mot

Betekenis

1. word
2. note, (short) message
3. answer to an enigma

Geslag

♂️ Manlik

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/mo/

Etimologie

Inherited 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.

Sinne

Dans le mot palpitant le lecteur la sent vivre .

In the thrilling word the reader feels it live.

La mouche , pour rappeler le vieux mot déjà cité , n'avale pas un éléphant .

The fly, to recall the old word already mentioned, does not swallow an elephant.