different between sotto vs motto

English

Etymology

Ellipsis of sotto voce.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?s??t??/, /?s?t??/, [?sot?o]

Adverb

sotto (not comparable)

1. Ellipsis of sotto voce
   • 1978–81, David Henderson, ?Scuse Me While I Kiss the Sky: The Life of Jimi Hendrix (1983), page 104:

     Jimi’s guitar plays flat against the major chord, giving a strange, almost discordant effect. Mitch on drums is behind the bass sotto.

   • 2006 October 2nd, Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady, The Big Bang Theory, “Pilot”, screenplay (revised first draft), act one, scene A (page 27):

     Wolowitz:   Énchanté, mademoiselle. Howard Wolowitz, Cal Tech department of applied physics. You may be familiar with some of my work – – it’s currently toodling around the surface of Mars.
     Penny:   Hi. Penny.
     Wolowitz:   You smell wonderful. What is that scent you’re wearing?
     Penny:   It’s called b.o.
     Wolowitz:   Ah. Hence the shower, of course. Leonard, where have you been hiding this one? She’s charming.
     Sheldon:   (SOTTO, TO LEONARD)   Oh, he’s good.

Translations

Adjective

sotto (not comparable)

1. Ellipsis of sotto voce
   • 1978–81, David Henderson, ?Scuse Me While I Kiss the Sky: The Life of Jimi Hendrix (1983), page 237:

     Playing against the effect, Wood plays single sotto lines with a variation on the key that sustains a minor mode against the finely tuned feedback effects stroked in pinks against the upper canvas.

   • 2008, David Henderson, ?Scuse Me While I Kiss the Sky: Jimi Hendrix, Voodoo Child, page 192:

     The twelve string rings out but Jimi’s voice is sotto, intimate.

Translations

Anagrams

• Totos, ottos, toots

Italian

Etymology

From Latin subtus, which is derived from Latin sub. Ultimately from Proto-Italic *supo, from Proto-Indo-European *upo. Cognate to French sous.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sot.to/
• Rhymes: -otto

Preposition

sotto

1. under, beneath, underneath
2. below, south of

Adverb

sotto

1. down
2. underneath
3. below

Antonyms

• sopra

Noun

sotto (invariable)

1. bottom

Derived terms

References

Anagrams

• tosto, tostò

Japanese

Romanization

sotto

1. R?maji transcription of ???

Maquiritari

Alternative forms

• (De'kwana): ssoto
• (historical spelling): so'to, So'to

Noun

sotto

1. true person, human, where only speakers of Maquiritari are considered “truly” human
2. twenty

References

• Ed. Key, Mary Ritchie and Comrie, Bernard. The Intercontinental Dictionary Series, Carib (De'kwana).
• de Civrieux, Marc. Watunna.
• Cáceres, Natalia. Grammaire Fonctionelle-Typologique du Ye'kwana.

Neapolitan

Etymology

From Latin subtus, from sub. Cognate to Italian sotto and French sous.

Preposition

sotto

1. below

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian motto (“a word, a saying”), from Latin muttum (“a mutter, a grunt”), late 16th c.. Doublet of mot.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?m?t.o?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?m?t??/

Noun

motto (plural mottos or mottoes)

1. (heraldry) A sentence, phrase, or word, forming part of an heraldic achievement.
2. A sentence, phrase, or word, prefixed to an essay, discourse, chapter, canto, or the like, suggestive of its subject matter; a short, suggestive expression of a guiding principle; a maxim.
3. (obsolete) A paper packet containing a sweetmeat, cracker, etc., together with a scrap of paper bearing a motto.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:saying

Translations

Further reading

• motto (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Czech

Alternative forms

• moto n (less common)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?moto]
• Rhymes: -oto

Noun

motto n

1. motto
2. epigraph

Declension

See also

• krédo

Further reading

• motto in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• motto in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Noun

motto n (singular definite mottoet, plural indefinite mottoer)

1. motto

References

• “motto” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

From Italian motto (“a word, a saying”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: mot?to

Noun

motto n (plural motto's, diminutive mottootje n)

1. motto
2. (heraldry) motto

Hyponyms

• leus, leuze
• wapenspreuk

Finnish

Etymology

Ultimately from Italian motto (“a word, a saying”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mot?o/, [?mo?t??o?]
• Rhymes: -ot?o
• Syllabification: mot?to

Noun

motto

1. motto (sentence or a phrase with guiding principle)

   Synonym: tunnuslause

2. epigraph (literary quotation placed at the beginning of a book or other text)

   Synonym: epigrafi

3. (heraldry) motto

   Synonyms: tunnuslause, vaalilause

Declension

Anagrams

• motot

Italian

Etymology

From Latin muttum (“mutter”). Compare Catalan and French mot (“word”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?t.to/
• Rhymes: -?tto

Noun

motto m (plural motti)

1. witty remark
2. motto, maxim
3. posy (motto inscribed inside a ring)

Descendants

• ? English: motto
• ? German: Motto

Further reading

• motto in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Japanese

Romanization

motto

1. R?maji transcription of ???

Maquiritari

Noun

motto

1. worm

References

• Ed. Key, Mary Ritchie and Comrie, Bernard. The Intercontinental Dictionary Series, Carib (De'kwana).

Nauruan

Noun

motto

1. motto

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Italian motto

Noun

motto n (definite singular mottoet, indefinite plural motto or mottoer, definite plural mottoa or mottoene)

1. a motto

References

• “motto” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Italian motto

Noun

motto n (definite singular mottoet, indefinite plural motto, definite plural mottoa)

1. a motto

References

• “motto” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

From Italian motto, from Latin muttum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?t.t?/

Noun

motto n

1. philosophy, motto, watchword, byword

   Synonyms: dewiza, credo

2. (literature) epigraph (literary quotation placed at the beginning of a text)

   Synonym: epigraf

Declension

Further reading

• motto in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• motto in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

motto n

1. motto

Declension

Synonyms

• valspråk