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Webster 1913 Edition


Mot

Mot

(mōt)
,
Verb.
[
Sing. pres. ind.
Mot
,
Mote
,
Moot
(mōt)
,
pl.
Mot
,
Mote
,
Moote
,
pres. subj.
Mote
;
imp.
Moste
.]
[See
Must
,
Verb.
]
[Obs.]
May; must; might.
He
moot
as well say one word as another
Chaucer.
The wordes
mote
be cousin to the deed.
Chaucer.
Men
moot
[i.e., one only] give silver to the poore freres.
Chaucer.
So mote it be
,
so be it; amen; – a phrase in some rituals, as that of the Freemasons.

Mot

(mŏt; mō̍, def. 2)
,
Noun.
[F. See
Motto
.]
1.
A word; hence, a motto; a device.
[Obs.]
Bp. Hall.
Tarquin’s eye may read the
mot
afar.
Shakespeare
2.
A pithy or witty saying; a witticism.
[A Gallicism]
Here and there turns up a . . . savage
mot
.
N. Brit. Rev.
3.
A note or brief strain on a bugle.
Sir W. Scott.

Webster 1828 Edition


Mot

MOT.

[See Motto.]

Definition 2024


mốt

mốt

See also: mot, Mot, MOT, mót, mòt, möt, một, moț, and møt

Vietnamese

Noun

mốt

  1. fashion; trend
Derived terms
Related terms

Etymology 2

Noun

mốt (𣋻)

  1. (colloquial) day after tomorrow
Synonyms
  • ngày mốt
Related terms

Etymology 3

Variant of một.

Numeral

mốt (, , )

  1. (cardinal, only in compounds or fixed expressions) one; -one
    Mốt hai mốt hai mốt hai mốt!
    One two one two one two one!
    hai (mươi) mốt
    twenty-one
    một trăm mốt
    one hundred and ten (thousand dongs)
    một triệu mốt
    one million one hundred thousand (dongs)
Usage notes
  • Mốt is used to say "one" as in "twenty-one", "thirty-one", ... , "ninety-one", not in "one hundred and one" or "one thousand and one"; "eleven" is mười một, not *mười mốt.