"motte" meaning in French

See motte in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /mɔt/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-motte.wav Forms: mottes [plural]
Rhymes: -ɔt Etymology: Inherited 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”). Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|fro|mote||mound|g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French mote (“mound”), {{inh+|fr|fro|mote||mound}} Inherited from Old French mote (“mound”), {{der|fr|ML.|mota||a mound, hill}} Medieval Latin mota (“a mound, hill”), {{der|fr|gem|-}} Germanic, {{der|fr|frk|*mot}} Frankish *mot, {{der|fr|gem-pro|*mutô}} Proto-Germanic *mutô Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} motte f (plural mottes)
  1. motte (mound of earth) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-motte-fr-noun-7JzV~ki2
  2. clod (lump of earth) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-motte-fr-noun-zf4mugmO
  3. block, lump (of food etc.) Tags: feminine Synonyms: tas
    Sense id: en-motte-fr-noun-f2MaoK-a
  4. (colloquial) pubic mound, mons veneris Tags: colloquial, feminine Synonyms: mont de Vénus
    Sense id: en-motte-fr-noun-vm0sfdzP Categories (other): Eupen Limburgish, Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries, French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Eupen Limburgish: 7 7 12 7 0 0 6 25 6 0 2 5 0 0 9 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 6 entries: 14 5 6 4 1 1 5 19 6 2 3 12 1 1 8 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 5 5 3 1 1 6 23 7 1 2 10 1 1 10 14 Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 3 3 21 73
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: emmotter, émottage, émottement, émotteur, La Grande-Motte, mini-motte, motteux, mottier, motton, rase-motte, taper dans la motte

Inflected forms

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          "text": "motte de beurre",
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    },
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      "word": "émottement"
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      "word": "mottier"
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      "rhymes": "-ɔt"
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}

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