mot

  • 11Mot — (m[=o]t), v. [Sing. pres. ind. {Mot}, {Mote}, {Moot} (m[=o]t), pl. {Mot}, {Mote}, {Moote}, pres. subj. {Mote}; imp. {Moste}.] [See {Must}, v.] [Obs.] May; must; might. [1913 Webster] He moot as well say one word as another Chaucer. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 12Mot — (m[=o]t), v. [Sing. pres. ind. {Mot}, {Mote}, {Moot} (m[=o]t), pl. {Mot}, {Mote}, {Moote}, pres. subj. {Mote}; imp. {Moste}.] [See {Must}, v.] [Obs.] May; must; might. [1913 Webster] He moot as well say one word as another Chaucer. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 13Mot — (m[o^]t; m[ o], def. 2), n. [F. See {Motto}.] 1. A word; hence, a motto; a device. [Obs.] Bp. Hall. [1913 Webster] Tarquin s eye may read the mot afar. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. A pithy or witty saying; a witticism. [A Gallicism] [1913 Webster]… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 14mot — Rădăcină expresivă care arată ideea de măciulie sau de obiect rotund în general. Creaţie spontană, cf. bot. – Der. motan, s.m. (pisoi, cotoi), pentru al cărui semantism cf. sp. morro (de la mîţă, după Cihac, II, 204; de la un lat. *maritanŭs,… …

    Dicționar Român

  • 15mot — (n.) a witty saying, 1580s, from Fr. mot (12c.) remark, short speech, lit. word, cognate of It. MOTTO (Cf. motto), from L. mutum grunt, murmur (see MUTTER (Cf. mutter)). Mot juste (1912) is French, lit. exact word, the precisely appropriate… …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 16mot|to — «MOT oh», noun, plural toes or tos. 1. a brief sentence adopted as a rule of conduct: »“Think before you speak” is a good motto. SYNONYM(S): proverb, adage, saying. 2. a word, sentence, or phrase written or engraved on some object. 3. = motto… …

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  • 17MOT — [ˌem əu ˈti: US ou ] n also .MO T test a test in Britain that all cars more than three years old must pass every year in order to show that they are still safe to be driven ▪ My car s just failed its MOT. ▪ an MOT certificate …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 18Mot — Le nom est surtout porté dans l Ariège et l Aude. L interprétation de noms si courts est toujours malaisée. S agit il de l adjectif mot qui signifie en occitan émoussé, sans cornes ? S agit il d une forme courte d un nom tel que Guillemot ?… …

    Noms de famille

  • 19mot — Monosíl·lab Nom masculí …

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  • 20mot — [mō] n. [Fr, a word, saying < L muttum, a grunt, muttering < IE echoic base * mu > MUTTER, MOPE, MEW3] BON MOT …

    English World dictionary

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