Nêr
mot
Mane (English)
- word
- note, (short) message
- answer to an enigma
Synonyms
mot d’honneur
mot d’esprit
message verbal
phrasedomain:lang
Pircarînî
Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin
/mo/
Etymology (English)
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.
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