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Yes. The word motto is a Scrabble US word. The word motto is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word motto is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

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5-letter words (1 found)

MOTTO,

4-letter words (6 found)

MOOT,MOTT,OTTO,TOMO,TOOM,TOOT,

3-letter words (7 found)

MOO,MOT,OOM,OOT,TOM,TOO,TOT,

2-letter words (4 found)

MO,OM,OO,TO,

You can make 18 words from motto according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of motto

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Definitions and meaning of motto

motto

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian motto (“a word, a saying”), from Latin muttum (“a mutter, a grunt”), late 16th c.. Doublet of mot.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmɑ.toʊ/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmɒ.təʊ/
  • Rhymes: (General American) -ɑtoʊ, (Received Pronunciation) -ɒtəʊ

Noun

motto (plural mottos or mottoes)

  1. (heraldry) A sentence, phrase, or word, forming part of an heraldic achievement.
  2. A sentence, phrase, or word, prefixed to an essay, discourse, chapter, canto, or the like, suggestive of its subject matter; a short, suggestive expression of a guiding principle; a maxim.
  3. (obsolete) A paper packet containing a sweetmeat, cracker, etc., together with a scrap of paper bearing a motto.

Synonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:saying

Translations

Verb

motto (third-person singular simple present mottos, present participle mottoing, simple past and past participle mottoed)

  1. (intransitive) To compose mottos.

Further reading

  • motto (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Czech

Alternative forms

  • moto n (less common)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmoto]
  • Rhymes: -oto

Noun

motto n

  1. motto
  2. epigraph

Declension

See also

  • krédo

Further reading

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

Danish

Noun

motto n (singular definite mottoet, plural indefinite mottoer)

  1. motto

References

  • “motto” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

From Italian motto (“a word, a saying”).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: mot‧to

Noun

motto n (plural motto's, diminutive mottootje n)

  1. motto
  2. (heraldry) motto

Hyponyms

  • leus, leuze
  • wapenspreuk

Finnish

Etymology

Ultimately from Italian motto (“a word, a saying”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmotːo/, [ˈmo̞t̪ːo̞]
  • Rhymes: -otːo
  • Syllabification(key): mot‧to

Noun

motto

  1. motto (sentence or a phrase with guiding principle)
    Synonym: tunnuslause
  2. epigraph (literary quotation placed at the beginning of a book or other text)
    Synonym: epigrafi
  3. (heraldry) motto
    Synonyms: tunnuslause, vaalilause

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “motto”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[2] (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

Anagrams

  • motot

Italian

Etymology

From Latin muttum (“mutter”). Compare Catalan and French mot (“word”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɔt.to/
  • Rhymes: -ɔtto
  • Hyphenation: mòt‧to

Noun

motto m (plural motti)

  1. witty remark
  2. motto, maxim
  3. posy (motto inscribed inside a ring)
  4. (Gallicism) word

Descendants

  • → English: motto
  • → German: Motto

Further reading

  • motto in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Japanese

Romanization

motto

  1. Rōmaji transcription of もっと

Nauruan

Noun

motto

  1. motto

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Italian motto.

Noun

motto n (definite singular mottoet, indefinite plural motto or mottoer, definite plural mottoa or mottoene)

  1. a motto

References

  • “motto” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Italian motto.

Noun

motto n (definite singular mottoet, indefinite plural motto, definite plural mottoa)

  1. a motto

References

  • “motto” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian motto, from Latin muttum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɔt.tɔ/
  • Rhymes: -ɔttɔ
  • Syllabification: mot‧to

Noun

motto n

  1. philosophy, motto, watchword, byword
    Synonyms: dewiza, credo
  2. (literature) epigraph (literary quotation placed at the beginning of a text)
    Synonym: epigraf

Declension

Further reading

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian motto or German Motto.

Noun

motto n (plural mottouri)

  1. motto

Declension

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian motto, from Late Latin muttum.

Pronunciation

Noun

motto n

  1. a motto

Declension

See also

  • valspråk

References

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

Ye'kwana

Alternative forms

  • mottoo (Caura River dialect)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [motto]

Noun

motto

  1. a kind of long earthworm or caecilian used as a sacred food during major life events and at the end of any fast

Related terms

  • muttu

References

  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “mottoo”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎[3], Lyon
  • Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) “motto”, in The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University
  • Hall, Katherine (2007) “motto”, in Mary Ritchie Key & Bernard Comrie, editors, The Intercontinental Dictionary Series‎[4], Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, published 2021
  • Guss, David M. (1989) To Weave and Sing: Art, Symbol, and Narrative in the South American Rain Forest, Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, →ISBN, pages 30, 133
  • Monterrey, Nalúa Rosa Silva (2012) Hombres de curiara y mujeres de conuco. Etnografía de los indigenas Ye’kwana de Venezuela, Ciudad Bolívar: Universidad Nacional Experimental de Guayana, page 36

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