motor

From Latin mōtō (“I set in motion”).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈməʊtə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmoʊt̬ɚ/
• Hyphenation: mo‧tor

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motor (plural motors)

1. A machine or device that converts any form of energy into mechanical energy, or imparts motion.
2. (colloquial) A motor car, or automobile.

   Nice motor!

   • 1907, Robert William Chambers, chapter I, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, OCLC 24962326:

     It was flood-tide along Fifth Avenue; motor, brougham, and victoria swept by on the glittering current; pretty women glanced out from limousine and tonneau; young men of his own type, silk-hatted, frock-coated, the crooks of their walking sticks tucked up under their left arms, passed on the Park side.

3. (figuratively) A source of power for something; an inspiration; a driving force.
4. Any protein capable of converting chemical energy into mechanical work.
5. (Christianity, archaic, poetic) The controller or prime mover of the universe; God.
6. (prison slang) The fermenting mass of fruit that is the basis of pruno, or "prison wine".

• motour (very rare)

• engine

• motoric
• psychomotor
• sensorimotor

motor (not comparable)

1. (biology) relating to the ability to move

   She has excellent motor skills.

2. Relating to motor cars

   Motor insurance is expensive for youngsters.

• motor unit

motor (third-person singular simple present motors, present participle motoring, simple past and past participle motored)

1. (dated) To make a journey by motor vehicle; to drive.

   On Saturday we motored down to Plymouth.

2. (informal) To move at a brisk pace.

   Sales were slow at first, but now things are really motoring.

3. (slang) To leave.

   I gotta motor.

• Motor Neurons at Motor Units on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• motor at OneLook Dictionary Search
• motor in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

• morto

motor (plural motors, diminutive motortjie)

1. car, automobile
2. engine, motor

motor m (plural motores)

1. engine, motor (mechanical device)

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /moˈto/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /muˈtor/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /moˈtoɾ/
• Rhymes: -oɾ

motor (feminine motora, masculine plural motors, feminine plural motores)

1. motor

motor m (plural motors)

1. motor

• Hyphenation: mo‧tor

From English motor, from Latin moto.

motor

1. a motor; an engine

Short for motorcycle.

motor

1. a motorcycle

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:motor.

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• Rhymes: -otor

motor m inan

1. engine, motor

• motokára
• motorka
• motorový
• motorista
• motoristický
• motorismus
• motorizovat
• motorizace

• See motiv

• motor in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• motor in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

• IPA^(key): /moːtɔr/, [ˈmoːtˢɒ]

motor c (singular definite motoren, plural indefinite motorer)

1. motor, engine

Borrowed from English motor, from Latin motor. In the sense “motorbike” motor was originally short for motorrijwiel or motorfiets.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmoːtɔr/, /ˈmoːtər/

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• Rhymes: -oːtɔr, -oːtər
• Hyphenation: mo‧tor

motor m (plural motoren or motors, diminutive motortje n)

1. engine (mechanical device)
2. motorbike

   Synonyms: motorfiets, motorrijwiel

• middenmotor
• motorcoureur
• motorfiets
• motorrijwiel
• motorvoertuig

• motoriek
• motoriseren

From English motor or German Motor, from Latin motor, moto (“I set in motion”).[1]

• IPA^(key): [ˈmotor]

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• Hyphenation: mo‧tor

motor (plural motorok)

1. engine, motor

Borrowed from Dutch motor.

motor (plural motor-motor, first-person possessive motorku, second-person possessive motormu, third-person possessive motornya)

1. engine
2. (informal) motorcycle
3. (figuratively) important person in organization.

• enjin
• mesin

• “motor” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

• IPA^(key): /moˈtor/

motor (plural motores)

1. motor

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmoː.tor/, [ˈmoː.tɔr]

mōtor

1. first-person singular present passive indicative of mōtō

• motor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• motor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

motor m (definite singular motoren, indefinite plural motorer, definite plural motorene)

1. engine, motor

motor m (definite singular motoren, indefinite plural motorar, definite plural motorane)

1. engine, motor

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔ.tɔr/

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motor m inan

1. (colloquial) motorcycle
2. engine

• (#1) motocykl
• (#2) silnik

From French moteur, from Latin motor.

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /muˈtoɾ/

motor m (feminine singular motora, masculine plural motores, feminine plural motoras, comparable)

1. motive

motor m (plural motores)

1. motor
2. engine

• IPA^(key): /moˈtor/

motor n (plural motoare)

1. engine

From Latin motor.

mòtōr m (Cyrillic spelling мо̀то̄р)

1. engine, motor
2. (colloquial) motorcycle

• mòtōrnī

• IPA^(key): /ˈmóːtɔr/
• Tonal orthography: mọ̑tor

mótor m inan (genitive mótorja, nominative plural mótorji)

1. engine

From Latin motor.

• IPA^(key): /moˈtoɾ/, [moˈt̪oɾ]

motor (feminine singular motora, masculine plural motores, feminine plural motoras)

1. moving

• oculomotor

motor m (plural motores)

1. engine

• motorismo
• motorista

• “motor” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

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motor c

1. engine, motor

motor (definite accusative motoru, plural motorlar)

1. engine (mechanical device)

Compare Italian motore

motor m (plural motori) or motor m (plural moturi)

1. motor, engine