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Yes. The word mod is a Scrabble US word. The word mod is worth 6 points in Scrabble:

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3-letter words (2 found)

DOM,MOD,

2-letter words (4 found)

DO,MO,OD,OM,

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mod omd mdo dmo odm dom

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Definitions and meaning of mod

mod

Etymology 1

Abbreviations.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /mɑd/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /mɒd/
  • Rhymes: -ɒd
  • Homophone: Maud (in accents with the cot-caught merger)

Noun

mod (countable and uncountable, plural mods)

  1. (uncountable) An unconventionally modern style of fashionable dress originating in England in the 1960s, characterized by ankle-length black trenchcoats and sunglasses.
  2. (UK) A 1960s British person who dressed in such a style and was interested in modernism and the modern music of the time; the opposite of a rocker.
  3. (informal) Clipping of modification.
  4. (video games) An end user-created package containing modifications to the look or behaviour of a video game.
    Coordinate terms: add-on, DLC, expansion pack
  5. (Internet) A moderator, for example on a discussion forum.
  6. (computing, informal) A module (file containing a tracker music sequence).
  7. (climbing) A moderately difficult route.
  8. (in the plural, Oxford University, informal) Moderations: university examinations generally taken in the first year.
  9. (mathematics, programming) Abbreviation of modulus.
    Synonyms: %, modulus
  10. (statistics) Abbreviation of mode.
  11. (politics) Clipping of moderate.
Usage notes

In video gaming, mods are created by end users, whereas such content by the game creators would be called an expansion pack.

Derived terms
Translations

Verb

mod (third-person singular simple present mods, present participle modding, simple past and past participle modded)

  1. (transitive, informal) To modify (an object) from its original condition, typically for the purposes of individualizing and/or enhancing the performance of the object.
    Synonyms: trick, trick out
  2. (video games) To install or create a mod.
  3. (transitive, Internet, informal) To moderate; to silence or punish (a rule-breaking user) on a forum, especially when done by a moderator.
Derived terms

Adjective

mod (not comparable)

  1. Abbreviation of moderate.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic mòd.

Noun

mod (plural mods)

  1. A festival of Scottish Gaelic song, arts and culture, akin to the Welsh eisteddfod.

Anagrams

  • -dom, DOM, Dom, Dom., ODM, dom, dom.

Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmoˀð], [ˈmoðˀ]
  • Rhymes: -oð

Etymology 1

From Old Norse móðr, from Proto-Germanic *mōdaz, cognate with English mood, German Mut.

Noun

mod n (singular definite modet, not used in plural form)

  1. courage
  2. mood
Usage notes

The sense "mood" is obsolete outside of compounds and a few fixed phrases.

Synonyms
  • (formal) courage, kurage c
  • tapperhed c

Etymology 2

From Old Norse í mót, i.e. the preposition í (“in”) + the noun mót (“meeting”) (compare i møde), from Proto-Germanic *mōtą, cognate with English moot.

Preposition

mod or imod

  1. toward, towards; to (physical motion, direction)
  2. toward, towards; to (physical orientation, facing)
  3. toward, towards; to (temporal motion)
  4. toward, towards (near in time)
    mod slutningen af aftenen ― toward(s) the end of the evening
  5. toward, towards; to (as a goal)
  6. almost, nearly, close to (in terms of quantity)
  7. against; into (in the opposite physical direction of)
    Antonym: med
  8. against; to (in physical contact with)
  9. against, into, with (forceful collision)
  10. against, versus; on (having as an opponent)
  11. against (in constrast to; inconsistent with; contradicting)
    mod reglerne ― against the rules
    mod sin vilje ― against one's will
  12. at; toward, towards; against (a recipient or target)
  13. to; toward, towards; with (as an attitude or behavior)
    Synonyms: over for, overfor, ved
  14. against (refuting or implicating)
    beviser mod sagsøgte ― evidence against the defendant
  15. to (a victim)
  16. from; against (protection, precaution)
    at skærme sig mod vinden ― to shield oneself from [or against] the wind
    et værn for at beskytte mod onde ånder ― a ward to protect from [or against] evil spirits
  17. for (e.g., as a treatment, cure, or prophylaxis)
  18. to; against (comparison)
  19. in return for; in exchange for; as compensation for
  20. against (as foreground re: a background)
    i silhuet mod himlen ― silhouetted against the sky
Usage notes
  • The two forms, mod and imod, are interchangeable when used as a preposition. In the contemporary language, the shorter form is used about 10 times as much as the longer one. As an adverb, only the longer form is used.

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sicilian modu and/or Italian modo, from Latin modus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɔːt/

Noun

mod m (plural modi or modijiet)

  1. way, manner
    Synonyms: għamla, manjiera

Derived terms

Middle English

Noun

mod

  1. Alternative form of mode (“intellect, mood, will, courage, nature”)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

mod n (definite singular modet, uncountable)

  1. (pre-2012) alternative form of mot

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *mōdaz, from Proto-Indo-European *mē-, *mō-. Cognate with Old High German muot (German Mut), Old Saxon mōd, Old Dutch muot (Dutch (ge)moed), Old Norse móðr (“anger, grief”) (Swedish mod), Gothic 𐌼𐍉𐌸𐍃 (mōþs, “anger, emotion”). The Proto-Indo-European root was also the source of Ancient Greek μῶθαι (môthai) and Latin mōs.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /moːd/

Noun

mōd n

  1. mind
    • Adrian and Ritheus
    • late 10th century, Ælfric, "Memory of the Saints"
    • late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Saint Augustine's Soliloquies
  2. heart, spirit
  3. state of mind, mood
  4. (in poetry and compounds) courage, pride, zeal, or anger
  5. affection
    • c. 992, Ælfric, "On the Nativity of our Lord"

Declension

Derived terms

  • -mōd (“-minded”)
  • mōdlēas (“mindless”)
  • mōdsēoc (“mentally ill”)
  • on mōd berinnan (of a thought or idea, “to occur”)

Descendants

  • Middle English: mod, mode, mood
    • English: mood
    • Scots: mude, muid

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French mode.

Noun

mod n (plural moduri)

  1. mode, fashion, style, way
  2. (grammar) mode, mood

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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Noun

mȏd m (Cyrillic spelling мо̑д)

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Declension

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Slovene

Noun

mod

  1. genitive dual/plural of modo

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmod/ [ˈmoð̞]
  • Rhymes: -od
  • Syllabification: mod

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English mod, from modern.

Adjective

mod (invariable)

  1. mod (of the 1960s modern style)

Noun

mod m (uncountable)

  1. mod (1960s modern style)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English mod, from modification.

Noun

mod m (plural mods)

  1. mod (an end user-created package containing modifications to the look or behaviour of a video game)

Further reading

  • “mod”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swedish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse móðr, from Proto-Germanic *mōdaz, from Proto-Indo-European *mō-, *mē-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /muːd/

Noun

mod n

  1. courage
  2. (in some expressions and as a component of many words) (often positive) state of mind
Declension
Derived terms
Related terms
  • modig

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English mod, from modification.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɔd/

Noun

mod n

  1. (video games) mod (end user-created modifications)
  2. (Internet) a mod (moderator)
    Synonym: moderator
Declension

References

  • mod in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • mod in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • mod in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
  • mod in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Anagrams

  • -dom, Dom., dom, dom-

Turkish

Noun

mod (definite accusative modu, plural modlar)

  1. mode
  2. (colloquial) mood
    Synonym: hâletiruhiye

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *mooto.

Noun

mod

  1. face

Inflection

Derived terms

References

  • Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “лицо”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎[6], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

Welsh

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /moːd/

Verb

mod

  1. Nasal mutation of bod.

Mutation


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