moto

moto

See also: MOTO, Moto, Motō, motó, mo̱to, mọto, moːto, moto-, -moto, and mô tô

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.
   • 2019, Kevin Barry, Night Boat to Tangier, New York: Doubleday, →ISBN, pages 192–193:

     He stood in the evening on the street in the haze of rain-flecked light. The backfire of a fucked moto cracked like a gunshot, but he did not flinch from it.

Anagrams

• moot, tomo-, toom

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Asturian

Noun

moto f (plural motos)

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

Synonyms

• motocicleta

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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.

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Chichewa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmó.to/

Noun

móto class 3

1. fire

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Chinese

Etymology

Irregular romanisation of 冇圖／冇图 (mou5 tou4, “no image”).

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁵ tou⁴, mou¹ tou¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁵ tou⁴, mou¹ tou¹
    • Yale: móuh tòuh, mōu tōu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁵ tou⁴, mou¹ tou¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁵ tou⁴, mou¹ tou¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯¹³ tʰou̯²¹/, /mou̯⁵⁵ tʰou̯⁵⁵/

Interjection

moto

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, Internet slang) used in situations where no image is provided in a post or thread

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Czech

Alternative forms

• motto (more common)

Noun

moto n

1. motto

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmoto/, [ˈmo̞t̪o̞]
• Rhymes: -oto
• Syllabification^(key): mo‧to

Etymology 1

Possibly from muoto.

Noun

moto

1. (colloquial) Synonym of face, especially as a place to hit in a fight

   Synonyms: turpa, kuono

Declension

Inflection of moto (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative		moto	motot
genitive		moton	motojen
partitive		motoa	motoja
illative		motoon	motoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		moto	motot
accusative	nom.	moto	motot
	gen.	moton
genitive		moton	motojen
partitive		motoa	motoja
inessive		motossa	motoissa
elative		motosta	motoista
illative		motoon	motoihin
adessive		motolla	motoilla
ablative		motolta	motoilta
allative		motolle	motoille
essive		motona	motoina
translative		motoksi	motoiksi
instructive		—	motoin
abessive		mototta	motoitta
comitative		—	motoineen

Possessive forms of moto (type valo)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	motoni	motomme
2nd person	motosi	motonne
3rd person	motonsa

Etymology 2

Clipping of monitoimikone

Noun

moto

1. (forestry, informal) Synonym of harvesteri (“harvester”).

Declension

Inflection of moto (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative		moto	motot
genitive		moton	motojen
partitive		motoa	motoja
illative		motoon	motoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		moto	motot
accusative	nom.	moto	motot
	gen.	moton
genitive		moton	motojen
partitive		motoa	motoja
inessive		motossa	motoissa
elative		motosta	motoista
illative		motoon	motoihin
adessive		motolla	motoilla
ablative		motolta	motoilta
allative		motolle	motoille
essive		motona	motoina
translative		motoksi	motoiksi
instructive		—	motoin
abessive		mototta	motoitta
comitative		—	motoineen

Possessive forms of moto (type valo)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	motoni	motomme
2nd person	motosi	motonne
3rd person	motonsa

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French

Etymology

Shortened form of motocyclette

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔ.to/
• IPA^(key): /mɔ.to/, /mo.to/

• audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -o

Noun

moto f (plural motos)

1. bike, motorbike (motorcycle)

Further reading

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

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Galician

Etymology

From motocicleta, by shortening.

Noun

moto f (plural motos)

1. Clipping of motocicleta.; motorcycle

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Ido

Noun

moto (plural moti)

1. motto, saying, maxim

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔ.to/
• Rhymes: -ɔto
• Hyphenation: mò‧to

Etymology 1

Shortened form of motocicletta.

Noun

moto f (invariable)

1. Clipping of motocicleta.; motorcycle

Etymology 2

From Latin mōtus.

Noun

moto m (plural moti)

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

Derived terms

• con moto
• moto browniano

Anagrams

• -tomo, tomo, tomo-

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Japanese

Romanization

moto

1. Rōmaji transcription of もと

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Javanese

Noun

moto

1. Nonstandard spelling of mata.

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmoː.toː/, [ˈmoːt̪oː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmo.to/, [ˈmɔːt̪o]

Participle

mōtō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of mōtus

Verb

mōtō (present infinitive mōtāre, perfect active mōtāvī, supine mōtātum); first conjugation

1. I set in motion
2. I keep moving

Conjugation

Conjugation of mōtō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	mōtō	mōtās	mōtat	mōtāmus	mōtātis	mōtant
	imperfect	mōtābam	mōtābās	mōtābat	mōtābāmus	mōtābātis	mōtābant
	future	mōtābō	mōtābis	mōtābit	mōtābimus	mōtābitis	mōtābunt
	perfect	mōtāvī	mōtāvistī	mōtāvit	mōtāvimus	mōtāvistis	mōtāvērunt, mōtāvēre
	pluperfect	mōtāveram	mōtāverās	mōtāverat	mōtāverāmus	mōtāverātis	mōtāverant
	future perfect	mōtāverō	mōtāveris	mōtāverit	mōtāverimus	mōtāveritis	mōtāverint
passive	present	mōtor	mōtāris, mōtāre	mōtātur	mōtāmur	mōtāminī	mōtantur
	imperfect	mōtābar	mōtābāris, mōtābāre	mōtābātur	mōtābāmur	mōtābāminī	mōtābantur
	future	mōtābor	mōtāberis, mōtābere	mōtābitur	mōtābimur	mōtābiminī	mōtābuntur
	perfect	mōtātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	mōtātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	mōtātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	mōtem	mōtēs	mōtet	mōtēmus	mōtētis	mōtent
	imperfect	mōtārem	mōtārēs	mōtāret	mōtārēmus	mōtārētis	mōtārent
	perfect	mōtāverim	mōtāverīs	mōtāverit	mōtāverīmus	mōtāverītis	mōtāverint
	pluperfect	mōtāvissem	mōtāvissēs	mōtāvisset	mōtāvissēmus	mōtāvissētis	mōtāvissent
passive	present	mōter	mōtēris, mōtēre	mōtētur	mōtēmur	mōtēminī	mōtentur
	imperfect	mōtārer	mōtārēris, mōtārēre	mōtārētur	mōtārēmur	mōtārēminī	mōtārentur
	perfect	mōtātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	mōtātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	mōtā	—	—	mōtāte	—
	future	—	mōtātō	mōtātō	—	mōtātōte	mōtantō
passive	present	—	mōtāre	—	—	mōtāminī	—
	future	—	mōtātor	mōtātor	—	—	mōtantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		mōtāre	mōtāvisse	mōtātūrum esse	mōtārī	mōtātum esse	mōtātum īrī
participles		mōtāns	—	mōtātūrus	—	mōtātus	mōtandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		mōtandī	mōtandō	mōtandum	mōtandō	mōtātum	mōtātū

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

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Lingala

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀ntʊ̀.

Noun

moto class 1 (plural bato class 2)

1. person, man, human

Derived terms

• bomoto
• emoto

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Mwani

Noun

moto class 3

1. fire

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Nigerian Pidgin

Etymology

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

Noun

moto

1. car

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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

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Portuguese

Etymology 1

Clipping of motocicleta.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔ.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔ.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔ.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔ.tɔ/, /ˈmɔ.tu/

Noun

moto f (plural motos)

1. motorcycle

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin mōtus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔ.tu/

Noun

moto m (plural motos)

1. movement, motion
2. agitation, circulation, rotation
3. shake

Etymology 3

Alteration of mote[1][2]; compare also Italian motto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔ.tu/

Noun

moto m (plural motos)

1. (art) artist's signature
2. (heraldry) motto

Etymology 4

Borrowed from Ngungwel moto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔ.tu/

Noun

moto m (plural motos)

1. (Mozambique) fire; light

References

1. “moto” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
2. “moto” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmoto/ [ˈmo.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -oto
• Syllabification: mo‧to

Etymology 1

Clipping of motocicleta.

Noun

moto f (plural motos)

1. Clipping of motocicleta.; motorcycle

Derived terms

• moto de agua
• moto de nieve
• robamotos
• vendemotos
• vender la moto

 

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

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Swahili

Etymology

From -ota.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya)

  (file)

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”)

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Tiruray

Noun

moto

1. (anatomy) eye

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Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English motor.

Noun

moto

1. motor

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Wutunhua

Etymology

Borrowed from Mandarin 摩托 (mótuō), from English motor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [motʰo]

Noun

moto

1. motorcycle
   • 2014, Wutun villagers, “Mani session 1”, in Interactive Inner Asia Project‎:

     men she moto-ge yek-li-zhe.

     There is a motorcycle outside the door.

     (Transcriptions have been standardized per Wiktionary:About Wutunhua.)