"mot" meaning in French

See mot in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /mo/, /mɔ/ (note: older, now chiefly Belgium) Audio: Fr-mot.ogg , Fr-BE-le mot.ogg [Belgium], LL-Q150 (fra)-DSwissK-mot.wav [Switzerland, Valais], LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-mot.wav [France, Toulouse], LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-mot.wav [France, Vosges], LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-mot.wav [France, Vosges], LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-mot.wav [France, Lyon] Forms: mots [plural]
Rhymes: -o, -ɔ Etymology: Inherited from Middle French mot, from Old French mot, from Late Latin muttum (“sound”), from muttīre (“mutter, make a mu-noise”), of onomatopoeic origin. Has almost entirely replaced parole in Modern French, perhaps because of its brevity. Compare Catalan mot. Etymology templates: {{etymon|fr|:inh|frm:mot}} [Appendix:Glossary#back-formation|Back-formation]] from", "terms" : [ { "alt" : "muttīre", "gloss" : "to mutter, murmur, talk quietly", "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "muttio", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "back-formation" } ], "lang_name" : "Late Latin", "term" : "muttum", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la-lat" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "mot", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle French", "term" : "mot", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "frm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "French", "term" : "mot", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fr" }" data-lang="fr" data-title="mot">, {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm|mot|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French mot, {{inh+|fr|frm|mot}} Inherited from Middle French mot, {{inh|fr|fro|mot}} Old French mot, {{inh|fr|la-lat|muttum|t=sound}} Late Latin muttum (“sound”), {{onomatopoeic|fr|nocap=1}} onomatopoeic, {{cog|ca|mot}} Catalan mot Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} mot m (plural mots)
  1. word Tags: masculine Synonyms: parole
    Sense id: en-mot-fr-noun-mMHrTuk0 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 38 22 41
  2. note, (short) message Tags: masculine Synonyms: message, note
    Sense id: en-mot-fr-noun-pwLUj8h4 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 38 22 41
  3. answer to an enigma Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-mot-fr-noun-evubVImt Categories (other): French entries with etymon, French entries with incorrect language header, French onomatopoeias, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of French entries with etymon: 32 24 44 Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 38 22 41 Disambiguation of French onomatopoeias: 32 25 43 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 24 18 34 24 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 24 18 34 24
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Inflected forms

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      "word": "à mots couverts"
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      "word": "au bas mot"
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      "word": "avoir son mot à dire"
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      "word": "mot de Cambronne"
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      "word": "une image vaut mille mots"
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        "plural"
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          "english": "The poet is rather more an evoker of feelings and images than an arranger of rhymes and words.",
          "ref": "1903, Louise-Victorine Ackermann, Pensées d'une solitaire, page 43:",
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      "word": "à mots couverts"
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      "word": "arracher les mots de la bouche"
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    {
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    {
      "word": "prendre au mot"
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    {
      "word": "qui ne dit mot consent"
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      "word": "sans mot dire"
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      "word": "sans piper mot"
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      "lang_code": "pt",
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        "borrowed"
      ],
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              93,
              97
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              93
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        "answer to an enigma"
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}

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