motet

motet

See also: mötet

English

Etymology

From French motet.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛt

Noun

motet (plural motets)

1. A composition adapted to sacred words in the elaborate polyphonic church style; an anthem.

Translations

a composition adapted to sacred words in the elaborate polyphonic church style

Armenian: մոտետ (hy) (motet) Esperanto: moteto Estonian: motett Finnish: motetti (fi) French: motet (fr) m Georgian: მოტეტი (moṭeṭi) German: Motette (de) f Greek: μοτέτο (el) (motéto) Icelandic: mótetta f Italian: mottetto (it) m Korean: 모테트 (moteteu) Latin: motectum n (Medieval Latin) Lithuanian: motetas Luxembourgish: Motett Norwegian: motett m Russian: песнопе́ние (ru) n (pesnopénije), моте́т (ru) m (motét) Spanish: motete m Swedish: motett (sv) c Thai: โมเท็ต

Anagrams

• motte, totem

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /moˈtət/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /muˈtɛt/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /moˈtet/

Noun

motet m (plural motets)

1. (music) motet

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Danish

Noun

motet c (singular definite motetten, plural indefinite motetter)

1. (music) motet

Declension

Declension of motet

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	motet	motetten	motetter	motetterne
genitive	motets	motettens	motetters	motetternes

Further reading

• “motet” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “motet” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Noun

motet n (plural motetten)

1. (music) motet

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French

Etymology

From mot +‎ -et.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔ.tɛ/

• Audio

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Noun

motet m (plural motets)

1. (music) motet

Further reading

• “motet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Latin

Verb

mōtet

1. third-person singular present active subjunctive of mōtō

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Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

motet n

1. definite singular of mot

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

motet n

1. definite singular of mot

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔ.tɛt/
• Rhymes: -ɔtɛt
• Syllabification: mo‧tet

Noun

motet m inan

1. (music) motet

Declension

Declension of motet

	singular	plural
nominative	motet	motety
genitive	motetu	motetów
dative	motetowi	motetom
accusative	motet	motety
instrumental	motetem	motetami
locative	motecie	motetach
vocative	motecie	motety

Further reading

• motet in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• motet in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Romanian

Etymology

From French motet.

Noun

motet n (plural motete)

1. (music) motet

Declension

Declension of motet

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) motet	motetul	(niște) motete	motetele
genitive/dative	(unui) motet	motetului	(unor) motete	motetelor
vocative	motetule		motetelor

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Swedish

Noun

motet

1. definite singular of mot.

Anagrams

• tomte