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Mod

Mod

See also: mod, MOD, MoD, mód, mōd, möd, and mod.

Luxembourgish

Noun

Mod f (plural Meed)

  1. (dated) maid

mod

mod

See also: Mod, MOD, MoD, mód, mōd, möd, and mod.

English

Noun

mod (countable and uncountable, plural mods)

  1. (uncountable) An unconventionally modern style of fashionable dress originating in England in the 1960s, characterized by ankle-length black trenchcoats and sunglasses.
  2. (Britain) a 1960s British person who dressed in such a style and was interested in modernism and the modern music of the time; the opposite of a rocker.
  3. (slang) A modification to an object, computer game, etc., typically for the purpose of individualizing and/or enhancing the performance of the object.
  4. (Internet) A moderator, for example on a discussion forum.
  5. (computing, informal) A module (file containing a tracker music sequence).
    • 1992, "Jordan K. Hubbard", How to convert Amiga mods to Arch? (on Internet newsgroup comp.sys.acorn)
      I'd like to convert some of the arch[sic]mods back into Amiga mods since I don't have the original Amiga versions.
    • 2003, Rene T. A. Lysloff, Leslie C. Gay, Jr., Music and Technoculture (page 38)
      These mods, while usually having the distinctive bleep and beep quality of transistor-generated tones, are often astonishingly creative and rich in expressive nuances.
  6. (rock climbing) A moderately difficult route.
  7. (in the plural, Oxford University, informal) Moderations: university examinations generally taken in the first year.
  8. (mathematics, programming) Abbreviation of modulus.

Usage notes

In gaming, mods are created by end users whereas such content by the game creators would be labeled an expansion pack.

Synonyms

Verb

mod (third-person singular simple present mods, present participle modding, simple past and past participle modded)

  1. (slang) To modify an object from its original condition, typically for the purposes of individualizing and/or enhancing the performance of the object.
    His friends were particularly impressed with the way he modded his Ruckus.
  2. To moderate; to punish a rule-breaking user on a forum, especially when done by a moderator.
    Don't break the rules or you'll be modded.

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Derived terms

Adjective

mod

  1. Abbreviation of moderate., as in: low, moderate, high

Anagrams


Danish

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -oð

Noun

mod n (singular definite modet, not used in plural form)

  1. courage

Synonyms

Preposition

mod

  1. against
  2. versus
  3. towards
  4. into
  5. from

Synonyms


Old English

Pronunciation

Noun

mōd n

  1. heart, mind, feeling
    • c. 850, Bald's Leechbook iii. 442, 28:
      Abbodissum wē tǣcaþ ðæt hī inholde sīn and ðæs hālgan regoles gebodum eallum mōde þēowigen, []
      We teach abbesses to be truly loyal, and to be subservient to the commands of the holy rule with all their mind, []
  2. courage, pride, grief, anger
  3. state of mind

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants


Romanian

Etymology

From French mode.

Noun

mod n (plural moduri)

  1. mode, fashion, style, way

Spanish

Noun

mod m (plural mods)

  1. mod

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse móðr, from Proto-Germanic *mōdaz, from Proto-Indo-European *mō-, *mē-.

Pronunciation

Noun

mod n

  1. courage
  2. fashion
  3. feeling

Declension


Turkish

Noun

mod (definite accusative modu, plural modlar)

  1. mode
  2. mood

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *mooto.

Noun

mod

  1. face

Inflection

Inflection of mod
nominative sing. mod
genitive sing. modon
partitive sing. modod
partitive plur. modoid
singular plural
nominative mod modod
accusative modon modod
genitive modon modoiden
partitive modod modoid
essive-instructive modon modoin
translative modoks modoikš
inessive modos modoiš
elative modospäi modoišpäi
illative ? modoihe
adessive modol modoil
ablative modolpäi modoilpäi
allative modole modoile
abessive modota modoita
comitative modonke modoidenke
prolative mododme modoidme
approximative I modonno modoidenno
approximative II modonnoks modoidennoks
egressive modonnopäi modoidennopäi
terminative I ? modoihesai
terminative II modolesai modoilesai
terminative III modossai
additive I ? modoihepäi
additive II modolepäi modoilepäi

Derived terms

  • käbedmod
  • modkuva
  • modpolišk

References

  • Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), лицо”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

Welsh

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /moːd/

Verb

mod

  1. Nasal mutation of bod.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
bod fod mod unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.