different between mot vs vehicle

English

Etymology 1

From French mot. Doublet of motto.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /m??/

Noun

mot (plural mots)

1. A witty remark; a witticism; a bon mot.
   • 1859, unknown author, "Literary Adventure. Life of Douglas Jerrold", in North British Review

     Here and there turns up a […] savage mot.

   • 1970, John Glassco, Memoirs of Montparnasse, New York 2007, p. 32:

     ‘He comes from Montreal, in Canada.’ ‘Why?’ she said, repeating Dr Johnson's mot with a forced sneer.

2. (obsolete) A word or a motto; a device.
   • 1597-1598, Joseph Hall, Virgidemiarum

     With his big title, an Italian mot
3. (obsolete) A note or brief strain on a bugle.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Sir Walter Scott to this entry?)

Etymology 2

Probably from Dutch mot (“woman”). See also mort (“woman”), etymology 5.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /m?t/
• Rhymes: -?t

Noun

mot (plural mots)

1. (Britain, Ireland, slang) A woman; a wife.
2. (Britain, Ireland, slang) A prostitute.
3. (Britain, Ireland, slang) A landlady.

Anagrams

• OMT, OTM, TMO, Tom, tom

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *m?ti (“time”), from Proto-Indo-European *méh?tis (“measurement”), deverbative of *meh?- (“to measure”); compare Old English m?þ (“measure”), Lithuanian m?tas (“time”), Ancient Greek ????? (mêtis, “plan”). Sense shift from ‘time’ to ‘weather, year, era’ influenced by Latin time, weather (compare Romanian timp, French temps).

Noun

mot m (indefinite plural mote, definite singular moti, definite plural motet)

1. weather

   Synonym: qëro (archaic)

2. year
3. era, times (uncountable)

Declension

Adverb

1. next year

Derived terms

Compounds

Related terms

References

Catalan

Etymology

From Late Latin muttum (“sound”), from muttire (“mutter, make a mu-noise”), of onomatopoeic origin. Compare French mot.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?mot/
• Rhymes: -ot

Noun

mot m (plural mots)

1. word

   Synonym: paraula

Derived terms

• joc de mots

Further reading

• “mot” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Crimean Tatar

Noun

mot

1. fashion

   ?imdi pek mot emi? a?ar?an saçlar

   Ah men ?u motluqtan uzaq olayd?m.

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?t/
• Hyphenation: mot
• Rhymes: -?t

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch motte. Cognate to English moth, German Motte.

Noun

mot f (plural motten, diminutive motje n)

1. nocturnal butterfly-like insect: moth (nocturnal insect of the order Lepidoptera)

   Synonym: nachtvlinder

Derived terms

Etymology 2

An onomatopoeia.

Noun

mot f (plural motten, diminutive motje n)

1. a slap, a blow, a hit (physical aggression with hands or fists)
2. (by extension) a quarrel, tiff

Etymology 3

From Middle Low German mutte.

Noun

mot f (plural motten, diminutive motje n)

1. a female pig; a sow

   Synonym: zeug

2. (by extension) a lewd woman

Derived terms

Etymology 4

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

mot f (plural motten, diminutive motje n)

1. light rain; drizzle

Related terms

• motregen

French

Etymology

From Late Latin muttum (“sound”), from muttire (“mutter, make a mu-noise”), of onomatopoeic origin. Has almost entirely replaced parole in Modern French, perhaps because of its shortness. Compare Catalan mot.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mo/
• Rhymes: -o
• [œ??mo]
• [l??mo]
• Homophones: mots, maux

Noun

mot m (plural mots)

1. word

   Synonym: parole
2. note, (short) message

   Synonyms: message, note

Derived terms

Further reading

• “mot” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• TOM

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English mot.

Alternative forms

• mote, mothe, mouthe

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m??t/

Noun

mot (plural motes)

1. a speck, particle

Descendants

• English: mote
• Yola: mothe, mot

References

• “m?t, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Verb

mot

1. first/third-person singular present indicative of moten (“to have to”)

Middle French

Noun

mot m (plural mots)

1. word

Descendants

• French: mot

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mu?t/

Etymology 1

Noun

mot n (definite singular motet, uncountable)

1. courage

Etymology 2

From Old Norse mót

Noun

mot n (definite singular motet, indefinite plural mot, definite plural mota or motene)

1. a meeting

Derived terms

• åmot

Etymology 3

Preposition

mot

1. to, towards

2. against, from

3. against, versus

Derived terms

References

• “mot” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mu?t/

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

mot n (definite singular motet, uncountable)

1. courage

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Norse mót.

Noun

mot n (definite singular motet, indefinite plural mot, definite plural mota)

1. a meeting

Derived terms

• åmot

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Preposition

mot

1. to, towards

2. against, from; for

3. against, versus

Derived terms

References

• “mot” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Occitan

Alternative forms

• mòt

Etymology

From Late Latin muttum

Noun

mot m (plural mots)

1. word

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mo?t/

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

m?t

1. first/third-person singular present of motan

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *m?t?. Cognate with Old High German muot, Old Norse mót (Swedish möte).

Alternative forms

• ?em?t

Noun

m?t n

1. meeting, assembly

Declension

Descendants

• Middle English: mot, ?emot
  • English: moot
  • Scots: mut, mote

Old French

Etymology 1

From Late Latin muttum.

Noun

mot m (oblique plural moz or motz, nominative singular moz or motz, nominative plural mot)

1. word

   Synonym: (more common) parole

Descendants

• French: mot

Etymology 2

See molt

Adjective

mot m (oblique and nominative feminine singular mote)

1. Alternative form of molt

Adverb

mot

1. Alternative form of molt

Old Occitan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mot/

Etymology 1

From Latin multus.

Alternative forms

• mout

Adverb

mot

1. much; alot

Etymology 2

From Late Latin muttum.

Noun

mot m (oblique plural motz, nominative singular motz, nominative plural mot)

1. word

References

• von Wartburg, Walther (1928–2002) , “muttum”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 63, page 303

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse mót, from Proto-Germanic *m?t?, *gam?t?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mu?t/

Noun

mot n

1. (chiefly west Sweden) interchange; a large junction where two or more roads meet.

Declension

Preposition

mot

1. to, towards

2. against

3. versus

Anagrams

• Tom, t.o.m., tom

Tocharian B

Noun

mot

1. alcohol
2. alcoholic beverage

Volapük

Noun

mot (nominative plural mots)

1. mother

   Synonym: jifat

   Hypernym: pal

   Coordinate term: fat

Declension

Derived terms

See also

Walloon

Noun

mot m (plural mots)

1. word

Derived terms

• motî

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse mót, from Proto-Germanic *m?t?, *gam?t?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mu?t/, [m????t], [mó???t]
• Rhymes: -ú?t

Noun

mot n or f (definite singular mote or mota)

1. Mould, form to cast something in.
2. Part of a wheel ring.
3. (as an adverb, with dative) To meet.

4. (as an adverb, with dative) Towards.

Declension

Derived terms

Yola

Etymology 1

Unknown. Perhaps from Middle English but, from Old English b?tan.

Preposition

mot

1. but

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

mot

1. asking

References

• Jacob Poole (1867) , William Barnes, editor, A glossary, with some pieces of verse, of the old dialect of the English colony in the baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, J. Russell Smith, ?ISBN

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French véhicule, from Latin vehiculum (“a carriage, conveyance”), from vehere (“to carry”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?vi?.?.k?l/, /?v??.k?l/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?vi.?.k?l/, /?vi?(h)?.k?l/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /?v??(?).k?l/
• Hyphenation: ve?hi?cle

Noun

vehicle (plural vehicles)

1. A conveyance; a device for carrying or transporting substances, objects or individuals.
2. A medium for expression of talent or views.

3. A liquid content (e.g. oil) which acts as a binding and drying agent in paint.
4. (pharmaceuticals) The main excipient (such as an oil or gel) that conveys the active ingredient of a drug.

5. An entity to achieve an end.

6. (Buddhism) A mode or method of spiritual practice; a yana.
7. (Hinduism) An animal or (rarely) a plant on which a Hindu deity rides or sits

Synonyms

• (Hinduism): vahan

Hyponyms

• See also Thesaurus:vehicle

Derived terms

Related terms

• vector
• vectorial
• vectorize

Translations

Further reading

• vehicle in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• vehicle in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• vehicle at OneLook Dictionary Search

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin vehiculum.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /v??i.kl?/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /b??i.kl?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ve?i.kle/

Noun

vehicle m (plural vehicles)

1. vehicle

Related terms

• vehicular

Further reading

• “vehicle” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.