Mot in Scrabble Dictionary

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3 letters words from 'mot'

MOT 5

TOM 5

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TO 2

Definitions and meaning of mot

mot

Etymology 1

From French mot. Doublet of motto.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /məʊ/

Noun

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 2007, p. 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.
   • 1597-1598, Joseph Hall, Virgidemiarum

     With his big title, an Italian mot
3. (obsolete) A note or brief strain on a bugle.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Sir Walter Scott to this entry?)

Etymology 2

Probably from Dutch mot (“woman”). See also mort (“woman”), etymology 5.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /mɒt/
• Rhymes: -ɒt

Noun

mot (plural mots)

1. (Britain, Ireland, slang) A woman; a wife.
2. (Britain, Ireland, slang) A prostitute.
3. (Britain, Ireland, slang) A landlady.

Anagrams

• OMT, OTM, TMO, Tom, tom

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Albanian

Etymology

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”). Sense shift from ‘time’ to ‘weather, year, era’ influenced by Latin time, weather (compare Romanian timp, French temps).

Noun

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

1. weather

   Synonym: qëro (archaic)

2. year
3. era, times (uncountable)

Declension

Adverb

1. next year

Derived terms

Compounds

Related terms

References

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Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈmot/
• Rhymes: -ot

Noun

mot m (plural mots)

1. word

   Synonym: paraula

Derived terms

• joc de mots

Further reading

• “mot” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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Crimean Tatar

Noun

mot

1. fashion

   Şimdi pek mot emiş ağarğan saçlar

   Ah men şu motluqtan uzaq olaydım.

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔt/
• Hyphenation: mot
• Rhymes: -ɔt

Etymology 1

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

Noun

mot f (plural motten, diminutive motje n)

1. nocturnal butterfly-like insect: moth (nocturnal insect of the order Lepidoptera)

   Synonym: nachtvlinder

Derived terms

Etymology 2

An onomatopoeia.

Noun

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

From Middle Low German mutte.

Noun

mot f (plural motten, diminutive motje n)

1. a female pig; a sow

   Synonym: zeug

2. (by extension) a lewd woman

Derived terms

Etymology 4

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

Noun

mot f (plural motten, diminutive motje n)

1. light rain; drizzle

Related terms

• motregen

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French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mo/
• Rhymes: -o
• [œ̃ˈmo]
• [ləˈmo]
• Homophones: mots, maux

Noun

mot m (plural mots)

1. word

   Synonym: parole
2. note, (short) message

   Synonyms: message, note

Derived terms

• mot d'ordre

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• TOM

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Middle French

Noun

mot m (plural mots)

1. word

Descendants

• French: mot

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Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /muːt/

Etymology 1

Noun

mot n (definite singular motet, uncountable)

1. courage

Etymology 2

From Old Norse mót

Noun

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

1. a meeting

Derived terms

• åmot

Etymology 3

Preposition

mot

1. to, towards

2. against, from

3. against, versus

Derived terms

References

• “mot” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /muːt/

Etymology 1

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

Noun

mot n (definite singular motet, uncountable)

1. courage

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Norse mót.

Noun

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

1. a meeting

Derived terms

• åmot

Etymology 3

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

Preposition

mot

1. to, towards

2. against, from; for

3. against, versus

Derived terms

References

• “mot” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Occitan

Alternative forms

• mòt

Etymology

From Late Latin muttum

Noun

mot m (plural mots)

1. word

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Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /moːt/

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

mōt

1. first/third-person singular present of motan

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *mōtą. Cognate with Old High German muot, Old Norse mót (Swedish möte).

Alternative forms

• ġemōt

Noun

mōt n

1. meeting, assembly

Declension

Descendants

• Middle English: mot, ȝemot
  • English: moot
  • Scots: mut, mote

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Old French

Etymology 1

From Late Latin muttum.

Noun

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

1. word

   Synonym: parole (more common)

Descendants

• French: mot

Etymology 2

See molt

Adjective

mot m (oblique and nominative feminine singular mote)

1. Alternative form of molt

Adverb

mot

1. Alternative form of molt

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Old Occitan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mot/

Etymology 1

From Latin multus.

Alternative forms

• mout

Adverb

mot

1. much; alot

Etymology 2

From Late Latin muttum.

Noun

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

1. word

References

• von Wartburg, Walther (1928–2002) , “muttum”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 63, page 303

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Swedish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /muːt/

Noun

mot n

1. (chiefly west Sweden) interchange; a large junction where two or more roads meet.

Declension

Preposition

mot

1. to, towards

2. against

3. versus

Anagrams

• Tom, t.o.m., tom

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Tocharian B

Noun

mot

1. alcohol
2. alcoholic beverage

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Volapük

Noun

mot (nominative plural mots)

1. mother

   Synonym: jifat

   Hypernym: pal

   Coordinate term: fat

Declension

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Walloon

Noun

mot m (plural mots)

1. word

Derived terms

• motî

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Westrobothnian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /muːt/, [mɯ́ᵝːt], [móʊ̯ːt]
• Rhymes: -úːt

Noun

mot n or f (definite singular mote or mota)

1. Mould, form to cast something in.
2. Part of a wheel ring.
3. (as an adverb, with dative) To meet.

4. (as an adverb, with dative) Towards.

Declension

Derived terms

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Yola

Preposition

mot

1. but

References

• J. Poole W. Barnes, A Glossary, with Some Pieces of Verse, of the Old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy (1867)

Source: wiktionary.org

• (French) a witty saying.
  (source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)

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