different between mojo vs mogo

English

Etymology

Probably of Creole origin, cognate with Gullah moco (“witchcraft”), Fula moco'o (“medicine man”)

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?mo?d?o?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?m??d???/
• Rhymes: -??d???

Noun

mojo (countable and uncountable, plural mojos or mojoes)

1. A magic charm or spell.
2. Supernatural skill or luck.
3. (slang) Personal magnetism; charm.
4. (slang) Sex appeal; sex drive.
5. (slang) Illegal drugs.
6. (slang, usually with "wire") A telecopier; a fax machine.

Translations

Anagrams

• JOMO, Jomo, jomo

Japanese

Romanization

mojo

1. R?maji transcription of ???

Lower Sorbian

Determiner

mojo

1. Superseded spelling of mójo.

Spanish

Etymology

From mojar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?moxo/, [?mo.xo]

Noun

mojo m (plural mojos)

1. a type of spicy red sauce from the Canary Islands made from chilli, oil, vinegar, garlic, and cumin

Alternative forms

• moje

Derived terms

• mojito

Verb

mojo

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of mojar.

Further reading

• “mojo” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Venetian

Alternative forms

• mójo

Adjective

mojo m (feminine singular moja, masculine plural moji, feminine plural moje)

1. wet
2. soaked

Related terms

• mojar

English

Etymology

From Swahili muhogo.

Noun

mogo (uncountable)

1. (Africa) cassava

Anagrams

• Moog, gomo, goom

Dharug

Noun

mogo

1. Obsolete form of mugu.

French

Alternative forms

• môgô, môgo, mogô, môguô

Etymology

Borrowed from a Mande language with a noun meaning “man”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?.??/

Noun

mogo m (plural mogos)

1. (Ivory Coast slang) bloke, man, particularly as seen as engaging in intercourse with women, philanderer, lothario

References

• Lafage, Suzanne (2002) Le lexique français de Côte d’Ivoire (Le français en Afrique; N°16 et 17)?^[1], Nice: Institut de Linguistique française – CNRS