different between moto vs moton

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

Unknown. Perhaps derived from Old French; compare Norman moton (“chin”), from Old French menton (“chin; chinguard (of a helmet)”).

Noun

moton (plural motons)

1. (military, historical) A small plate covering the armpit in armour of the 14th century and later.

References

Further reading

• moton in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Finnish

Noun

moton

1. Genitive singular form of motto.

Anagrams

• monot

Middle English

Noun

moton

1. Alternative form of motoun

Norman

Etymology

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

Noun

moton m (plural motons)

1. (Jersey, anatomy) chin

Occitan

Alternative forms

• moutoun (Mistralian)

Etymology

From Old Occitan [Term?], from Vulgar Latin *multo, *multonis, from Gaulish [Term?], from Proto-Celtic *molto-. Compare French mouton.

Noun

moton m (plural motons) (Languedoc)

1. sheep

See also

• amontanhatge
• feda, oelha
• pastor

Further reading

• Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2016, page 430.

Old French

Noun

moton m (oblique plural motons, nominative singular motons, nominative plural moton)

1. Alternative form of mouton