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5-letter words (2 found)

DOUMS,MODUS,

4-letter words (11 found)

DOMS,DOUM,DUOS,MODS,MOUS,MUDS,MUSO,OUDS,SOUM,SUMO,UDOS,

3-letter words (22 found)

DOM,DOS,DSO,DUM,DUO,MOD,MOS,MOU,MUD,MUS,ODS,OMS,OUD,OUS,SOD,SOM,SOU,SUD,SUM,UDO,UDS,UMS,

2-letter words (10 found)

DO,MO,MU,OD,OM,OS,OU,SO,UM,US,

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Definitions and meaning of modus

modus

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin modus (“measure, manner, mood”). Doublet of mode.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈməʊdəs/
  • Rhymes: -əʊdəs

Noun

modus (plural modi)

  1. (law, obsolete) The arrangement of, or mode of expressing, the terms of a contract or conveyance.
  2. (law) A qualification involving the idea of variation or departure from some general rule or form, in the way of either restriction or enlargement, according to the circumstances of the case, as in the will of a donor, an agreement between parties, etc.
  3. (law) A fixed compensation or equivalent given instead of payment of tithes in kind, expressed in full by the phrase modus decimandi.

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Anagrams

  • domus, doums

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from English modus operandi, from Latin modus operandī.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: mo‧dus
  • IPA(key): /ˈmodus/, [ˈmo.d̪ʊs̪]

Noun

módus (Badlit spelling ᜋᜓᜇᜓᜐ᜔)

  1. Ellipsis of modus operandi.

Quotations

  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:modus.

Anagrams

  • dusmo

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmodus]

Noun

modus m inan

  1. (statistics) mode (value occurring most frequently in a distribution)
  2. (music) mode

Declension

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Finnish

Etymology

< Latin modus

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmodus/, [ˈmo̞dus̠]
  • Rhymes: -odus
  • Syllabification(key): mo‧dus

Noun

modus

  1. (grammar) mood

Declension

Further reading

  • “modus”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Indonesian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin modus. Doublet of mode, model, modul, and modern.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmo.dʊs]
  • Hyphenation: mo‧dus

Noun

modus (plural modus-modus, first-person possessive modusku, second-person possessive modusmu, third-person possessive modusnya)

  1. mode,
    1. (mathematics, statistics) the most frequently occurring value in a distribution.
    2. (linguistics) mood, a verb form that depends on how its containing clause relates to the speaker’s or writer’s wish, intent, or assertion about reality.
    3. a particular means of accomplishing something.
      Synonym: cara
  2. (colloquial) modus operandi, a known criminal's established habits and mode of work when committing specific offences, especially fraud, matched with characteristics of an unsolved crime to narrow down (limit to a specific list) or profile suspects.

Alternative forms

  • mod (Standard Malay)

Related terms

Further reading

  • “modus” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *modos, from Proto-Indo-European *mod-ós (“measure”), from *med- (“to measure”). But note as the oblique cases would be expected as *moder- (e.g. gen.: moderis), thus moderor, modestus etc. Contrast mōs for the senses of manner and way.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmo.dus/, [ˈmɔd̪ʊs̠]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈmo.dus/, [ˈmɔːd̪us]

Noun

modus m (genitive modī); second declension

  1. measure
  2. bound, limit
    Synonyms: līmes, fīnis, cacūmen
  3. manner (of doing or being arranged), way (of doing or being arranged), method
    Synonyms: ratiō, disciplīna
    Quem ad modum ― like, such, in what manner
    hoc modo ― in this manner
    admirandum in modum ― wonderfully (literally: in a wonderful manner)
    miserandum in modum ― miserably (literally: in a miserable manner)
    hostilem in modum ― in a hostile manner (Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita, I, 5)
    • 1272, an unknown source in The Natural History of Precious Stones and of the Precious Metals (1867), viii, page 269:
  4. (grammar) mood, mode

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • “modus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “modus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • modus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • modus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • modus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[3], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
  • DIZIONARIO LATINO OLIVETTI

Anagrams

  • domus

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin modus.

Noun

modus m (definite singular modusen, indefinite plural modi or moduser, definite plural modiene or modusene)

  1. mode
  2. (grammar) mood

Derived terms

  • dvalemodus

References

  • “modus” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin modus.

Noun

modus m (definite singular modusen, indefinite plural modi or modusar, definite plural modiane or modusane)

  1. mode
  2. (grammar) mood

Derived terms

  • dvalemodus

References

  • “modus” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Tagalog

Etymology

Ellipsis of English modus operandi, from New Latin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmodus/, [ˈmo.dʊs]
  • Hyphenation: mo‧dus

Noun

modus (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜇᜓᜐ᜔)

  1. (law enforcement) modus operandi

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