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Definition: MOT |
MOTNoun1. A note or brief strain on a bugle. 2. A pithy or witty saying; a witticism. 3. A word; hence, a motto; a device. Singular present indicative1. Of Mot Verb1. May; must; might. |
Date "MOT" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1532. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Building & Civil Engineering | The first six terms are in use in India for designating the "rope-and-bucket lift"; this device is known in Arabicspeaking countries as "daly" or "delu" Source: European Union. (references) |
Slang in 1811 | MOT. A girl, or wench. See MORT. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
MOT | English | Ministry of Tourism | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Command | Dictation; dictate, mandate; caveat, decree, senatus consultum; precept; prescript, rescript; writ, ordination, bull, ex cathedra pronouncement, edict, decretal, dispensation, prescription, brevet, placit, ukase, ukaz, firman, hatti-sherif, warrant, passport, mittimus, mandamus, summons, subpoena, nisi prius, interpellation, citation; word, word of command; mot d'ordre; bugle call, trumpet call; beat of drum, tattoo; order of the day; enactment; (law); plebiscite; (choice). |
Imitation | Adverb: literally, to the letter, verbatim, literatim, sic, totidem verbis, word for word, mot a mot; exactly, precisely. |
Indication | Password, watchword, catchword; security card, pass, passkey; credentials; (evidence); open sesame; timbrology; mot de passe, mot du guet; pass-parole; shibboleth. |
Interpretation | Exegesis; expounding, exposition; hermeneutics; comment, commentary; inference; (deduction); illustration, exemplification; gloss, annotation, scholium, note; elucidation, dilucidation; eclaircissement, mot d'enigme. |
Maxim | Noun: maxim, aphorism; apothegm, apophthegm; dictum, saying, adage, saw, proverb; sentence, mot, motto, word, byword, moral, phylactery, protasis. |
Wit | Jest, joke, jape, jibe; facetiae, levity, quips and cranks; capital joke; canorae nugae; standing jest, standing joke, private joke, conceit, quip, quirk, crank, quiddity, concetto, plaisanterie, brilliant idea; merry thought, bright thought, happy thought; sally; flash of wit, flash of merriment; scintillation; mot, mot pour rire; witticism, smart saying, bon-mot,jeu d'esprit,epigram; jest book; dry joke, quodlibet, cream of the jest. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: MOT |
| English words defined with "MOT": Moote, Moste. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "MOT": Motto. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "MOT" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Afrikaan (moth), Albanian (weather, year), Catalan (word), Dutch (moth, quarrel), French (note, say, word), Frisian (moth, sow), Hawaiian (weather, year), Norwegian (across from, against, courage, from, grit, in exchange for, opposed to, opposite, upon), Occitan (word), Swedish (across from, against, at, contra, for, in exchange for, on, opposed to, opposite, to, towards, unto, upon, versus, vs, with). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | I've got a dragon and I'm mot afraid to use it. (Shrek; writing credit: Ted Elliott) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Le Mot frère et le mot camarade (1971) Tragiker mot sin vilja (1966) Wadi al mot (1966) Ut mot havet (1959) Pas un mot (1957) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | En rökfri generation! : Vinnande bidraget i Riksforeningens mot cancer affischtavling. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | Dans safer sex il y a avant toot le mot sexe. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | Kitchen cabinet in corncrib home of Mot Tucker. Antioch, Mississippi. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Corncrib home of Mot Tucker. Antioch, Mississippi. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Mot Tucker in front of corncrib home showing sleeping quarters. Antioch, Mississippi. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Med Arbetarpartiet kommunisterna : K till kamp mot monopolen. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Fortsatt slass mot fordomar! : nu finns en lag om jamstalldhet mellan kvinnor och man : den vill vi gora battre : Folkpartiet. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Fortsatt minska kranglet! : var kamp mot onodig byrakrati har bara borjat : Folkpartiet. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Author | Quotation |
Seneca | No evil propensity of the human heart is so powerful that it may mot be subdued by discipline. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | This market is given additional impetus in the UK as all vehicles over three years old must obtain an MOT certificate (Ministry of Transport), both to prove they are safe to be on the road, and for insurance purposes. (references) | |
Economic History | Vietnam | An application with stipulated supporting documentation must be submitted to the MOT. (references) |
Trade | Vietnam | Import quotas are often administered through the import licensing system managed by MOT and are mainly granted to state-owned enterprises. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "MOT" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 98.18% of the time. "MOT" is used about 110 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 98.18% | 108 | 31,306 |
| Unclassified Items | 1.82% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 110 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "MOT": bon mot ♦ mot d'enigme ♦ mot du guet ♦ mot just ♦ mot juste. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "MOT": mot-type, Mot-while-u-wait-garage. | |
Ending with "MOT": pre-mot. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "MOT"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | vërejtje e zgjuar, batutë. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | прашинка. (various references) | |
German | Wort (keyword, quotation, say so, saying, speech, term, undertaking, vocable, word). (various references) | |
Greek | ευφυολόγημα (conceit, quip, witticism). (various references) | |
Hungarian | szellemes bemondás (sally of wit). (various references) | |
Indonesian | gabas (aorse, mot tidy, rough). (various references) | |
Manx | fockle traaoil (bon mot). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | otmay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | mote (motto), legenda (cation, label, lawmaker, legend, motto, reading, superscription), epígrafe (degree, heading, title), dito espirituoso (quip, quirk, witticism). (various references) | |
Russian | острота;шлюха, острота (acridity, acridness, acuity, acuteness, bon mot, fineness, funnies, joke, one-liner, pepper, pepperiness, piquancy, poignancy, pungency, quip, sharpness, trenchancy, wisecrack, witticism). (various references) | |
Spanish | ministerio de transportes, agudeza (acridity, acuity, acumen, acuteness, asperity, insight, quickness, severity, sharpness, wisp, wit, witticism). (various references) | |
Turkish | nükte (epigram, Sally, salt, wit, witticism). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | дотеп (esprit, gag, joke, nifty, quirk, repartee, salt, wheeze, wisecrack, witticism, yak), дошкульне слово. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | lời nói dí dỏm (epigram, witticism). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| French | 1500-Modern | mot. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Luke Chapter 6, Verse 41 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Ti de blepeiV to karfoV to en tw ofqalmw tou adelfou sou thn de dokon thn en tw idiw ofqalmw ou katanoeiV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Quid autem vides festucam in oculo fratris tui trabem autem quae in oculo tuo est non consideras |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | Hwi gesihst þu þa egle on þines broþor eagan: and ne gesihst þæne beam on þinum eagan; |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Sothli what seest thou in thi brotheris yye `a festu, othir a mot, but thou biholdist not a beem, `which is in thi owne yye? |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | Why seyst thou a moote in thy brothers eye considerest not ye beame yt is in thyne awne eye? |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but perceivest not the beam that is in thine own eye? |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but perceivest not the beam that is in thy own eye? |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And why do you take note of the grain of dust in your brother's eye, but take no note of the bit of wood which is in your eye? |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Luke Chapter 6, Verse 41 |
| Cebuano | Nganong tan-awon mo man ang puling nga anaa sa mata sa imong igsoon, ug wala hinoon nimo tagda ang troso nga anaa sa kaugalingon mong mata? |
| Croatian | " to gledaš trun u oku brata svojega, a brvna u oku svome ne opažaš? |
| Danish | Men hvorfor ser du Skæven, som er i din Broders Øje; men Bjælken, som er i dit eget Øje, bliver du ikke var? |
| Dutch | En wat ziet gij den splinter, die in uws broeders oog is, en den balk, die in uw eigen oog is, merkt gij niet? |
| Finnish | Kuinka näet rikan, joka on veljesi silmässä, mutta et huomaa malkaa omassa silmässäsi? |
| French | Pourquoi vois-tu la paille qui est dans l`oeil de ton frère, et n`aperçois-tu pas la poutre qui est dans ton oeil? |
| German | Was siehst du aber einen Splitter in deines Bruders Auge, und des Balkens in deinem Auge wirst du nicht gewahr? |
| Haitian Creole | Poukisa w'ap gade ti pay ki nan je frè ou, epi ou pa wè gwo bout bwa a ki nan je pa ou la? |
| Hungarian | Miért nézed pedig a szálkát, a mely a te atyádfia szemében van, a gerendát pedig, mely a te saját szemedben van, nem veszed észre? |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Mengapa kalian melihat secukil kayu dalam mata saudaramu, sedangkan balok yang di matamu sendiri tidak kalian perhatikan? |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Apakah sebabnya engkau memandang selumbar yang di dalam mata saudaramu itu; tetapi balok yang di dalam matamu sendiri tiada engkau sadari? |
| Italian | Perché guardi la pagliuzza che è nell'occhio del tuo fratello, e non t'accorgi della trave che è nel tuo? |
| Latvian | Bet ko tu redzi skabargu sava brâïa acî, bet baïíi, kas tavâ acî, nesaskati? |
| Manx Gaelic | As cre'n-fa t'ou cronnaghey yn brenneein t'ayns sooill dty vraarey, agh cha vel oo gennaghtyn yn darrag t'ayns dty hooill hene? |
| Maori | He aha tau e titiro ki te otaota i roto i te kanohi o tou teina, te kite i te kurupae i tou ake kanohi? |
| Norwegian | Og hvorfor ser du splinten i din brors øie, men bjelken i ditt eget øie blir du ikke var? |
| Rumanian | De ce vezi tu paiul din ochiul fratelui tqu, wi nu te uiyi cu bqgare de seamq la bkrna din ochiul tqu? |
| Russian | юФП ФЩ УНПФТЙЫШ ОБ УХЮПЛ Ч ЗМБЪЕ 'ТБФБ ФЧПЕЗП, Б 'ТЕЧОБ Ч ФЧПЕН ЗМБЪЕ ОЕ ЮХЧУФЧХЕЫШ? |
| Shuar | `¿Itiurtsuk atumi jiin numi enketna auk iitskesha Atumí Yachí jiin tsuat enketusha iiyarum? |
| Spanish | ¿Por qué miras la brizna de paja que está en el ojo de tu hermano pero dejas de ver la viga que está en tu propio ojo? |
| Swahili | Unawezaje kukiona kibanzi kilicho katika jicho la mwenzio, usione boriti iliyo katika jicho lako mwenyewe? |
| Swedish | Huru kommer det till, att du ser grandet i din broders öga, men icke bliver varse bjälken i ditt eget öga? |
| Uma | "Napa pai' mponaa-ta gege' hi mata doo, hiaa' wince' kaju to hi mata-ta moto uma ta'incai karia-na! |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "MOT": mote, motel, motels, motes, motet, motets, motey, moth, mothball, mothballed, mothballing, mothballs, mother, motherboard, motherboards, mothered, motherhood, motherhoods, motherhouse, motherhouses, mothering, motherland, motherlands, motherless, motherlessness, motherlessnesses, motherliness, motherlinesses, motherly, mothers, mothery, mothier, mothiest, mothlike, mothproof, mothproofed, mothproofer, mothproofers, mothproofing, mothproofs, moths, mothy, motif, motific, motifs, motile, motiles, motilities, motility, motion, motional. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "MOT": bergamot, filemot, folkmot, gemot, guillemot, marmot, motmot, witenagemot. (additional references) | |
Words containing "MOT": amotion, amotions, anastomotic, automotive, behemoth, behemoths, bergamots, chemiosmotic, chemotactic, chemotactically, chemotaxes, chemotaxis, chemotaxonomic, chemotaxonomies, chemotaxonomist, chemotaxonomists, chemotaxonomy, chemotherapeutic, chemotherapeutically, chemotherapeutics, chemotherapies, chemotherapist, chemotherapists, chemotherapy, chemotropism, chemotropisms, chymotrypsin, chymotrypsinogen, chymotrypsinogens, chymotrypsins, chymotryptic, commotion, commotions, copromoter, copromoters, demote, demoted, demotes, demotic, demotics, demoting, demotion, demotions, demotist, demotists, dynamotor, dynamotors, ecchymotic, electroosmotic, emote, emoted. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: tom. | |
| Words within the letters "m-o-t" | |
-1 letter: mo, om, to. | |
| Words containing the letters "m-o-t" | |
+1 letter: atom, moat, molt, moot, mort, most, mote, moth, mots, mott, omit, tomb, tome, toms, toom. | |
+2 letters: amort, atoms, atomy, comet, compt, comte, emote, gemot, magot, matzo, metro, moats, moist, molto, molts, monte, month, moots, morts, moste, mosts, motel, motes, motet, motey, moths, mothy, motif, motor, motte, motto, motts, moult, mount, mouth, muton, notum, omits, smolt, smote, stoma, stomp, storm, tempo, toman, tombs, tomes, tommy, totem, tromp, tumor, vomit. | |
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