteve motit moteve
ablative motesh

Derived terms edit

Compounds edit

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Adverb edit

mot

  1. next year

References edit

  1. ^ Vladimir Orel, Albanian Etymological Dictionary (Leiden: Brill, 1998), 274–5.

Catalan edit

Etymology edit

From Late Latin muttum (“sound”), from muttire (“mutter, make a mu-noise”), of onomatopoeic origin. Compare French mot.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

mot m (plural mots)

  1. word
    Synonym: paraula

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Crimean Tatar edit

Noun edit

mot

  1. fashion
    Şimdi pek mot emiş ağarğan saçlar
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    Ah men şu motluqtan uzaq olaydım.
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Dutch edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Middle Dutch motte. Cognate to English moth, German Motte.

Noun edit

mot f (plural motten, diminutive motje n)

  1. butterfly-like insect: moth (usually nocturnal insect of the order Lepidoptera)
    Hyponyms: nachtvlinder, uil
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
  • Negerhollands: mot
  • → Papiamentu: mot (dated)

Etymology 2 edit

An onomatopoeia.

Noun edit

mot f (plural motten, diminutive motje n)

  1. a slap, a blow, a hit (physical aggression with hands or fists)
  2. (by extension) a quarrel, tiff

Etymology 3 edit

From Middle Low German mutte.

Noun edit

mot f (plural motten, diminutive motje n)

  1. a female pig; a sow
    Synonym: zeug
  2. (by extension) a lewd woman
Derived terms edit

Etymology 4 edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun edit

mot f (plural motten, diminutive motje n)

  1. light rain; drizzle
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French edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Late Latin muttum (“sound”), from muttīre (“mutter, make a mu-noise”), of onomatopoeic origin. Has almost entirely replaced parole in Modern French, perhaps because of its brevity. Compare Catalan mot.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

mot m (plural mots)

  1. word
    Synonym: parole
    • 1903, Louise-Victorine Ackermann, Pensées d'une solitaire‎[3], page 43:
      Le poète est bien plus un évocateur de sentiments et d’images qu’un arrangeur de rimes et de mots.
      The poet is rather more an evoker of feelings and images than an arranger of rhymes and words.
  2. note, (short) message
    Synonyms: message, note
  3. answer to an enigma

Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

Anagrams edit

Middle English edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old English mot.

Alternative forms edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

mot (plural motes)

  1. speck, particle
Descendants edit
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Etymology 2 edit

From Old English mōt, from Proto-West Germanic *mōtu, from Proto-Germanic *mōtō (“tax, toll”).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

mot (plural motes or moteez)

  1. (Early Middle English, rare) tax
Descendants edit
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Etymology 3 edit

From Old English *mōt, ġemōt (“meeting”), from Proto-Germanic *mōtą.

Alternative forms edit

Noun edit

mot (plural mots)

  1. meeting; assembly
  2. disputation, debate, argument
  3. A company of people.
Descendants edit
References edit

Etymology 4 edit

Verb edit

mot

  1. first/third-person singular present indicative of moten (“to have to”)

Middle French edit

Noun edit

mot m (plural mots)

  1. word

Descendants edit

Norwegian Bokmål edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Noun edit

mot n (definite singular motet, uncountable)

  1. courage

Etymology 2 edit

From Old Norse mót.

Noun edit

mot n (definite singular motet, indefinite plural mot, definite plural mota or motene)

  1. a meeting
Derived terms edit

Etymology 3 edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Preposition edit

mot

  1. to, towards
    Kjør mot byen. ― Drive towards town.
  2. against, from
    En paraply skjermer deg mot regnet! ― An umbrella protects you from the rain!
  3. against, versus
    Det var et kappløp mot tiden. ― It was a race against time.
Derived terms edit

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Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun edit

mot n (definite singular motet, uncountable)

  1. courage
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

From Old Norse mót.

Noun edit

mot n (definite singular motet, indefinite plural mot, definite plural mota)

  1. a meeting
Derived terms edit

Etymology 3 edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Preposition edit

mot

  1. to, towards
    Han kom mot dei. ― He came towards them.
  2. against, from; for
    Har de noko som verkar mot tett nase? ― Do you have anything that works for a stuffy nose?
  3. against, versus
    Kven skal me spela mot? ― Who shall we play against?
Derived terms edit

References edit

Occitan edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Late Latin muttum.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

mot m (plural mots)

  1. word

Old English edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb edit

mōt

  1. first/third-person singular present of motan

Etymology 2 edit

From Proto-West Germanic *mōtu, from Proto-Germanic *mōtō (“tax, toll”).

Noun edit

mōt f

  1. toll
  2. tax
Declension edit
Declension of mot (strong ō-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative mōt mōta, mōte
accusative mōte mōta, mōte
genitive mōte mōta
dative mōte mōtum
Descendants edit

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Old French edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Late Latin muttum.

Noun edit

mot oblique singular, m (oblique plural moz or motz, nominative singular moz or motz, nominative plural mot)

  1. word
    Synonym: (more common) parole
Descendants edit

Etymology 2 edit

See molt

Adjective edit

mot m (oblique and nominative feminine singular mote)

  1. Alternative form of molt

Adverb edit

mot

  1. Alternative form of molt

Old Occitan edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Latin multus.

Alternative forms edit

Adverb edit

mot

  1. much; a lot

Etymology 2 edit

From Late Latin muttum.

Noun edit

mot m (oblique plural motz, nominative singular motz, nominative plural mot)

  1. word

References edit

Swedish edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse mót, from Proto-Germanic *mōtą, *gamōtą.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

mot n

  1. (chiefly west Sweden) A point where two or more objects meet (e.g. the joint of two bones).
  2. (chiefly west Sweden) A slip road or flyover.
  3. (chiefly west Sweden) An interchange; a large junction where two or more roads meet.
  4. (Ostrobothnia) A passing place.
    Synonym: mötesplats

Declension edit

Declension of mot 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative mot motet mot moten
Genitive mots motets mots motens

Derived terms edit

  • ledamot (“body part; board member”)

Preposition edit

mot

  1. to, towards
    Kör mot stan. ― Drive towards the town.
  2. against
    Det där är mot lagen! ― That’s against the law!
  3. versus

Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

Anagrams edit

Tocharian B edit

Noun edit

mot

  1. alcohol
  2. alcoholic beverage

Volapük edit

Noun edit

mot (nominative plural mots)

  1. mother
    Synonym: jifat
    Hypernym: pal
    Coordinate term: fat

Declension edit

declension of mot
singular plural
nominative mot mots
genitive mota motas
dative mote motes
accusative moti motis
vocative 1 o mot! o mots!
predicative 2 motu motus
  • 1 status as a case is disputed
  • 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only

Derived terms edit

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Walloon edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

mot m (plural mots)

  1. word

Derived terms edit

Yola edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Middle English but, from Old English būtan. The b was changed to m as a back-formation from the Irish mutated forms, where *mbot and *bhot were reinterpreted as mot and *mhot.

Pronunciation edit

Preposition edit

mot

  1. but
    • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 5, page 86:
      Mot w'all aar boust, hi soon was ee-teight
      But with all their bravado they were soon taught
    • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 11, page 88:
      Wode zar; mot, all arkagh var ee barnaugh-blowe,
      Would serve; but, all eager for the barnagh-stroke,
    • 1867, “CASTEALE CUDDE'S LAMENTATION”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 2, page 102:
      Aar was nodhing ee-left mot a heade,
      There was nothing left but the head,
    • 1867, “ABOUT AN OLD SOW GOING TO BE KILLED”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 1, page 106:
      Mot earch oan to aar die. Ich mosth kotch a bat.
      But every one to his day. I must catch the bat.
    • 1867, “ABOUT AN OLD SOW GOING TO BE KILLED”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 2, page 106:
      Vear'd nodhing mot Portheare. Na skeine e'er ee-waare.
      I feared nothing but Porter. No skein I ever wore.

Etymology 2 edit

From Middle English mot, from Old English mōt, from Proto-West Germanic *mōtu, from Proto-Germanic *mōtō.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

mot

  1. asking (a charge on goods)

Etymology 3 edit

Perhaps from Middle English moten (“to speak, talk, say”), from Old English mōtian.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

mot

  1. to ask
    • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 2, page 84:
      Well, gosp, c'hull be zeid; mot thee fartoo, an fade;
      Well, gossip, it shall be told; you ask what ails me, and for what;

Etymology 4 edit

Noun edit

mot

  1. Alternative form of mothe (“mote”)

References edit

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 57
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