modo

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See also: mōdo, mōdō, mōdõ, mödo, mödö, and mö'dö

Daur

Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *modu, compare Mongolian мод (mod).

Noun

modo

  1. tree
  2. wood

Esperanto

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Audio:
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  • Rhymes: -odo
  • Hyphenation: mo‧do

Noun

modo (accusative singular modon, plural modoj, accusative plural modojn)

  1. (grammar) mood
  2. fashion, style

Galician

Etymology

From Latin modus.

Noun

modo m (plural modos)

  1. mode, manner

Ido

Etymology

From Esperanto modo (“mood”), from English mode, French mode, German Modus, Italian modo, Russian мо́да (móda), Spanish modo, all ultimately from Latin modus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmo.do/, /ˈmɔ.dɔ/

Noun

modo (plural modi)

  1. mode (a passing usage which depends upon taste, caprice)
  2. fashion, style
  3. (grammar) mood (indicative, imperative, etc.)
  4. (philosophy, music) mode
  5. (law) modus

Derived terms

Italian

Etymology

From Latin modus, from Proto-Indo-European *modós, derived from the root *med- (“to measure”).

Pronunciation

Noun

modo m (plural modi)

  1. manner, way
  2. (grammar) mood
  3. (music) style, manner

Related terms

Anagrams

Lashi

Etymology

Possibly from English motor.

Pronunciation

Noun

modo

  1. car

References

  • Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid‎, Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis)

Latin

Etymology

From modus (“measure, mode, manner, way”); the adverb derives from its ablative form. The short vowel in the adverb is an example of iambic shortening that became conventional in Classical Latin (as in ego).

Pronunciation

Adverb

modo (not comparable)

  1. just, only, merely, simply
    Synonyms: tantum, sōlum
    Tunc, (ille) modo edere volēbat. ― At that time, he wanted only to eat.
    Semel modo nōn satis.
    Only one time is not enough.
  2. recently, just now
    Latrōcinium modo factum est. ― A robbery has just now taken place.
  3. presently

Usage notes

modo ... modo ― at one time ... at another

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Dalmatian: mut
  • Italian: mo' (archaic or southern)
  • Neapolitan: mo
  • Romagnol: mo
  • Romanian: măi
  • Sardinian: modu
  • ⇒ Vulgar Latin: (see there for further descendants)

Noun

modō m

  1. dative/ablative singular of modus

See also

References

Further reading

  • “modo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “modo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • modo in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • modo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) to translate freely: his fere verbis, hoc fere modo convertere, transferre
    • (ambiguous) with no moderation: sine modo; nullo modo adhibito
    • (ambiguous) to flee like deer, sheep: pecorum modo fugere (Liv. 40. 27)

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin modus (“measure; manner”), from Proto-Indo-European *med- (“to measure”).

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: mo‧do

Noun

modo m (plural modos)

  1. mode; way; method (method or manner of doing something)
    Synonyms: jeito, maneira, método, moda
  2. mode; state; condition
    Synonyms: condição, estado
  3. (grammar) mood
  4. (music) mode (one of several ancient scales)

Hyponyms

Related terms

Sardinian

Etymology

From Latin modo.

Adverb

modo

  1. (Campidanese, medieval) now

Descendants

References

  • Wagner, Max Leopold (1960–1964) “kòmo”, in Dizionario etimologico sardo, Heidelberg

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *mǫdo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mòːdɔ/, /móːdɔ/

Noun

mọ̄do n

  1. testicle

Inflection

 The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Neuter, hard
nom. sing. módo
gen. sing. móda
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik) 		módo módi móda
genitive
(rodȋlnik) 		móda mód mód
dative
(dajȃlnik) 		módu módoma módom
accusative
(tožȋlnik) 		módo módi móda
locative
(mẹ̑stnik) 		módu módih módih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik) 		módom módoma módi

Derived terms

See also

Further reading

  • “modo”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin modus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmodo/
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -odo
  • Syllabification: mo‧do

Noun

modo m (plural modos)

  1. way, manner
    Synonyms: manera, forma
    a mi modo de ver
    the way I see it
  2. (grammar) mood
  3. (following "ni") (no) matter; (there is no) solution (but oh well)
    Ni modo, es un trabajo sucio pero alguien tiene que hacerlo.
    No matter, it's a dirty job but somebody has to do it.

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Further reading

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