mot à mot

French

Etymology

From Middle French mot a mot.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mo.t‿a mo/, /mɔ.t‿a mo/[1]
  • Audio (Paris):(file)

Adverb

mot à mot

  1. word for word, verbatim
    Synonym: mot pour mot

Noun

mot à mot m (uncountable)

  1. word-for-word translation, verbatim translation

References

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