mot

mot

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Barí.

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Barí terms

From French mot. Doublet of motto.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /məʊ/

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• Rhymes: -əʊ

mot (plural mots)

1. A witty remark; a witticism; a bon mot.
   • 1859, unknown author, “Literary Adventure. Life of Douglas Jerrold”, in North British Review:

     Here and there turns up a […] savage mot.

   • 1970, John Glassco, Memoirs of Montparnasse, New York, published 2007, page 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.
   • 1597–1598, Joseph Hall, Virgidemiarum

     With his big title, an Italian mot

   • 1594, William Shakespeare, Lucrece (First Quarto), London: […] Richard Field, for Iohn Harrison, […], →OCLC:

     Tarquin's eye may read the mot afar.

3. (obsolete) A note or brief strain on a bugle.
   • 1819 December 20 (indicated as 1820), Walter Scott, Ivanhoe; a Romance. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co. […], →OCLC:

     Comrades, mark these three mots — it is the call of the Knight of the Fetterlock

Probably from Dutch mot (“woman”). See also mort (“woman”) and moth (“girlfriend”).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /mɒt/

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• Rhymes: -ɒt

mot (plural mots)

1. (UK, Ireland, slang) A woman; a wife.
   • 1789, G. Parker, “The Sandman's Wedding”, in Farmer, John Stephen, editor, Musa Pedestris‎^[1], published 1896:

     Come wed, my dear, and let's agree, / Then of the booze-ken you'll be free; / No sneer from cully, mot, or froe / Dare then reproach my Bess for Joe; / For he's the kiddy rum and queer, / That all St. Giles's boys do fear.

   • 1829 July, Vidocq, Eugène François with Maginn, William, transl., “Noctes Ambrosiana [En roulant de vergne en vergne]”, in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine‎^[2], number 45, translation of En roulant de vergne en vergne, page 133:

     And we shall caper a-heel-and-toeing, / A Newgate hornpipe some fine day; / With the mots, their ogles throwing, / Tol lol, &c. / And old Cotton humming his pray.

2. (UK, Ireland, slang) A prostitute.
3. (UK, Ireland, slang) A landlady.
   • 1851, Henry Mayhew, 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.

• OMT, OTM, TMO, Tom, tom

• (Myanmar) /mɔt˧/

mot

1. spoon, ladle

• Inglis, Douglas, Sampu, Nasaw, Jaseng, Wilai, Jana, Thocha (2005) A preliminary Ngochang–Kachin–English Lexicon‎^[3], Payap University, pages 83-84

From Proto-Albanian *māti (“time”), from Proto-Indo-European *méh₁tis (“measurement”), deverbative of *meh₁- (“to measure”); compare Old English mǣþ (“measure”), Lithuanian mẽtas (“time”), Ancient Greek μῆτις (mêtis, “plan”).^[1] Sense shift from ‘time’ to ‘weather, year, era’ influenced by Latin tempus (“time, weather”) (compare Romanian timp, French temps).

mot m (plural mote, definite moti, definite plural motet)

1. weather

   Synonym: qëro (archaic)

2. year
3. era, times (uncountable)

mot

1. next year

From Late Latin muttum (“sound”), from muttire (“mutter, make a mu-noise”), of onomatopoeic origin. Compare French mot.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈmot]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈmɔt], [ˈmot]

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• Rhymes: -ot

mot m (plural mots)

1. word

   Synonym: paraula

• “mot”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

mot

1. fashion

   Şimdi pek mot emiş ağarğan saçlar

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   Ah men şu motluqtan uzaq olaydım.

   (please add an English translation of this usage example)

• IPA^(key): /mɔt/

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• Hyphenation: mot
• Rhymes: -ɔt

From Middle Dutch motte, from Proto-West Germanic *mottō, *moþþō, perhaps related to *muggju (“mosquito, midge”),^[1] or *maþō (“worm”).^[2] Cognate to English moth, German Motte.

mot f (plural motten, diminutive motje n)

1. butterfly-like insect: moth (usually nocturnal insect of the order Lepidoptera)

   Hyponyms: nachtvlinder, uil

• Negerhollands: mot
• → Papiamentu: mot (dated)

Onomatopoeic.

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

From Middle Low German mutte, perhaps ultimately related to Proto-Germanic *muþraz (“to be dirty, wet”).

mot f (plural motten, diminutive motje n)

1. a female pig; a sow

   Synonym: zeug

2. (by extension) a lewd woman

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

mot f (plural motten, diminutive motje n)

1. light rain; drizzle

Inherited from Middle French mot, from Old French mot, from Late Latin muttum (“sound”), from muttīre (“mutter, make a mu-noise”), of onomatopoeic origin.

Has almost entirely replaced parole in Modern French, perhaps because of its brevity. Compare Catalan mot.

• IPA^(key): /mo/

  • Audio; “un mot” [ɛ̃ˈmo]:

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  • Rhymes: -o
  • Homophones: maux, mots
• (older, now chiefly Belgium) IPA^(key): /mɔ/

  • Audio (Belgium); “le mot” [ləˈmɔ]:

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  • Rhymes: -ɔ
  • Homophone: mots

mot m (plural mots)

1. word

   Synonym: parole

   • 1903, Louise-Victorine Ackermann, Pensées d'une solitaire‎^[4], page 43:

     Le poète est bien plus un évocateur de sentiments et d'images qu'un arrangeur de rimes et de mots.

     The poet is rather more an evoker of feelings and images than an arranger of rhymes and words.

2. note, (short) message

   Synonyms: message, note

3. answer to an enigma

• “mot”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• TOM

From English moth.

• IPA^(key): /mɑːt/, /mɑːf/

mot

1. moth

• De Nyew Testament‎^[5], Wycliffe Bible Translators, Inc., 2025

From Old English mot.

• mote, mothe, mouthe

• IPA^(key): /mɔːt/

mot (plural motes)

1. speck, particle

• English: mote
• Yola: mothe, mot

• “mōt, n.¹”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

From Old English mōt, from Proto-West Germanic *mōtu, from Proto-Germanic *mōtō (“tax, toll”).

• IPA^(key): /moːt/

mot (plural motes or moteez)

1. (Early Middle English, rare) tax

• Yola: mot

• “mọ̄t, n.⁴”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

From Old English *mōt, ġemōt (“meeting”), from Proto-Germanic *mōtą.

• mote, moth, moote, mowet, mute
• mod, mode (in surnames and place names)

mot (plural mots)

1. meeting; assembly
2. disputation, debate, argument
3. A company of people.

• English: moot
• Scots: mut, mote
• Yola: moude, moud, maude

• “mọ̄t, n.³”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

mot

1. first/third-person singular present indicative of moten (“to have to”)

From Old French mot

mot m (plural mots)

1. word

• French: mot

• IPA^(key): /muːt/

mot n (definite singular motet, uncountable)

1. courage

From Old Norse mót.

mot n (definite singular motet, indefinite plural mot, definite plural mota or motene)

1. a meeting

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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.

• “mot” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /muːt/

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

mot n (definite singular motet, uncountable)

1. courage

From Old Norse mót.

mot n (definite singular motet, indefinite plural mot, definite plural mota)

1. a meeting

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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?

• “mot” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• mòt

From Late Latin muttum.

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mot m (plural mots)

1. word

• IPA^(key): /moːt/

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

mōt

1. first/third-person singular present of motan

From Proto-West Germanic *mōtu, from Proto-Germanic *mōtō (“tax, toll”).

mōt f

1. toll
2. tax
3. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) meeting

Strong ō-stem:

• Middle English: mot
  • Yola: mot

• *mōt

From Late Latin muttum.

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

1. word

   Synonym: (more common) parole

• French: mot

See molt

mot m (oblique and nominative feminine singular mote)

1. alternative form of molt

mot

1. alternative form of molt

• IPA^(key): /mut/

From Latin multus.

• mout

mot

1. much; a lot

From Late Latin muttum.

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

1. word

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “muttum”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 6/3: Mobilis–Myxa, page 303

From Old Norse mót, from Proto-Germanic *mōtą, *gamōtą.

Interchange sense coined by Swedish professor in Nordic languages Ture Johannisson in 1956.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /muːt/

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mot n

1. (chiefly west Sweden) A point where two or more objects meet (e.g. the joint of two bones).
2. (chiefly west Sweden) A slip road or flyover.
3. (chiefly west Sweden) A grade-separated interchange; a large junction where two or more roads meet.

   Synonyms: trafikplats, (Finland) planskild anslutning

4. (Ostrobothnia) A passing place.

   Synonym: mötesplats

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

• mot in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• mot in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• Tom, t.o.m., tom

From Proto-Indo-European *médʰu (“mead, honey wine”)

mot ?

1. alcohol
2. alcoholic beverage

mot (nominative plural mots)

1. mother

   Synonym: jifat

   Hypernym: pal

   Coordinate term: fat

   • 1952, Arie de Jong, Diatek nulik: Gospul ma ‚Matthaeus’. Kapit: I:

     Mot omik: ‚Maria’ ämatirajanof ko ‚Ioseph’, äplakoy, das büä ikobikons, pigrodükof fa Saludalanal.

     His mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph; but before they came to live together she was found to be with child through the Holy Spirit.

From Late Latin muttum (“sound”)

• IPA^(key): /mɔ/

mot m (plural mots)

1. word

• IPA^(key): /mʊt/

From Middle English bot, from Old English būtan.

mot

1. but
   • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 5, page 86:

     Mot w'all aar boust, hi soon was ee-teight

     But with all their bravado they were soon taught

   • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 11, page 88:

     Wode zar; mot, all arkagh var ee barnaugh-blowe,

     Would serve; but, all eager for the barnagh-stroke,

   • 1867, “CASTEALE CUDDE'S LAMENTATION”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 2, page 102:

     Aar was nodhing ee-left mot a heade,

     There was nothing left but the head,

   • 1867, “ABOUT AN OLD SOW GOING TO BE KILLED”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 1, page 106:

     Mot earch oan to aar die. Ich mosth kotch a bat.

     But every one to his day. I must catch the bat.

   • 1867, “ABOUT AN OLD SOW GOING TO BE KILLED”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 2, page 106:

     Vear'd nodhing mot Portheare. Na skeine e'er ee-waare.

     I feared nothing but Porter. No skein I ever wore.

From Middle English mọ̄t, from Old English mōt, from Proto-West Germanic *mōtu, from Proto-Germanic *mōtō.

mot

1. asking (a charge on goods)

Perhaps from Middle English mọ̄ten (“to speak, talk, say”), from Old English mōtian.

mot

1. to ask
   • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 2, page 84:

     Well, gosp, c'hull be zeid; mot thee fartoo, an fade;

     Well, gossip, it shall be told; you ask what ails me, and for what;

mot

1. alternative form of mothe (“mote”)

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 57