motto

Significado (Inglês)

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.

Conceitos

lema

mote

divisa

cambial

Lemas

Sinônimos

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

Traduções

devise

motto

lema

Motto

motto

lema

Wahlspruch

Devise

leus

devies

lijfspreuk

leuze

wapenspreuk

épigraphe

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈmɑ.toʊ/

Etimologia (Inglês)

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

Frases

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