motto

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. A personal slogan.
2. A sentence, phrase, or word, forming part of an heraldic achievement.
3. A sentence, phrase, or word, prefixed to an essay, discourse, chapter, canto, or the like, suggestive of its subject matter; a short, suggestive expression of a guiding principle; a maxim.
4. (obsolete) A paper packet containing a sweetmeat, cracker, etc., together with a scrap of paper bearing a motto.

Verb

To compose mottos.

Concepts

devise

épigraphe

slogan

proverbe

sentence

apophtegme

mot de passe

mot d’ordre

Synonymes

slogan

catchword

maxim

aphorism

proverb

watchword

adage

saying

saw

🪚

dictum

byword

precept

device

shibboleth

epigram

printed

rallying cry

sentence

slogans

ways

word

encouraging speech

expression

wishing speech

axiom

catchphrase

catch phrase

chant

devise

emblem

epigraph

formula

gnome

golden saying

legend

oration

phrase

principles

Traductions

motto

Motto

lema

lema

motto

lema

leus

Wahlspruch

Devise

lijfspreuk

devies

leuze

wapenspreuk

zinspreuk

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈmɑ.toʊ/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Borrowed from Italian motto (“a word, a saying”), from Latin muttum (“a mutter, a grunt”), late 16th c.. Doublet of mot.

Phrases

His episcopal motto is " Holiness in Truth and Charity ".