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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


Mot

Mot

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

English

Proper noun

Mot

  1. Canaanite god of death and the underworld.

Anagrams

mot

mot

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

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

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

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

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

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

Anagrams


Middle French

Noun

mot m (plural mots)

  1. word

Descendants


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


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


Occitan

Alternative forms

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
Descendants

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

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


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

Inflection of mot 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative mot motet mot moten
Genitive mots motets mots motens

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

Coordinate terms

Derived terms

See also


Walloon

Noun

mot m (plural mots)

  1. word

Derived terms