moto

See also: MOTO, Moto, Motō, motó, mo̱to, mọto, moːto, moto-, -moto, and mô tô

English

Noun

moto (plural motos)

1. 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.

2. (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

• mini-moto
• moto-cross
• moto-x

 

Verb

moto (third-person singular simple present motos, present participle motoing, simple past and past participle motoed)

1. To use or ride a moto (“n.”) (vehicle)
2. Synonym of motor (“v.”) (ride a vehicle)

Anagrams

• moot, tomo-, toom

Asturian

Noun

moto f (plural motos)

1. motorcycle (open-seated motor-powered vehicle with two wheels)

Synonyms

• motocicleta

Catalan

Etymology

Clipping of motocicleta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈmo.tu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈmo.to]

Noun

moto f (plural motos)

1. bike (motorcycle)

Further reading

• “moto” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Chichewa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmó.to/

Noun

móto class 3

1. fire

Chinese

Etymology

Irregular romanisation of 冇圖 / 冇图 (mou5 tou4, “no image”).

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁵ tou⁴ / mou¹ tou¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁵ tou⁴ / mou¹ tou¹
    • Yale: móuh tòuh / mōu tōu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁵ tou⁴ / mou¹ tou¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁵ tou⁴ / mou¹ tou¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯¹³ tʰou̯²¹/, /mou̯⁵⁵ tʰou̯⁵⁵/

Interjection

moto

1. (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

1. motto

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmoto/, [ˈmo̞t̪o̞]
• Rhymes: -oto
• Hyphenation^(key): mo‧to

Etymology 1

Possibly from muoto.

Noun

moto (colloquial)

1. Synonym of face, especially as a place to hit in a fight

   Synonyms: turpa, kuono

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.

Possessive forms of moto (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative motoni motoni accusative nom. motoni motoni gen. motoni genitive motoni motojeni partitive motoani motojani inessive motossani motoissani elative motostani motoistani illative motooni motoihini adessive motollani motoillani ablative motoltani motoiltani allative motolleni motoilleni essive motonani motoinani translative motokseni motoikseni abessive motottani motoittani instructive — — comitative — motoineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative motosi motosi accusative nom. motosi motosi gen. motosi genitive motosi motojesi partitive motoasi motojasi inessive motossasi motoissasi elative motostasi motoistasi illative motoosi motoihisi adessive motollasi motoillasi ablative motoltasi motoiltasi allative motollesi motoillesi essive motonasi motoinasi translative motoksesi motoiksesi abessive motottasi motoittasi instructive — — comitative — motoinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative motomme motomme accusative nom. motomme motomme gen. motomme genitive motomme motojemme partitive motoamme motojamme inessive motossamme motoissamme elative motostamme motoistamme illative motoomme motoihimme adessive motollamme motoillamme ablative motoltamme motoiltamme allative motollemme motoillemme essive motonamme motoinamme translative motoksemme motoiksemme abessive motottamme motoittamme instructive — — comitative — motoinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative motonne motonne accusative nom. motonne motonne gen. motonne genitive motonne motojenne partitive motoanne motojanne inessive motossanne motoissanne elative motostanne motoistanne illative motoonne motoihinne adessive motollanne motoillanne ablative motoltanne motoiltanne allative motollenne motoillenne essive motonanne motoinanne translative motoksenne motoiksenne abessive motottanne motoittanne instructive — — comitative — motoinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative motonsa motonsa accusative nom. motonsa motonsa gen. motonsa genitive motonsa motojensa partitive motoaan motoansa motojaan motojansa inessive motossaan motossansa motoissaan motoissansa elative motostaan motostansa motoistaan motoistansa illative motoonsa motoihinsa adessive motollaan motollansa motoillaan motoillansa ablative motoltaan motoltansa motoiltaan motoiltansa allative motolleen motollensa motoilleen motoillensa essive motonaan motonansa motoinaan motoinansa translative motokseen motoksensa motoikseen motoiksensa abessive motottaan motottansa motoittaan motoittansa instructive — — comitative — motoineen motoinensa

Further reading

• “moto”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (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

Clipping of monitoimikone

Noun

moto (informal)

1. (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.

Possessive forms of moto (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative motoni motoni accusative nom. motoni motoni gen. motoni genitive motoni motojeni partitive motoani motojani inessive motossani motoissani elative motostani motoistani illative motooni motoihini adessive motollani motoillani ablative motoltani motoiltani allative motolleni motoilleni essive motonani motoinani translative motokseni motoikseni abessive motottani motoittani instructive — — comitative — motoineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative motosi motosi accusative nom. motosi motosi gen. motosi genitive motosi motojesi partitive motoasi motojasi inessive motossasi motoissasi elative motostasi motoistasi illative motoosi motoihisi adessive motollasi motoillasi ablative motoltasi motoiltasi allative motollesi motoillesi essive motonasi motoinasi translative motoksesi motoiksesi abessive motottasi motoittasi instructive — — comitative — motoinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative motomme motomme accusative nom. motomme motomme gen. motomme genitive motomme motojemme partitive motoamme motojamme inessive motossamme motoissamme elative motostamme motoistamme illative motoomme motoihimme adessive motollamme motoillamme ablative motoltamme motoiltamme allative motollemme motoillemme essive motonamme motoinamme translative motoksemme motoiksemme abessive motottamme motoittamme instructive — — comitative — motoinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative motonne motonne accusative nom. motonne motonne gen. motonne genitive motonne motojenne partitive motoanne motojanne inessive motossanne motoissanne elative motostanne motoistanne illative motoonne motoihinne adessive motollanne motoillanne ablative motoltanne motoiltanne allative motollenne motoillenne essive motonanne motoinanne translative motoksenne motoiksenne abessive motottanne motoittanne instructive — — comitative — motoinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative motonsa motonsa accusative nom. motonsa motonsa gen. motonsa genitive motonsa motojensa partitive motoaan motoansa motojaan motojansa inessive motossaan motossansa motoissaan motoissansa elative motostaan motostansa motoistaan motoistansa illative motoonsa motoihinsa adessive motollaan motollansa motoillaan motoillansa ablative motoltaan motoltansa motoiltaan motoiltansa allative motolleen motollensa motoilleen motoillensa essive motonaan motonansa motoinaan motoinansa translative motokseen motoksensa motoikseen motoiksensa abessive motottaan motottansa motoittaan motoittansa instructive — — comitative — motoineen motoinensa

French

Etymology

Shortened form of motocyclette

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔ.to/
• IPA^(key): /mɔ.to/, /mo.to/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -o

Noun

moto f (plural motos)

1. bike, motorbike (motorcycle)

Further reading

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

Galician

Etymology

Clipping of motocicleta.

Noun

moto f (plural motos)

1. bike (motorcycle)

Ido

Noun

moto (plural moti)

1. motto, saying, maxim

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔ.to/
• Rhymes: -ɔto
• Hyphenation: mò‧to

Etymology 1

Shortened form of motocicletta.

Noun

moto f (invariable)

1. Clipping of motocicletta.; motorcycle

Etymology 2

From Latin mōtus.

Noun

moto m (plural moti)

1. movement
2. motion
3. exercise
4. uprising, revolt

Derived terms

• con moto
• moto browniano

Anagrams

• -tomo, tomo, tomo-

Japanese

Romanization

moto

1. Rōmaji transcription of もと

Javanese

Noun

moto

1. Nonstandard spelling of mata.

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈmoː.toː/, [ˈmoːt̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmo.to/, [ˈmɔːt̪o]

Participle

mōtō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of mōtus

Verb

mōtō (present infinitive mōtāre, perfect active mōtāvī, supine mōtātum); first conjugation

1. to set in motion
2. to keep moving

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)

1. person, man, human

Derived terms

• bomoto
• emoto

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *moto (compare with Hawaiian moko, Tahitian moto, Tongan moto and momoto)

Verb

moto

1. to strike with the fist, to punch, to box

   Synonyms: meke, tuki

Noun

moto

1. hit or blow with the first, punch

   Synonym: meke

Derived terms

• momoto
• motomoto

Further reading

• “moto” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Mwani

Noun

moto class 3

1. fire

Nigerian Pidgin

Etymology

Ultimately from English motor; see Yoruba mọ́tò, Igbo moto, Hausa mota.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mò.to/

Noun

moto

1. car

   I see moto dem.

   I saw cars.

Norman

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

moto m (plural motos)

1. (Guernsey, Jersey) car

Synonyms

• vaituthe

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Clipping of motocicleta.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔ.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔ.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔ.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔ.tɔ/, /ˈmɔ.tu/

Noun

moto f (plural motos)

1. motorcycle

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin mōtus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔ.tu/

Noun

moto m (plural motos)

1. movement, motion
2. agitation, circulation, rotation
3. shake

Etymology 3

Alteration of mote; compare also Italian motto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔ.tu/

Noun

moto m (plural motos)

1. (art) artist's signature
2. (heraldry) motto

Etymology 4

Borrowed from Ngungwel moto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔ.tu/

Noun

moto m (plural motos)

1. (Mozambique) fire; light

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmoto/ [ˈmo.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -oto
• Syllabification: mo‧to

Etymology 1

Clipping of motocicleta.

Noun

moto f (plural motos)

1. Clipping of motocicleta.; motorcycle

Derived terms

• como una moto
• moto de agua
• moto de nieve
• robamotos
• vendemotos
• vender la moto

 

Etymology 2

From mojón.

Noun

moto m (plural motos)

1. milestone

   Synonym: hito

Further reading

• “moto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Swahili

Etymology

From -ota.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Noun

moto class III (plural mioto class IV)

1. fire, flame
2. energy, charge
3. heat, temperature, warmth
4. exertion, glowing
5. zeal
6. bruise, welts, marks

Derived terms

• motoni (“hell”)

Tahitian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *moto (compare with Hawaiian moko, Maori moto)

Verb

moto

1. to strike with the fist, to punch, to box

Noun

moto

1. boxing
   1. traditional Tahitian combat boxing

Further reading

• Yves Lemaître, Lexique du tahitien contemporain (Current Tahitian lexicon), 1995.
• “moto” in Dictionnaire en ligne Tahitien/Français (Online Tahitian–French Dictionary), by the Tahitian Academy.

Tiruray

Noun

moto

1. (anatomy) eye

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English motor.

Noun

moto

1. motor

Wutunhua

Etymology

Borrowed from Mandarin 摩托 (mótuō), from English motor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [motʰo]

Noun

moto

1. motorcycle
   • 2014, Wutun villagers, “Mani session 1”, in Interactive Inner Asia Project‎^[3]:

     men she moto-ge yek-li-zhe.

     There is a motorcycle outside the door.

     (Transcriptions have been standardized per Wiktionary:About Wutunhua.)