motte

See also:Motte,mõtte,mötte,andmøtte

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈmɒt/

Etymology 1

FromFrenchmotte,fromAnglo-Norman/Old Frenchmotte(“mound, hillock”).Doubletofmoat.

Noun

motte(pluralmottes)

1. Araisedearthmound,oftentoppedwith awoodenorstonestructureandsurroundedwith aditch.
   • 2013September 13, Richard Huscroft,The Norman Conquest: A New Introduction,Routledge,→ISBN:

     Themottewas a mound made of earth and surrounded by a ditch.

2. Anargumentwhich isuncontroversialand easy to defend (in the context of amotte and baileyfallacy).

   Coordinate term:bailey

   • 2023February 10, “Why Birds Are Not Dinosaurs (And Why It Matters)”, inAnswers in Genesis‎^[1],archived fromthe originalon2023-03-15:

     "Birds are dinosaurs" is the bailey; "birds are more similar to dinosaurs than anything else" is themotte.

     Answers in Genesisis an organization which advocates in favour ofYoung Earth creationism.

Derived terms

• motte and bailey

Related terms

• moat

Translations

earth mound

• Galician:motaf
• Italian:motta(it)f
• Sicilian:mottaf

Etymology 2

Alternative forms.

Noun

motte(pluralmottes)

1. Alternative form ofmott

Anagrams

• motet,totem

Dutch

Etymology

FromMiddle Dutchmote,perhaps viaFrankish*mot,*motta(“mud, peat, bog, turf”),fromProto-Germanic*mutô,*mudraz,*muþraz(“dirt, filth, mud, swamp”).Likely influenced byFrenchmotte.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈmɔ.tə/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation:mot‧te
• Rhymes:-ɔtə

Noun

mottef(pluralmottes,diminutivemottetjen)

1. araisedearthmound,oftentoppedwith awoodenorstonestructureandsurroundedwith aditch;amotte

Derived terms

• mottekasteel

Anagrams

• totem

French

Etymology

InheritedfromOld Frenchmote(“mound”),fromMedieval Latinmota(“a mound, hill”),ofGermanicorigin, perhaps viaFrankish*mot,*motta(“mud, peat, bog, turf”),fromProto-Germanic*mutô,*mudraz,*muþraz(“dirt, filth, mud, swamp”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/mɔt/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes:-ɔt

Noun

mottef(pluralmottes)

1. motte(mound of earth)
2. clod(lump of earth)
3. block,lump(of food etc.)

   Synonym:tas

   mottede beurre

   lumpof butter

4. (colloquial)pubic mound,mons veneris

   Synonym:mont de Vénus

Derived terms

• emmotter
• émottage
• émottement
• émotteur
• La Grande-Motte
• mini-motte
• motteux
• mottier
• motton
• rase-motte
• taper dans la motte

Further reading

• “motte”,inTrésor de la langue française informatisé[Digitized Treasury of the French Language],2012.
• Walther von Wartburg(1928–2002) “mŭtt”, inFranzösisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch,volumes 6/3: Mobilis–Myxa,page294

German

Verb

motte

1. inflection ofmotten:
   1. first-personsingularpresent
   2. first/third-personsingularsubjunctiveI
   3. singularimperative

Japanese

Romanization

motte

1. Rōmajitranscription ofもって

Limburgish

Etymology

FromMiddle Dutchmoeten,fromOld Dutchmuotan,fromProto-West Germanic*mōtan,fromProto-Germanic*mōtaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈmo.tə/,[ˈmoʊ̯.te]
• Rhymes:-otə

Verb

motte(third-person singular presentmott,past participlegemosst,auxiliary verbhaane)(Eupen)

1. (auxiliary,with an infinitive → “motte”replaces the past participle)tohave to(do something);must;to beobliged(to do something); toneed(to do something).
2. (intransitive)to benecessary,to berequired
3. (intransitive)tohave togo,toneedto go,mustgo
4. (intransitive,euphemistic)to need to go to thetoilet

Conjugation

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