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5-letter words (1 found)

MOTOR,

4-letter words (9 found)

MOOR,MOOT,MORT,ROOM,ROOT,ROTO,TOMO,TOOM,TORO,

3-letter words (13 found)

MOO,MOR,MOT,OOM,OOR,OOT,ORT,ROM,ROO,ROT,TOM,TOO,TOR,

2-letter words (5 found)

MO,OM,OO,OR,TO,

You can make 28 words from motor according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of motor

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Definitions and meaning of motor

motor

Etymology

From Middle English motour (controller, prime mover; God), from Latin mōtor (mover; that which moves something), from mōtō (I set in motion).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈməʊtə/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmoʊtəɹ/, [ˈmoʊɾɚ]
  • Hyphenation: mo‧tor
  • Rhymes: -əʊtə(ɹ)

Noun

motor (plural motors)

  1. A machine or device that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy, or imparts motion.
  2. (colloquial) A motor car, or automobile, even a goods vehicle.
  3. (figuratively) A source of power for something; an inspiration; a driving force.
  4. Any protein capable of converting chemical energy into mechanical work.
  5. (Christianity, archaic, poetic) The controller or prime mover of the universe; God.
  6. (prison slang) The fermenting mass of fruit that is the basis of pruno, or "prison wine".
    Synonym: kicker

Alternative forms

  • motour (obsolete)

Synonyms

  • engine

Derived terms

Related terms

  • motoric

Descendants

  • Persian: موتر (môtar)
  • Japanese: モーター (mōtā)
  • Burmese: မော်တော် (mautau)
  • Hausa: mōtā̀
  • Nupe: mátò
  • Yoruba: mọ́tò
  • Shanghainese: 馬達马达 (mo⁶-da⁶)
    • Chinese: 馬達马达 (mǎ dá)
  • Tibetan: མོ་ཊ (mo ṭa)

Translations

Adjective

motor (not comparable)

  1. (biology) Relating to the ability to move.
  2. Relating to motor cars.
  3. (nautical) Propelled by an internal combustion engine (as opposed to a steam engine or turbine).

Derived terms

  • motor unit
  • psychomotor
  • sensorimotor
  • supramotor

Translations

Verb

motor (third-person singular simple present motors, present participle motoring, simple past and past participle motored)

  1. (dated) To make a journey by motor vehicle; to drive.
    Synonym: moto
  2. (transitive, aviation) To rotate a jet engine or turboprop using the engine's starter, without introducing fuel into the engine.
  3. (informal, figurative) To progress at a brisk pace.
  4. (slang) To leave.

Translations

References

  • Motor Neurons at Motor Units on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • “motor”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
  • “motor”, in The Century Dictionary [], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • morto

Afrikaans

Etymology

Borrowed from English motor, compare motor car, from Latin mōtor.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmʊə̯.tər/

Noun

motor (plural motors, diminutive motortjie)

  1. car, automobile
    Synonym: kar
  2. engine, motor

Derived terms

  • motorfiets
  • vragmotor
  • veteraanmotor

References

Asturian

Noun

motor m (plural motores)

  1. engine, motor (mechanical device)

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mōtōrem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [muˈtor]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic, Valencian) [moˈtor]
  • Rhymes: -oɾ

Adjective

motor (feminine motora, masculine plural motors, feminine plural motores) or motor (feminine motriu, masculine plural motors, feminine plural motrius)

  1. motor

Noun

motor m (plural motors)

  1. motor

Derived terms

  • locomotor
  • motorista

Further reading

  • “motor” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
  • “motor”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
  • “motor” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
  • “motor” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Cebuano

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /moˈtoɾ/, [mɔˈt̪oɾ̪]
  • Hyphenation: mo‧tor

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish motor.

Noun

motór

  1. motor; engine

Etymology 2

Noun

motór

  1. Clipping of motorsiklo.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:motor.

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmotor]
  • Rhymes: -otor

Noun

motor m inan

  1. engine, motor

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

  • See motiv

Further reading

  • motor in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • motor in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /moːtɔr/, [ˈmoːtˢɒ]

Noun

motor c (singular definite motoren, plural indefinite motorer)

  1. motor, engine

Inflection

Derived terms

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English motor, from Latin motor. In the sense “motorbike” motor was originally short for motorrijwiel or motorfiets.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmoːtɔr/, /ˈmoːtər/
  • Rhymes: -oːtɔr, -oːtər
  • Hyphenation: mo‧tor

Noun

motor m (plural motoren or motors, diminutive motortje n)

  1. engine (mechanical device)
  2. motorbike
    Synonyms: motorfiets, motorrijwiel

Derived terms

  • benzinemotor
  • buitenboordmotor
  • crossmotor
  • dieselmotor
  • elektromotor
  • hulpmotor
  • middenmotor
  • motoragent
  • motorbende
  • motorbrigade
  • motorclub
  • motorcoureur
  • motorengel
  • motorfiets
  • motormuis
  • motorrijder
  • motorrijwiel
  • motorvoertuig
  • politiemotor
  • straalmotor
  • stuntmotor

Related terms

  • motoriek
  • motoriseren

Descendants

  • Aukan: muntolu
  • Caribbean Hindustani: motar
  • Caribbean Javanese: montor
  • Indonesian: motor
  • Trió: monturu

Hungarian

Etymology

From English motor or German Motor, from Latin mōtor, mōtō (I set in motion).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmotor]
  • Hyphenation: mo‧tor
  • Rhymes: -or

Noun

motor (plural motorok)

  1. engine, motor (a machine or device that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy, or imparts motion; the part of a car or other vehicle which provides the force for motion)
  2. (figurative) powerhouse (any source of power, energy or strength)
  3. motorbike, motorcycle (an open-seated motor vehicle with handlebars instead of a steering wheel, and having two (or sometimes three) wheels)
    Synonyms: motorbicikli, motorkerékpár

Declension

Derived terms

References

Further reading

  • motor in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch motor, from English motor, from Latin motor. In the sense “motorbike” or "motorcycle", motor was originally short for motorrijwiel or motorfiets.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmotɔr]
  • Hyphenation: mo‧tor

Noun

motor (first-person possessive motorku, second-person possessive motormu, third-person possessive motornya)

  1. engine
    Synonyms: enjin, mesin
  2. (informal) motorcycle
    Synonyms: honda, sepeda motor
  3. (figuratively) important person in organization.

Derived terms

Further reading

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

Interlingua

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /moˈtor/

Noun

motor (plural motores)

  1. motor

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmoː.tor/, [ˈmoːt̪ɔr]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈmo.tor/, [ˈmɔːt̪or]

Noun

mōtor m (genitive mōtōris); third declension

  1. mover; that which moves something

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Verb

mōtor

  1. first-person singular present passive indicative of mōtō

References

  • motor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • motor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

motor m (definite singular motoren, indefinite plural motorer, definite plural motorene)

  1. engine, motor

Derived terms

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mutur/
  • IPA(key): /mutːur/ (dialectal)

Noun

motor m (definite singular motoren, indefinite plural motorar, definite plural motorane)

  1. engine, motor

Derived terms

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mōtor.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɔ.tɔr/
  • Rhymes: -ɔtɔr
  • Syllabification: mo‧tor

Noun

motor m inan (diminutive motorek)

  1. (colloquial) motorcycle
    Synonyms: (archaic) autocykl, motocykl
  2. engine
    Synonym: silnik

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • motor in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • motor in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French moteur, from Latin mōtōrem.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -oʁ, -oɾ
  • Hyphenation: mo‧tor

Adjective

motor (feminine motora, masculine plural motores, feminine plural motoras)

  1. motive

Noun

motor m (plural motores)

  1. motor
  2. engine

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French moteur.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /moˈtor/
  • Rhymes: -or
  • Hyphenation: mo‧tor

Noun

motor n (plural motoare)

  1. engine
  2. (colloquial) motorcycle

Declension

Related terms

References

  • motor in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Latin motor.

Noun

mòtōr m (Cyrillic spelling мо̀то̄р)

  1. engine, motor
  2. (colloquial) motorcycle

Declension

Derived terms

  • mòtōrnī

Slovene

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /móːtɔr/

Noun

mọ̑tor m inan

  1. engine

Inflection

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin motor.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /moˈtoɾ/ [moˈt̪oɾ]
  • Rhymes: -oɾ
  • Syllabification: mo‧tor

Adjective

motor (feminine motora, masculine plural motores, feminine plural motoras)

  1. moving

Derived terms

Noun

motor m (plural motores)

  1. motor (mechanical device)
  2. (mechanics) engine
  3. (figuratively) driving force, driver, mover
  4. (figuratively) powerhouse
  5. (computing) backend, back end

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Ye'kwana: motode

Further reading

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

Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

motor c

  1. engine, motor

Declension

Derived terms

References

  • motor in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • motor in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

  • morot

Tagalog

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /moˈtoɾ/, [moˈtoɾ]
  • Hyphenation: mo‧tor

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish motor.

Noun

motór (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜆᜓᜇ᜔)

  1. motor; engine
    Synonym: makina
Related terms

Etymology 2

Noun

motór (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜆᜓᜇ᜔)

  1. Clipping of motorsiklo.

Further reading

  • “motor”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • “motor”, in Pinoy Dictionary, 2010–2024

Turkish

Alternative forms

  • motör (obsolete)

Etymology

From French moteur m, from Latin mōtor m (mover).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /moˈtoɾ/

Noun

motor (definite accusative motoru, plural motorlar)

  1. engine (mechanical device)
  2. (colloquial) a motorcycle

Declension

Derived terms

  • motorlu, motörlü (motorized)

Venetian

Etymology

Compare Italian motore

Noun

motor m (plural motori) or motor m (plural moturi)

  1. motor, engine

West Makian

Etymology

Possibly a shortening of Dutch motorboot (motorboat).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmo.t̪or/

Noun

motor

  1. motorboat

References

  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours[2], Pacific linguistics

Source: wiktionary.org