motte

motte

See also: Motte, mõtte, mötte, and møtte

English

Etymology 1

From French motte, from Anglo-Norman/Old French motte (“mound, hillock”). Doublet of moat.

Noun

motte (plural mottes)

1. A raised earth mound, often topped with a wooden or stone structure and surrounded with a ditch.

Derived terms

• motte-and-bailey

Translations

earth mound

Galician: mota f

Etymology 2

Alternative forms.

Noun

motte (plural mottes)

1. Alternative form of mott

Anagrams

• motet, totem

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch mote, perhaps via Frankish *mot, *motta (“mud, peat, bog, turf”), from Proto-Germanic *mutô, *mudraz, *muþraz (“dirt, filth, mud, swamp”). Likely influenced by French motte.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔ.tə/

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• Hyphenation: mot‧te
• Rhymes: -ɔtə

Noun

motte f (plural mottes, diminutive mottetje n)

1. a raised earth mound, often topped with a wooden or stone structure and surrounded with a ditch; a motte

Derived terms

• mottekasteel

Anagrams

• totem

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French

Etymology

From Old French mote (“mound”), from Medieval Latin mota (“a mound, hill”), of Germanic origin, perhaps via Frankish *mot, *motta (“mud, peat, bog, turf”), from Proto-Germanic *mutô, *mudraz, *muþraz (“dirt, filth, mud, swamp”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔt/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ɔt

Noun

motte f (plural mottes)

1. motte (mound of earth)
2. clod, lump of earth
3. block (of butter)
4. (colloquial) (pubic) mound, mons veneris

Further reading

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

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German

Verb

motte

1. inflection of motten:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
   3. singular imperative

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Japanese

Romanization

motte

1. Rōmaji transcription of もって

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Limburgish

Etymology

From Middle Dutch moeten, from Old Dutch muotan, from Proto-West Germanic *mōtan, from Proto-Germanic *mōtaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmo.tə/, [ˈmoʊ̯.te]
• Rhymes: -otə

Verb

motte (third-person singular present mott, past participle gemosst, auxiliary verb haane) (Eupen)

1. (auxiliary, with an infinitive → “motte” replaces the past participle) to have to (do something); must; to be obliged (to do something); to need (to do something).
2. (intransitive) to be necessary, to be required
3. (intransitive) to have to go, to need to go, must go
4. (intransitive, euphemistic) to need to go to the toilet

Conjugation

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