English

Proper noun

Mot

1. Canaanite god of death and the underworld.

Anagrams

• tom, Tom

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /məʊ/

Noun

mot ‎(plural mots)

1. A witty remark; a witticism; a bon mot.
   • N. Brit. Rev.

     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.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Bishop Hall to this entry?)

   • Shakespeare

     Tarquin's eye may read the mot afar.

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

mot

1. (archaic, Britain, cant) Alternative spelling of mort ‎(“a woman; a female”)
   • 1851, Mayhew, Henry, London Labour and the London Poor, volume 1, page 217:

     After some altercation with the "mot" of the "ken" (mistress of the lodging-house) about the cleanliness of a knife or fork, my new acquaintance began to arrange "ground," &c., for the night's work.

2. (slang, Ireland) A girl, woman or girlfriend, particularly in the Dublin area.

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *māti ‘time’, from *mh̥₁ti̯-e/o-, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₁tis (gen. *mh̥₁téys) (compare Old English mǣþ ‘measure’, Lithuanian mẽtas ‘time’, Dutch mot ‎(“fine rain”), Ancient Greek μῆτις ‎(mêtis) ‘plan’). Sense development from ‘time’ to ‘weather’ influenced by Latin tempus ‘time; weather’ (compare Romanian timp, French temps).

Noun

mot m

1. weather
2. next year

Related terms

• moshë

Catalan

Noun

mot m ‎(plural mots)

1. word

Crimean Tatar

Noun

mot

1. fashion

   Şimdi pek mot emiş ağarğan saçlar

   Ah men şu motluqtan uzaq olaydım.

Dutch

Pronunciation

• 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

Synonyms

• nachtvlinder

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
2. (by extension) a lewd woman

Etymology 4

Noun

mot f ‎(plural motten, diminutive motje n)

1. light rain; drizzle

Related terms

• motregen

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mo/
• Rhymes: -o

Noun

mot m ‎(plural mots)

1. word
2. note, (short) message

Derived terms

• mot d'ordre

Anagrams

• TOM

Middle French

Noun

mot m (plural mots)

1. word

Descendants

• French: mot

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /muːt/

Noun

mot n ‎(definite singular motet, uncountable)

1. (singular only) courage

Preposition

mot

1. to, towards

   Kjør mot byen.

   Drive towards town.

2. against, from

   En paraply skjermer deg mot regnet!

   An umbrella protects you from the rain!

3. against, versus

   Det var et kappløp mot tiden.

   It was a race against time.

Derived terms

References

• “mot” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /muːt/

Noun

mot n ‎(definite singular motet, uncountable)

1. (singular only) courage

Preposition

mot

1. to, towards

   Han kom mot dei.‎

   He came towards them.

2. against, from; for

   Har de noko som verkar mot tett nase?‎

   Do you have anything that works for a stuffy nose?

3. against, versus

   Kven skal me spela mot?‎

   Who shall we play against?

Derived terms

References

• “mot” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Occitan

Alternative forms

• mòt

Etymology

From Late Latin muttum

Noun

mot m (plural mots)

1. word

Old English

Etymology 1

Inflected forms.

Verb

mōt

1. First-person singular present form of motan
2. Third-person singular present form of motan

Etymology 2

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

Noun

mōt n

1. meeting, assembly

Declension

Old French

Etymology 1

Late Latin muttum

Noun

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

1. word

Synonyms

• 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

Old Provençal

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mot/

Etymology 1

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

• (fr)(de) muttum in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (Walther von Wartburg, 2002)

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

   Kör mot stan

   Drive towards the town

2. against

   Det där är mot lagen!

   That’s against the law!

3. versus

Volapük

Noun

mot ‎(plural mots)

1. mother

Declension

Synonyms

• jifat

Hypernyms

• pal

Coordinate terms

• fat

Derived terms

See also

• dalefat
• hipal
• jipal
• lefat
• lufat
• lüfat
• pal

Walloon

Noun

mot m ‎(plural mots)

1. word

Derived terms

• motî