motmot

English

Etymology

Onomatopoeic, from American Spanish.

Pronunciation

Noun

motmot (plural motmots)

Any bird in the taxonomic family Momotidae, endemic to the neotropics.

Derived terms

turquoise-browed motmot

Translations

Bird in the taxonomic family Momotidae

Catalan: motmot (ca) m
Dutch: motmot
French: motmot (fr) m
German: Sägeracke f
Navajo: móʼmoʼii
Polish: piłodziób (pl) m
Russian: момо́т m (momót)

Further reading

Momotidae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Momotidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Anagrams

TomTom, tom-tom, tomtom

Catalan

Noun

motmot m (plural motmots)

motmot

Further reading

“motmot”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025

Tagalog

Etymology

Reduplication of clipping of motel, from English motel in the sense of short-stay hotel, in Philippine English.

Pronunciation

(Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈmotmot/ [ˈmot̪.mot̪̚]
Rhymes: -otmot
Syllabification: mot‧mot

Noun

motmot (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜆ᜔ᜋᜓᜆ᜔)

(slang) motel; short-stay hotel