different between moto vs goal

English

Noun

moto (plural motos)

1. One of a series of motocross or BMX races.
   • American Motorcyclist, Jan 1982:

     In fact, after the third of four motos, Hinkle had opened a comfortable lead toward the overall win, and perhaps he really didn't feel any pressure as he cruised home seventh in the final moto to lock up the crown.

2. (In only some varieties of English) A motorcycle or moped.

Anagrams

• moot, tomo-, toom

Asturian

Noun

moto f (plural motos)

1. motorcycle (open-seated motor-powered vehicle with two wheels)

Synonyms

• motocicleta

Catalan

Etymology

Shortened form of motocicleta

Noun

moto f (plural motos)

1. Clipping of motocicleta.; motorcycle

Further reading

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

Chichewa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mó.to/

Noun

móto 3

1. fire

Czech

Alternative forms

• motto (more common)

Noun

moto n

1. motto

French

Etymology

Shortened form of motocyclette

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?.to/
• Rhymes: -o

Noun

moto f (plural motos)

1. bike, motorbike (motorcycle)

Further reading

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

Galician

Etymology

From motocicleta, by shortening

Noun

moto f (plural motos)

1. Clipping of motocicleta.; motorcycle

Ido

Noun

moto (plural moti)

1. motto, saying, maxim

Italian

Etymology 1

Shortened form of motocicletta.

Noun

moto f (invariable)

1. Clipping of motocicleta.; motorcycle

Etymology 2

From Latin m?tus.

Noun

moto m (plural moti)

1. movement
2. motion
3. exercise
4. uprising, revolt

Derived terms

• con moto
• moto browniano

Anagrams

• tomo

Japanese

Romanization

moto

1. R?maji transcription of ??

Javanese

Noun

moto

1. Nonstandard spelling of mata.

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?mo?.to?/, [?mo?t?o?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?mo.to/, [?m??t??]

Participle

m?t?

1. dative masculine singular of m?tus
2. dative neuter singular of m?tus
3. ablative masculine singular of m?tus
4. ablative neuter singular of m?tus

Verb

m?t? (present infinitive m?t?re, perfect active m?t?v?, supine m?t?tum); first conjugation

1. I set in motion
2. I keep moving

Conjugation

References

• moto in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• moto in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• moto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Lingala

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *m??nt??.

Noun

moto 1 (plural bato 2)

1. person, man, human

Derived terms

• bomoto
• emoto

Mwani

Noun

moto 3

1. fire

Nigerian Pidgin

Etymology

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

Noun

moto

1. car

Norman

Etymology

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

Noun

moto m (plural motos)

1. (Guernsey, Jersey) car

Synonyms

• vaituthe

Portuguese

Etymology

From motocicleta, by shortening

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?m?.tu/, [?m?.t??]

Noun

moto f (plural motos)

1. motorcycle

Spanish

Etymology 1

From motocicleta, by shortening.

Noun

moto f (plural motos)

1. Clipping of motocicleta.; motorcycle

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From mojón.

Noun

moto m (plural motos)

1. milestone

   Synonym: hito

Further reading

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

Swahili

Etymology

From -ota.

Pronunciation

Noun

moto (m-mi class, plural mioto)

1. fire, flame
2. energy, charge
3. heat, temperature, warmth
4. exertion, glowing
5. zeal
6. bruise, welts, marks

Derived terms

• motoni (“hell”)

Tiruray

Noun

moto

1. (anatomy) eye

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English motor.

Noun

moto

1. motor

Wutunhua

Etymology

Borrowed from Mandarin ?? (mótu?), from English motor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mot?o]

Noun

moto

1. motorcycle

English

Etymology

From Middle English gol (“boundary, limit”), from Old English *g?l (“obstacle, barrier, marker”), suggested by its derivatives Old English g?lan (“to hinder, delay, impede, keep in suspense, linger, hesitate, dupe”), and hy?eg?ls (“hesitating, slow, sluggish”), hy?eg?lsa (“slow one, sluggish one”). Possibly cognate with Lithuanian gãlas (“end”), Latvian gals (“end”), Old Prussian gallan (“death”), Albanian ngalem (“to be limping, lame, paralyzed”), ngel (“to remain, linger, hesitate, get stuck”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???l/, /???l/, /???l/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?o?l/
• Rhymes: -??l

Noun

goal (plural goals)

1. A result that one is attempting to achieve.
2. (sports) In many sports, an area into which the players attempt to put an object.
3. The act of placing the object into the goal.
4. A point scored in a game as a result of placing the object into the goal.
5. A noun or noun phrase that receives the action of a verb. The subject of a passive verb or the direct object of an active verb. Also called a patient, target, or undergoer.

Synonyms

• (a result one is attempting to achieve:) ambition, object of desire, objective, purpose, aspiration
• See also Thesaurus:goal

Derived terms

Pages starting with “goal”.

• goalball
• goal difference
• goalie
• goalkeeper
• goalgetter
• goalpost
• goaltender
• goal umpire
• golden goal
• silver goal
• subgoal

Descendants

Translations

Verb

goal (third-person singular simple present goals, present participle goaling, simple past and past participle goaled)

1. (Gaelic football, Australian rules football) To score a goal.

Anagrams

• Galo, Gola, Lago, Olga, algo, algo-, gaol

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowing from English goal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?o?l/, [?o?l]
• Hyphenation: goal

Noun

goal m (plural goals, diminutive goaltje n)

1. goal, target in sports, especially soccer
2. a hit in it, a point scored

Synonyms

• (target): doel n
• (hit): doelpunt n

Derived terms

• goalpaal

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English goal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ol/

Noun

goal m (plural goals)

1. goalkeeper especially in soccer and polo
2. (rare) target in those sports

Synonyms

• (goalkeeper): gardien de but, gardien m, portier m
• (target): but m

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• algo

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English goal.

Noun

goal m (invariable)

1. Alternative spelling of gol

Anagrams

• gola, lago

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish Gall (“Gaul, Scandinavian, Anglo-Norman, foreigner”), from Latin Gallus.

Noun

goal m (genitive singular goal, plural goallyn or goaldee)

1. Scottish lowlander
2. foreigner

Related terms

• Goal

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