Mode in Scrabble Dictionary

Valid words made from Mode

You can make 20 words from 'mode' in our Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

• 4 letters words from 'mode'
• 3 letters words from 'mode'
• 2 letters words from 'mode'

4 letters words from 'mode'

DEMO 7	DOME 7
MODE 7

3 letters words from 'mode'

DOE 4	DOM 6
EMO 5	MED 6
MOD 6	MOE 5
ODE 4

2 letters words from 'mode'

DE 3	DO 3
ED 3	EM 4
ME 4	MO 4
OD 3	OE 2
OM 4

Definitions and meaning of mode

mode

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /məʊd/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /moʊd/
• Rhymes: -əʊd
• Homophone: mowed

Etymology 1

From Old French mode (masculine), from Latin modus (“measure, due measure, rhythm, melody”). Doublet of modus.

Noun

mode (plural modes)

1. (music) One of several ancient Greek scales.
2. (music) One of several common scales in modern Western music, one of which corresponds to the modern major scale and one to the natural minor scale.
3. A particular means of accomplishing something.
   • 1855, Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society (volume 9, page 205)

     An effectual and inexpensive mode of Protecting Wall-Trees from Spring-Frosts.

4. A particular state of being, or frame of mind.

   After a series of early setbacks, her political campaign is in crisis mode.

5. (statistics) The most frequently occurring value in a distribution
6. (mathematics, physics) A state of a system that is represented by an eigenfunction of that system.
7. (computing) One of various related sets of rules for processing data; more generally, any state of the system associated with certain behaviours.

   Hyponyms: emulation mode, immediate mode, local emulation mode, protected mode, real mode, retained mode, strict mode

8. (electronics) A series of settings on a device used for a specific purpose.

9. (video games) A variation in gameplay, such as a difficulty level.
10. (grammar) A verb form that depends on how its containing clause relates to the speaker’s or writer’s wish, intent, or assertion about reality.

    Synonyms: mood, grammatical mood

    Hyponyms: imperative mode, indicative mode, infinitive mode, subjunctive mode

11. (philosophy) That which exists only as a quality of substance.
12. (textiles) In lace-making, a small decorative piece inserted into a pattern.
13. (textiles) The openwork between the solid parts of a pattern.
14. (obsolete) A woman's mantle with a hood.

Derived terms

• (grammar): See also Thesaurus:grammatical mood
• (music): Aeolian mode, Dorian mode, Ionian mode, Locrian mode, Lydian mode, Mixolydian mode, Phrygian mode

Related terms

Translations

Etymology 2

From French mode (feminine).

Noun

mode (plural modes)

1. Style or fashion; popular trend.

   Her wardrobe is always in mode.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• bimodal distribution
• median
• mean
• modal

Anagrams

• E.D. Mo., Edom, Medo-, demo, demo-, dome

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔ.də/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔ.de/

Noun

mode m (plural modes)

1. modus
2. way
3. (grammar) mood

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Danish

Etymology

From French mode, from Latin modus (“manner, method”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /moːdə/, [ˈmoːðə]

Noun

mode c (singular definite moden, plural indefinite moder)

1. fashion

Inflection

Further reading

• mode on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French mode, from Latin modus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmoː.də/
• Hyphenation: mo‧de
• Rhymes: -oːdə

Noun

mode f (plural modes, diminutive modetje n)

1. fashion, trend

   Het staat je vrij om de mode te volgen in België en Nederland — You're free to follow fashion in Belgium and the Netherlands.

2. (obsolete) custom, tradition, manner

Derived terms

• burgermode
• damesmode
• haarmode
• herenmode
• kindermode
• modeartikel
• modebewust
• modeblad
• modegek
• modegril
• modekleur
• modekwaal
• modemaakster
• modemagazijn
• modenaaister
• modeontwerp
• modeontwerper
• modeplaat
• modepop
• modeshow
• modesnufje
• modetint
• modetrend
• modevak
• modeverschijnsel
• modewinkel
• modewoord
• modezaak
• modezot
• modezucht
• modieus

Descendants

• Afrikaans: mode
• → Indonesian: mode
• → West Frisian: moade

Anagrams

• doem, moed

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Esperanto

Etymology

From modo +‎ -e.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmode/
• Hyphenation: mo‧de
• Rhymes: -ode

Adverb

mode

1. fashionably
   • 1937, British Esperantist:

   • 2002, Julian Modest, "La glita kaj danĝera vojo," La Ondo de Esperanto:

   • 2003, Thierry Salomon, "La mondolingvo," Monato:

Synonyms

• laŭmode

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmode/, [ˈmo̞de̞]
• Rhymes: -ode
• Syllabification: mo‧de

Noun

mode

1. (colloquial) Synonym of moderaattori.

Declension

Anagrams

• Edmo, demo

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French

Etymology

From Latin modus m. Doublet of mœuf.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔd/

Noun

mode f (plural modes)

1. fashion, trend

   Il faut suivre la mode en France — You've got to follow fashion in France

Derived terms

• à la mode

Descendants

• → Khmer: ម៉ូត (mout)
• → English: mode
• → German: Mode
• → Norwegian Bokmål: mode
• → Russian: мо́да (móda)
• → Vietnamese: mốt

Noun

mode m (plural modes)

1. method, means, way, mode

   Quel mode de transport est-ce que tu utilises? — What method of transport do you use?

   mode de paiement — method of payment

2. (grammar) mode, mood

   Synonym: mœuf

Anagrams

• démo, dôme

Further reading

• “mode” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch mode f, from Middle French mode f, from Latin modus m. Semantic loan from English mode in electronics and computing sense. Doublet of model, modern, modul, and modus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmo.də]
• Hyphenation: mo‧dê

Noun

modê (plural, first-person possessive modeku, second-person possessive modemu, third-person possessive modenya)

1. mode, style or fashion; popular trend.

   Synonym: fesyen

2. mode,
   1. (electronics) a series of settings on a device used for a specific purpose.
   2. (computing) one of various related sets of rules for processing data.

Related terms

Further reading

• “mode” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

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Italian

Noun

mode f

1. plural of moda

Anagrams

• demo

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Latin

Noun

mode

1. vocative singular of modus

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• mod, mood, moode

Etymology 1

From Old English mōd, from Proto-Germanic *mōdaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /moːd/
• Rhymes: -oːd

Noun

mode (plural modes)

1. Activity within one's mind or brain:
   1. One's current mindset or feelings; mood:
      1. Fortitude, braveness, bravery, heart.
      2. Vainness, proudness; the display of conceit.
      3. Sadness, lamenting; the state of being sad or upset.
      4. Angriness, ire, resentment.
   2. One's mental capacity or intellect; the fount of reasoning.
   3. One's overall or overarching feelings; an opinion or will.
   4. What one currently wants or likes; a goal or aim
   5. One's motivation or willpower; resoluteness.
   6. (rare) Part of one's thought process.
2. A person's nature or temperament; that which defines one's behaviour.
3. One's visible nature; the appearance of someone.
4. (rare) One's actions as a whole; the way one behaves.
5. (rare) Writing or speaking; communication.
6. (rare) An enterprise or endeavour.

Related terms

• drerimod
• mody
• modilich
• modinesse

Descendants

• English: mood
• Scots: mude, muid

References

• “mọ̄d, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Adjective

mode (rare)

1. Vain, boastful, conceited.
2. Upset, distressed.

References

• “mọ̄de, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

From Old French mode, from Latin modus.

Alternative forms

• mood, moode, moodd, moede

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔːd(ə)/, /ˈmoːd(ə)/

Noun

mode (plural modes) (Late Middle English)

1. Grammatical mood or modality.
2. (rare) Songs; pieces or sources of music.

References

• “mōd(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Descendants

• English: mode, mood

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Norman

Etymology

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Noun

mode f (plural modes)

1. (Jersey) fashion

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From French mode (“fashion, trend”), from Latin modus m (“measure, manner”), from Proto-Italic *modōs, from Proto-Indo-European *mod-ōs (“measure”), from *med- (“to measure”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔːd/
• Rhymes: -ɔːd
• Hyphenation: mode

Adverb

mode

1. Only used in à la mode (“a la mode”)

Anagrams

• demo

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• modent

Adjective

mode

1. neuter singular of moden

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Pali

Alternative forms

Verb

mode

1. inflection of modati (“to rejoice”):
   1. optative active singular
   2. first-person singular present/imperative middle

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Swedish

Etymology

From French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²muːdɛ/

Noun

mode n

1. fashion, a fashion trend

Declension

Related terms

• höstmode
• modelejon
• modetidning
• vårmode

See also

• mod

Source: wiktionary.org

• a way or manner of acting.
  (source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)

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