moot

Betekenis (Engels)

Adj

1. (rare) Subject to discussion (originally at a moot); arguable, debatable, unsolved or impossible to solve.
2. (Canada, US) Being an exercise of thought; academic.
3. (Canada, US) Having no practical consequence or relevance.

Noun

1. A moot court.
2. A system of arbitration in many areas of Africa in which the primary goal is to settle a dispute and reintegrate adversaries into society rather than assess penalties.
3. A gathering of Rovers, usually in the form of a camp lasting two weeks.
4. A social gathering of pagans, normally held in a public house.
5. (historical) An assembly (usually for decision-making in a locality).
6. A ring for gauging wooden pins.

Verb

1. To bring up as a subject for debate.
2. To discuss or debate.
3. (US) To make or declare irrelevant.
4. To argue or plead in a supposed case.
5. (obsolete, regional) To talk or speak.
6. (Northern-England, Scotland) To say, utter, also insinuate.

Noun

1. (Northern-England, Scotland, countable, uncountable) A whisper, or an insinuation, also gossip or rumors.
2. (Northern-England, Scotland, countable, uncountable) Talk.

Noun

The vagina.

Noun

The stump of a tree; the roots and bottom end of a felled tree.

Verb

1. (West-Country) To take root and begin to grow.
2. (West-Country) To turn up soil or dig up roots, especially an animal with a snout.

Noun

A mutual follower on a social media platform.

Concepten

ter sprake brengen

hypothetisch

opperen

ter tafel brengen

omstreden

vetsje

irrelevant

opwerpen

kwestieus

betwistbaar

betwist

dispuut

Synoniemen

debate

disputable

arguable

debatable

disputed

turn over

consider

controversial

deliberate

academic

contestable

cowl

discuss

discussion

dispute

doubtful

litigious

mooted

mull over

muse

objectionable

open

pin

propose

questionable

raise

shale

speculate

spool

stir

talk over

think of

unresolved

unsettled

deliberate upon

kick around

veche

mesh gauge

mesh bar

agitate

argue

argument

argumentative

broach

cerebrate

challengeable

cogitate

contentious

Vertalingen

discutable

discutible

discutível

irrelevante

discutere

irrelevant

débat

strittig

contestable

Volksversammlung

examiner

dibattere

Streit

discutibile

discutible

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/muːt/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: mōt

Overgenomen van Oudengels: *mōt

Verwant aan Schots: mut

Verwant aan Nedersaksisch: Mööt

Verwant aan Deens: møde

Verwant aan Zweeds: möte

Verwant aan Noors: møte

Verwant aan IJslands: mót

Overgenomen van Middelengels: moten

Overgenomen van Oudengels: mōtian

In summary

From Middle English mōt, ȝemōt, from Old English *mōt, ġemōt (“meeting”), from Proto-Germanic *mōtą, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d- (“to encounter, come”). Cognate with Scots mut, mote (“meeting, assembly”), Low German Mööt (“meeting”), Moot (“meeting”), archaic Dutch (ge)moet (“meeting”), Danish møde (“meeting”), Swedish möte (“meeting”), Norwegian møte (“meeting”), Icelandic mót (“meeting, tournament, meet”). Related to meet. The adjective derives from the noun.