English[]
Pronunciation[]
Etymology 1[]
Abbreviation of month.
Abbreviation[]
Mo (plural mos)
Etymology 2[]
Shortening of moment.
Noun[]
Singular |
Plural |
Mo (-)
- moment
- "Hang on a mo!"
Etymology 3[]
Shortening of homo, itself a short form of homosexual.
Noun[]
Singular |
Plural |
Mo ({{{1}}})
- a homosexual
Anagrams[]
- mo,
- om, O.M.
Amanab[]
Noun[]
mo
- speech, language, word
Guadeloupean Creole[]
Etymology[]
From French mot (“‘word’”)
Haitian Creole[]
Etymology[]
From French mot (“‘word’”)
Noun[]
Mo
- word
Irish[]
Pronunciation[]
- IPA: [mˠə]
Pronoun[]
Template:Ga-pron
Related terms[]
- m' (form used before a vowel or lenited f)
Usage notes[]
- Triggers lenition of a following noun:
- Used before the verbal noun to indicate direct object:
Italian[]
Adverb[]
Mo
- Alternative spelling of mo'.
Japanese[]
Particle[]
mo
- も: too, also, so
Korean[]
Noun[]
mo (hangul: 모)
- protrusion
- corner
- angle
- aspect
Derived terms[]
- nemo (네모) quadrangle, rectangle, square
- semo (세모) triangle
Related terms[]
- moseori (모서리) corner
- motung-i (모퉁이) corner
Lojban[]
Cmavo[]
Template:Jbo-cmavo
- used as the selbri, the word indicates asking for the selbri.
- do mo
- What are you? or What are you doing?
- le cukta cu mo le karce
- How are the book and the car related?
- do mo
Mandarin[]
Pinyin syllable[]
Template:Cmn-alt-pinyin
- A transliteration of any of a number of Chinese characters properly represented as having one of four tones, mō, mó, mǒ, or mò.
- 么: interrogative particle; repetition of a tune small; tender
- 庅: an interrogative particle
- 麼, 麽: interrogative final particle; insignificant, small, tiny
Usage notes[]
English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.
Martinique Creole[]
Etymology[]
From French mot (“‘word’”)
Noun[]
Mo
- word
Mauritian Creole[]
Etymology[]
From French mot (“‘word’”)
Noun[]
Mo
- word
Norwegian[]
Etymology[]
From Old Norse mór (“‘moor’”)
Noun[]
Mo
- moor
- heath
Inflection[]
indefinite singular | definite singular | indefinite plural | definite plural | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Bokmål m | Mo | Moen | Moer | Moene |
Nynorsk m | Mo | Moen | Moar | Moane |
NB: This section is incomplete, as there are four more meanings and different etymons. See Bokmåls- og nynorskordboka, Universitetet i Oslo.
Réunion Creole[]
Etymology[]
From French mot (“‘word’”)
Noun[]
Mo
- word
Saint Lucian Creole[]
Etymology[]
From French mot (“‘word’”)
Noun[]
Mo
- word
Scottish Gaelic[]
Etymology[]
Old Irish mo, mu
Pronoun[]
Mo
Usage notes[]
- Lenites the following word.
- mo + baile = mo bhaile (my town)
- Takes the form m' before words beginning with a vowel: m' ainm (my name).
el:mo es:mo eo:mo fr:mo fy:mo ga:mo gl:mo it:mo lt:mo nl:mo ja:mo no:mo pt:mo sg:mo sl:mo fi:mo sv:mo tr:mo vi:mo vo:mo