moto
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English
Noun
moto (plural motos)
- 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.
- American Motorcyclist, Jan 1982:
- (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.
Derived terms
Verb
moto (third-person singular simple present motos, present participle motoing, simple past and past participle motoed)
- To use or ride a moto (“n.”) (vehicle)
- Synonym of motor (“v.”) (ride a vehicle)
Anagrams
Asturian
Noun
moto f (plural motos)
- motorcycle (open-seated motor-powered vehicle with two wheels)
Synonyms
Catalan
Etymology
Clipping of motocicleta.
Pronunciation
Noun
moto f (plural motos)
- bike (motorcycle)
Further reading
- “moto” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Chichewa
Pronunciation
Noun
móto class 3
Chinese
Etymology
Irregular romanisation of 冇圖／冇图 (mou5 tou4, “no image”).
Pronunciation
Interjection
moto
- (Hong Kong Cantonese, Internet slang) used in situations where no image is provided in a post or thread
Czech
Alternative forms
- motto (more common)
Noun
moto n
Declension
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Finnish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Possibly from muoto.
Noun
moto (colloquial)
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 | ||
| abessive | mototta | motoitta | ||
| instructive | — | motoin | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
Further reading
- “moto”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01
Etymology 2
Noun
moto (informal)
- (forestry) 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 | ||
| abessive | mototta | motoitta | ||
| instructive | — | motoin | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
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French
Etymology
Shortened form of motocyclette
Pronunciation
Noun
moto f (plural motos)
Further reading
- “moto”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
Galician
Etymology
Clipping of motocicleta.
Noun
moto f (plural motos)
- bike (motorcycle)
Ido
Noun
moto (plural moti)
Italian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Shortened form of motocicletta.
Noun
moto f (invariable)
- Clipping of motocicletta.; motorcycle
Etymology 2
Noun
moto m (plural moti)
Derived terms
Anagrams
Japanese
Romanization
moto
Javanese
Noun
moto
- Nonstandard spelling of mata.
Latin
Pronunciation
Participle
mōtō
Verb
mōtō (present infinitive mōtāre, perfect active mōtāvī, supine mōtātum); first conjugation
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.
Lingala
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀ntʊ̀.
Noun
moto class 1 (plural bato class 2)
Derived terms
Mwani
Noun
moto class 3
Nigerian Pidgin
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
moto
Norman
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
moto m (plural motos)
Synonyms
Portuguese
Etymology 1
Clipping of motocicleta.
Pronunciation
Noun
moto f (plural motos)
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Noun
moto m (plural motos)
Etymology 3
Alteration of mote; compare also Italian motto.
Pronunciation
Noun
moto m (plural motos)
Etymology 4
Pronunciation
Noun
moto m (plural motos)
- (Mozambique) fire; light
References
- ^ “moto” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- ^ “moto” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Clipping of motocicleta.
Noun
moto f (plural motos)
- Clipping of motocicleta.; motorcycle
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From mojón.
Noun
moto m (plural motos)
Further reading
- “moto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swahili
Etymology
From -ota.
Pronunciation
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Noun
moto (m-mi class, plural mioto)
Derived terms
- motoni (“hell”)
Tiruray
Noun
moto
Tok Pisin
Etymology
Noun
moto
Wutunhua
Etymology
Borrowed from Mandarin 摩托 (mótuō), from English motor.
Pronunciation
Noun
moto