motor

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. A machine or device that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy, or imparts motion.
2. (colloquial) A motor car, or automobile, even a goods vehicle.
3. A source of power for something; an inspiration; a driving force.
4. Any protein capable of converting chemical energy into mechanical work.
5. The controller or prime mover of the universe; God.
6. (slang) The fermenting mass of fruit that is the basis of pruno, or "prison wine".

Adj

1. Relating to the ability to move.
2. Relating to motor cars.
3. Propelled by an internal combustion engine (as opposed to a steam engine or turbine).

Verb

1. To make a journey by motor vehicle; to drive.
2. To rotate a jet engine or turboprop using the engine's starter, without introducing fuel into the engine.
3. (informal) To progress at a brisk pace.
4. (slang) To leave.

Concepten

motor

engine

machine

machinery

drive

car

ride

motive

wheels

mechanical device

automobile

transport

vehicle

motah

centrifugal

automotive

tool

mechanism

motorboat

motorcycle

box

cashbox

cashier’s stand

chest

fund

money box

till

diesel engine

pony engine

steam engine

generator

apparatus

appliance

mover

motor car

motor boat

impellent

motivation

prop

propeller

actuating

locomotive

motile

camera

electric motor

electrical motor

electromotor

chase

chauffeur

course

drift

drive in

lead

run

take

cruise

drive around

joyride

shave

tool around

motional

put-put

actor

author

creator

doer

factor

maker

perpetrator

bucket

clunker

junker

wreck

gas-engine

heat engine

piston engine

thermal machine

powerhouse

Met koppelteken als

mo‧tor

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈməʊtə/

Etymologie (Engels)

From Middle English motour (“controller, prime mover; God”), from Latin mōtor (“mover; that which moves something”), from mōtō (“I set in motion”).