Mote

See also motė, möte, and mõte

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English mot, from Old English mot (“‘grain of sand’”)

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -əʊt

• Homophones: moat

Noun

Singular Mote

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1. A small particle; a speck.

   "Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye." -Matthew 7:5.

2. A tiny computer for remote sensing. Also known as smartdust.

See also

• floater

Translations

A small particle; a speck

Arabic: please add this translation if you can Armenian: please add this translation if you can Finnish: hiukkanen fi(fi), hitunen fi(fi) French: atome fr(fr) m. Georgian: მტვერი ka(ka) (mtveri) German: Stäubchen de(de) n.

Hebrew: please add this translation if you can Icelandic: ögn is(is) f., rykögn is(is) f., korn is(is) n. Japanese: ほこり ja(ja) (hokori) Russian: пылинка ru(ru) (pylínka) f., соринка ru(ru) (sorínka) f. Spanish: mota es(es) f. Swedish: please add this translation if you can

Etymology 2

From Old English mōtan (“‘to be allowed to’”).

Verb

Mote

1. must

   So mote it be!

Anagrams

• emot,
• tome

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Italian

Noun

mote f.

1. Plural form of mota.

Anagrams

• emot,
• temo

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Norwegian

Noun

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1. fashion

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Spanish

Noun

Mote m. (plural Motes)

Singular Mote m.

Plural Motes m.

1. nickname
2. motto (heraldry)
3. fluff, pill
4. pearl barley
5. type of maize grain

Derived terms

• motudo
• mote de maíz
• mote de trigo

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