motor

See also: Motor and motör

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English

English Wikipedia has an article on:

motor (disambiguation)

Wikipedia

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti

Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyeti

Proto-Italic *moweō

Latin moveō

Proto-Indo-European *-tōr

Proto-Italic *-tōr

Latin -tor

Latin mōtorder.

Middle English motour

English motor

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

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈməʊtə/
(General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈmoʊtəɹ/, [ˈmoʊɾɚ]
- Audio (California): (file)
(Australia) IPA^(key): /ˈməʉtə/, [ˈməʉɾə], /ˈmɐʉtə/, [ˈmɐʉɾə]
(New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈmɐʉtə/, [ˈmɐʉɾə]
(Scotland) IPA^(key): /ˈmotəɾ/
Hyphenation: mo‧tor
Rhymes: -əʊtə(ɹ)

Noun

motor (plural motors)

A machine or device that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy, or imparts motion.
Near-synonyms: drive, engine (sometimes synonymous)

The door can close by itself because there's a small motor built into it.
(now colloquial outside attributive use) A motor car, or automobile, sometimes extended to other powered vehicles, such as goods vehicles.
Nice motor!

Motor insurance is expensive for youngsters. (attributive use)
- 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, “His Own People”, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC, page 6:
  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.
- 1918, Edith Wharton, chapter I, in The Marne, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC, page 1:
  Every since the age of six Troy Belknap of New York had embarked for Europe every June on the fastest steamer of one of the most expensive lines. With his family he had descended at the dock from a large noiseless motor, had kissed his father good-bye, turned back to shake hands with the chauffeur (a particular friend), and trotted up the gang-plank behind his mother's maid, [...]
- 1929, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, When the World Screamed‎^[1], archived from the original on 8 October 2026:
  'However, you go and try your luck and see how you like it.' With that he flung himself into his motor and was off.
- 1936, F.J. Thwaites, chapter XXII, in The Redemption, Sydney: H. John Edwards, published 1940, page 214:
  The screeching of brakes, the monotonous blare of motor horns, the clip-clip of shoes on slippery pavements, the rustling of wet mackintoshes were all part of the great metropolis.
- 1944 November and December, T. F. Cameron, “Motor and Cartage Working”, in Railway Magazine, page 338:
  Goods motors for which "A" licences are held are free to operate anywhere, to pick up the most remunerative traffic, and the points between which the best back loads are available.
(figuratively) A source of power for something; an inspiration; a driving force.
Synonym: engine
Any protein capable of converting chemical energy into mechanical work.
(Christianity, archaic, poetic) The controller or prime mover of the universe; God.
(prison slang) The fermenting mass of fruit that is the basis of pruno, or "prison wine".
Synonym: kicker

Alternative forms

motour (obsolete)

Derived terms

Related terms

motoric

Descendants

→ Cantonese: 摩打 (mo¹ daa²)
→ Persian: موتر (môtar)
→ Japanese: モーター (mōtā)
→ Korean: 모터 (moteo)
→ Burmese: မော်တော် (mautau)
→ Hausa: mōtā̀
→ Isoko: omoto
→ Nupe: mátò
→ Yoruba: mọ́tò
→ Shanghainese: 馬達 / 马达 (⁶mo-daq₈)
- → Chinese: 馬達 / 马达 (mǎ dá)
→ Tibetan: མོ་ཊ (mo ṭa)

Translations

machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy

Afrikaans: motor (af), enjin
Albanian: motor (sq) m
Amharic: ሞተር (motär)
Arabic: مُحَرِّك (ar) m (muḥarrik), مُوتُور (ar) m (mutūr)
Armenian: շարժիչ (hy) (šaržičʻ)
Azerbaijani: motor, mühərrik (az)
Belarusian: рухаві́к m (ruxavík), мато́р m (matór)
Bengali: মোটর (bn) (mōṭor), ইঞ্জিন (bn) (injin)
Bulgarian: мото́р (bg) m (motór), дви́гател (bg) m (dvígatel)
Burmese: အင်ဂျင် (my) (anggyang), မော်တော် (my) (mautau) (in compounds)
Catalan: motor (ca) m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 馬達 / 马达 (maa⁵ daat⁶), 摩托 (mo¹ tok³), 引擎 (jan⁵ king⁴), 發動機 / 发动机 (faat³ dung⁶ gei¹), 電動機 / 电动机 (din⁶ dung⁶ gei¹) (electric)

Mandarin: 馬達 / 马达 (zh) (mǎdá), 摩托 (zh) (mótuō), 引擎 (zh) (yǐnqíng), 發動機 / 发动机 (zh) (fādòngjī), 電動機 / 电动机 (zh) (diàndòngjī) (electric)
Cornish: jynn m
Czech: motor (cs) m
Danish: motor (da) c
Dutch: motor (nl) m
Esperanto: motoro
Estonian: mootor
Faroese: motorur m
Finnish: moottori (fi)
French: moteur (fr) m
Georgian: ძრავა (ʒrava), მოტორი (moṭori)
German: Motor (de) m, Triebwerk (de) n, Antrieb (de) m
Greek: μηχανή (el) f (michaní), κινητήρας (el) m (kinitíras)
Greenlandic: motoori
Hebrew: מָנוֹעַ (he) m (manóa)
Hindi: मोटर (hi) f (moṭar), इंजन (hi) m (iñjan)
Hmong:
White Hmong: please add this translation if you can
Hungarian: motor (hu)
Hunsrik: Motoer m
Icelandic: mótor (is)
Ido: motoro (io)
Indonesian: motor (id), mesin (id), enjin (id)
Interlingua: motor
Irish: mótar m
Italian: motore (it) m
Japanese: モーター (ja) (mōtā), エンジン (ja) (enjin), 機関 (ja) (きかん, kikan), 機械 (ja) (きかい, kikai), 発動機 (ja) (はつどうき, hatsudōki), 原動機 (ja) (げんどうき, kendōki), エンジン (ja) (enjin)
Kazakh: мотор (kk) (motor), қозғалтқыш (qozğaltqıš)
Khmer: ម៉ូតូ (moutou), ម៉ាស៊ីន (km) (maasɨn)
Korean: 모터 (ko) (moteo), 기관(機關) (ko) (gigwan), 엔진 (ko) (enjin)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: motor (ku), makîne (ku)
Kyrgyz: мотор (ky) (motor), кыймылдаткыч (kıymıldatkıc)
Lao: ຍົນ (lo) (nyon), ມໍເຕີ (mǭ tœ̄)
Latvian: dzinējs m, motors m
Lithuanian: variklis m, motoras m
Lü: ᦝᦱᧉᦎᦳᧂᧈᦋᦲᧈ (faa²ṫung¹tsii¹)
Macedonian: мотор (mk) m (motor)
Malay: motor (ms), enjin (ms), enjin (ms)
Maltese: mutur m, ^{(please verify)} magna f {2}
Manx: please add this translation if you can
Māori: pūkaha, initia, iniana, mīhini (mi)
Mirandese: motor m
Mon: မဝ်တာ (ma.wtā)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: хөдөлгүүр (mn) (xödölgüür), мотор (mn) (motor)
Navajo: atsiitsʼiin
Nepali: मोटर (ne) (moṭar)
Norman: engîn m (Jersey)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: motor (no) m

Nynorsk: motor m
Pashto: انجن (ps) m (enjǝn), ماشين m (māšin)
Persian:
Dari: موتَر (mōtar)

Iranian Persian: موتور (fa) (motor), مُحَرِّک (moharrek)
Plautdietsch: Inzhen m
Polish: silnik (pl) m
Portuguese: motor (pt) m
Romanian: motor (ro) n
Russian: мото́р (ru) m (motór), дви́гатель (ru) m (dvígatelʹ)
Sami:
Northern Sami: mohtor
Scottish Gaelic: motar m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: мо̀то̄р m

Latin: mòtōr (sh) m
Slovak: motor m
Slovene: motor (sl) m
Spanish: motor (es) m
Swedish: motor (sv) c
Tajik: муҳаррик (muharrik), мотор (motor)
Tatar: йөрткеч (tt) (yörtkeç), мотор (motor)
Telugu: యంత్రము (te) (yantramu)
Thai: มอเตอร์ (th) (mɔɔ-dtə̂ə), เครื่องยนต์ (th) (krʉ̂ʉang-yon)
Tibetan: ཤེད་འཕྲུལ (shed 'phrul)
Turkish: motor (tr)
Turkmen: motor, dwigatel
Ukrainian: мото́р (uk) m (motór), двигу́н (uk) m (dvyhún)
Urdu: موٹَر f (moṭar), اِنْجَن m (injan)
Uyghur: ماتور (mator), موتور (motor)
Uzbek: motor (uz), muharrik, dvigatel (uz)
Vietnamese: động cơ (vi) (動機), mô-tơ (vi)
Welsh: modur (cy) m
Yiddish: מאָטאָר (yi) m (motor)
Zhuang: fazdunggih

colloquial: motor car — see also automobile

Dutch: motorrijtuig (nl) n
Hausa: mōtā̀ (ha)
Italian: macchina (it) f, auto (it) m, autovettura (it) f
Nupe: mátò
Portuguese: motor (pt) m
Spanish: motor (es) m
Telugu: చిన్న కారు (cinna kāru)
Yoruba: mọ́tò

figuratively: source of power; driving force

Albanian: motor (sq) m
Bulgarian: дви́жеща си́ла f (dvížešta síla)
Finnish: moottori (fi)
Russian: дви́житель (ru) m (dvížitelʹ), дви́жущая си́ла (ru) f (dvížuščaja síla)

protein capable of converting chemical energy into mechanical work

Finnish: moottoriproteiini

Christianity: controller or prime mover of the universe — see also God

fermenting mass of fruit

Adjective

motor (not comparable)

(biology) Relating to the ability to move.
She has excellent motor skills.
(nautical) Propelled by an internal combustion engine (as opposed to a steam engine or turbine).
- 1915 June, “Many Yachts to Go in Commission”, in The American Marine Engineer:
  A motor yacht for its size has about 30 per cent more accommodations than a steamer of the same size.

Derived terms

Translations

biology: relating to ability to move

Afrikaans: motories
Bulgarian: двигателен (dvigatelen)
Catalan: motor (ca)
Czech: motorický
Finnish: motorinen (fi)
Greek: κινητικός (el) (kinitikós)
Irish: luaileach
Italian: motorio (it)
Māori: whakaneke
Portuguese: motor (pt) m
Spanish: motor (es)
Swedish: motorisk (sv)

relating to motor cars

Bulgarian: автомобилен (avtomobilen)
Finnish: ajoneuvo- (fi), moottori- (fi)
Russian: автомоби́льный (ru) (avtomobílʹnyj)
Swedish: bil-

nautical: propelled by an internal combustion engine

Bulgarian: моторен (motoren)
Finnish: moottori- (fi)
Russian: мото́рный (ru) (motórnyj)
Swedish: motor-

Verb

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

(transitive, dated) To make a journey by motor vehicle; to drive.
Synonym: moto

On Saturday we motored down to Plymouth.
- 1944 November and December, T. F. Cameron, “Motor and Cartage Working”, in Railway Magazine, pages 336–337:
  The practice used to be for such consignments to be loaded as tranships to the large centre, but this involved rather slow transits, and to a considerable extent these consignments are now motored to the large centre, and in the average case the transit is improved by a day.
- 1946 April 22, Bobby Troup, “(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66”, in New Juke Box Hits, performed by Chuck Berry, published March 1961, side 2, track 2:
  Well, if you ever plan to motor west / Jack, take my way, it's the highway that's the best / Get your kicks on Route 66
- 1983, Kelly Keagy (of the music group Night Ranger), "Sister Christian"
  You're motoring / What's your price for flight / In finding mister right? / You'll be alright tonight
(transitive, aviation) To rotate a jet engine or turboprop using the engine's starter, without introducing fuel into the engine.
During startup, the engine should be motored for 20 to 30 seconds to allow the shafts to straighten out, as they may have become bowed under their own weight while the airplane was sitting on the ground.
(informal, figurative, intransitive) To progress at a brisk pace.
Sales were slow at first, but now things are really motoring.
- 2023 November 15, Ian Prosser talks to Stefanie Foster, “A healthy person is a more productive person”, in RAIL, number 996, page 34:
  More recently, ORR has been developing its knowledge and skills in cyber and digital security. Prosser says this is really "motoring".
(slang, intransitive) To leave.
I gotta motor.

Translations

to make a journey by motor vehicle — see also drive

Finnish: autoilla (fi)

informal: to move at a brisk pace

Finnish: mennä kovaa, mennä lujaa

slang: to leave

Finnish: liueta (fi)

References

Motor Neurons at Motor Units on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
“motor”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “motor”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

Anagrams

morto

Afrikaans

Etymology

Borrowed from English motor, compare motor car, from Latin mōtor.^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmʊə̯.tər/
Audio: (file)

Noun

motor (plural motors, diminutive motortjie)

car, automobile
Synonym: kar
engine, motor

Derived terms

References

^ G.J. van Wyk, Etimologiewoordeboek van Afrikaans, 2003, Stellenbosch.

Albanian

Etymology

Either from English motor or German Motor.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /moˈtoɾ/, [mɔˈtɔɾ]

Noun

motor m (plural motorë, definite motori, definite plural motorët)

motor, engine
(colloquial) motorcycle
Synonym: motoçikletë
(figurative) driving force

Declension

Declension of **motor**
	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	motor	motori	motorë	motorët
accusative	motor	motorin	motorë	motorët
dative	motori	motorit	motorëve	motorëve
ablative	motori	motorit	motorësh	motorëve

Asturian

Noun

motor m (plural motores)

engine, motor (mechanical device)

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin mōtōrem.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Northern) [muˈtur]
IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia, Northwestern) [moˈtor]
IPA^(key): (Central) [muˈtor]
Audio (Catalonia): (file)
Rhymes: -oɾ

Adjective

motor (feminine motora, masculine plural motors, feminine plural motores) or motor (feminine motriu, masculine plural motors, feminine plural motrius)

motor

Noun

motor m (plural motors)

motor

Derived terms

Cebuano

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /moˈtoɾ/ [moˈt̪oɾ̪]
Hyphenation: mo‧tor

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti

Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyeti

Proto-Italic *moweō

Latin moveō

Proto-Indo-European *-tōr

Proto-Italic *-tōr

Latin -tor

Latin motorder.

Spanish motorbor.

Cebuano motor

Borrowed from Spanish motor.

Noun

motór

motor; engine

Etymology 2

Noun

motór

clipping of motorsiklo

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish motor (“motor”).

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: mo‧tor

Noun

motor

motor; engine

Crimean Tatar

Other scripts
Cyrillic	мотор (motor)
Roman

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: mo‧tor

Noun

motor

engine, motor

Declension

Declension of *motor*
	singular	plural
nominative	motor	motorlar
genitive	motornıñ	motorlarnıñ
dative	motorğa	motorlarğa
accusative	motornı	motorlarnı
locative	motorda	motorlarda
ablative	motordan	motorlardan

Derived terms

motorlı

References

“motor”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

Czech

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈmotor]
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -otor

Noun

motor m inan

engine, motor

Declension

Declension of motor (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	motor	motory
genitive	motoru	motorů
dative	motoru	motorům
accusative	motor	motory
vocative	motore	motory
locative	motoru	motorech
instrumental	motorem	motory

Derived terms

Related terms

See motiv

Danish

Danish Wikipedia has an article on:

motor

Wikipedia ^da

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /moːtɔr/, [ˈmoːtˢɒ]

Noun

motor c (singular definite motoren, plural indefinite motorer)

motor, engine

Inflection

Declension of *motor*
common gender	singular		plural
common gender	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	motor	motoren	motorer	motorerne
genitive	motors	motorens	motorers	motorernes

Derived terms

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmoːtɔr/, /ˈmoːtər/
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -oːtɔr, -oːtər
Hyphenation: mo‧tor

Noun

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

engine (mechanical device)
motorbike
Synonyms: motorfiets, motorrijwiel

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

→ Aukan: muntolu
→ Caribbean Hindustani: motar
→ Caribbean Javanese: montor
→ Indonesian: motor
→ Trió: monturu

Hungarian

motor on Hungarian Wikipedia

Etymology

From English motor or German Motor, from Latin mōtor, mōtō (“to set in motion”).^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈmotor]
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -or
Hyphenation: mo‧tor

Noun

motor (plural motorok)

engine, motor (a machine or device that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy, or imparts motion; the part of a car or other vehicle which provides the force for motion)
(figurative) powerhouse (any source of power, energy or strength)
motorbike, motorcycle (an open-seated motor vehicle with handlebars instead of a steering wheel, and having two (or sometimes three) wheels)
Synonyms: motorbicikli, motorkerékpár

Declension

Inflection (stem in *-o-*, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	motor	motorok
accusative	motort	motorokat
dative	motornak	motoroknak
instrumental	motorral	motorokkal
causal-final	motorért	motorokért
translative	motorrá	motorokká
terminative	motorig	motorokig
essive-formal	motorként	motorokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	motorban	motorokban
superessive	motoron	motorokon
adessive	motornál	motoroknál
illative	motorba	motorokba
sublative	motorra	motorokra
allative	motorhoz	motorokhoz
elative	motorból	motorokból
delative	motorról	motorokról
ablative	motortól	motoroktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	motoré	motoroké
non-attributive possessive – plural	motoréi	motorokéi

Possessive forms of *motor*
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	motorom	motorjaim
2nd person sing.	motorod	motorjaid
3rd person sing.	motorja	motorjai
1st person plural	motorunk	motorjaink
2nd person plural	motorotok	motorjaitok
3rd person plural	motorjuk	motorjaik

Derived terms

Compound words with this term at the end

References

^ István Tótfalusi (2005), Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára [A Storehouse of Foreign Words: An Explanatory and Etymological Dictionary of Foreign Words], Budapest: Tinta, →ISBN

Indonesian

Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:

motor

Wikipedia ^id

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈmotor/ [ˈmo.t̪ɔr]
Rhymes: -otor
Syllabification: mo‧tor

Noun

motor (plural motor-motor)

motor:
1. (engineering) machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
2. (figuratively) a source of power for something; an inspiration; a driving force.
3. (biochemistry, cytology, molecular biology) any protein capable of converting chemical energy into mechanical work.
engine
Synonyms: enjin, mesin
(informal) ellipsis of sepeda motor (“motorbike, motorcycle”)
(figuratively) important person in organization

Derived terms

Interlingua

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /moˈtor/

Noun

motor (plural motores)

motor

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti

Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyeti

Proto-Italic *moweō

Latin moveō

Proto-Indo-European *-tōr

Proto-Italic *-tōr

Latin -tor

Latin mōtor

From moveō (“to move”) + -tor (“-er”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈmoː.tɔr]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈmɔː.tor]

Noun

mōtor m (genitive mōtōris); third declension

mover; that which moves something

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	mōtor	mōtōrēs
genitive	mōtōris	mōtōrum
dative	mōtōrī	mōtōribus
accusative	mōtōrem	mōtōrēs
ablative	mōtōre	mōtōribus
vocative	mōtor	mōtōrēs

Descendants

→ English: motor
- → Cantonese: 摩打 (mo¹ daa²)
- → Persian: موتر (môtar)
- → Japanese: モーター (mōtā)
- → Korean: 모터 (moteo)
- → Burmese: မော်တော် (mautau)
- → Hausa: mōtā̀
- → Isoko: omoto
- → Nupe: mátò
- → Yoruba: mọ́tò
- → Shanghainese: 馬達 / 马达 (⁶mo-daq₈)
  - → Chinese: 馬達 / 马达 (mǎ dá)
- → Tibetan: མོ་ཊ (mo ṭa)
→ French: moteur
- → Persian: موتور (motor)
→ German: Motor
- → Hunsrik: Motoer

Verb

mōtor

first-person singular present passive indicative of mōtō

References

“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.

Norwegian Bokmål

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motor

Wikipedia ^no

Noun

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

engine, motor

Derived terms

Norwegian Nynorsk

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motor

Wikipedia ⁿⁿ

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mutur/
IPA^(key): /mutːur/ (dialectal)

Noun

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

engine, motor

Derived terms

Polish

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motor

Wikipedia ^pl

Alternative forms

motór

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti

Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyeti

Proto-Italic *moweō

Latin moveō

Proto-Indo-European *-tōr

Proto-Italic *-tōr

Latin -tor

Latin mōtorlbor.

Polish motor

Learned borrowing from Latin mōtor.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmɔ.tɔr/
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -ɔtɔr
Syllabification: mo‧tor

Noun

motor m inan (diminutive motorek)

(colloquial) motorcycle
Synonyms: (archaic) autocykl, motocykl
engine
Synonym: silnik

Declension

Declension of *motor*
	singular	plural
nominative	motor	motory
genitive	motoru	motorów
dative	motorowi	motorom
accusative	motor	motory
instrumental	motorem	motorami
locative	motorze	motorach
vocative	motorze	motory

Derived terms

adjective

motorowy

noun

motorniczy

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti

Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyeti

Proto-Italic *moweō

Latin moveō

Proto-Indo-European *-tōr

Proto-Italic *-tōr

Latin -tor

Latin mōtōrem

French moteurbor.

Portuguese motor

Borrowed from French moteur, from Latin mōtōrem.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /moˈtoʁ/ [moˈtoh]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /moˈtoɾ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /moˈtoʁ/ [moˈtoχ]
- (Caipira) IPA^(key): /moˈtoɻ/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /muˈtoɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /muˈto.ɾi/

Audio (Portugal (Porto)): (file)
Rhymes: -oʁ, -oɾ
Hyphenation: mo‧tor

Adjective

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

motive

Noun

motor m (plural motores)

motor
engine

Descendants

→ Pirahã: boitó

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French moteur.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /moˈtor/
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -or
Hyphenation: mo‧tor

Noun

motor n (plural motoare)

engine
(colloquial) motorcycle

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	motor	motorul	motoare	motoarele
genitive-dative	motor	motorului	motoare	motoarelor
vocative	motorule		motoarelor

Related terms

References

“motor”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Latin motor.

Noun

mòtōr m inan (Cyrillic spelling мо̀то̄р)

engine, motor
(colloquial) motorcycle

Declension

Declension of *motor*
	singular	plural
nominative	mòtōr	motori
genitive	motóra	motora
dative	motoru	motorima
accusative	motor	motore
vocative	motoru / motore	motori
locative	motoru	motorima
instrumental	motorom	motorima

Derived terms

mòtōrnī

Slovene

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /móːtɔr/

Noun

mọ̑tor m inan

engine

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., soft o-stem
nom. sing.	mótor
gen. sing.	mótorja
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	mótor	mótorja	mótorji
genitive (rodȋlnik)	mótorja	mótorjev	mótorjev
dative (dajȃlnik)	mótorju	mótorjema	mótorjem
accusative (tožȋlnik)	mótor	mótorja	mótorje
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	mótorju	mótorjih	mótorjih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	mótorjem	mótorjema	mótorji

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti

Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyeti

Proto-Italic *moweō

Latin moveō

Proto-Indo-European *-tōr

Proto-Italic *-tōr

Latin -tor

Latin motorder.

Spanish motor

Derived from Latin motor.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /moˈtoɾ/ [moˈt̪oɾ]
Audio (Colombia): (file)
Rhymes: -oɾ
Syllabification: mo‧tor

Adjective

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

moving
- 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 14:
  debilidad de los miembros motores
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

Noun

motor m (plural motores)

motor (mechanical device)
(mechanics) engine
(figuratively) driving force, driver, mover
(figuratively) powerhouse
(computing) backend, back end

Hyponyms

motor de arranque
motor de búsqueda
motor de combustión interna, motor de explosión
motor de cuatro tiempos
motor de dos tiempos
motor de reacción
motor principal (“prime mover”)

Derived terms

Descendants

→ Ye'kwana: motode

Swedish

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Wikipedia ^sv

Pronunciation

Audio: (file)

Noun

motor c

engine, motor

Declension

Declension of **motor**
		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	motor	motors
singular	definite	motorn	motorns
plural	indefinite	motorer	motorers
plural	definite	motorerna	motorernas

Derived terms

References

“motor”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
“motor”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Anagrams

morot

Tagalog

Pronunciation

(Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /moˈtoɾ/ [moˈt̪oɾ]
Rhymes: -oɾ
Syllabification: mo‧tor

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti

Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyeti

Proto-Italic *moweō

Latin moveō

Proto-Indo-European *-tōr

Proto-Italic *-tōr

Latin -tor

Latin motorder.

Spanish motorbor.

Tagalog motor

Borrowed from Spanish motor.

Noun

motór (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜆᜓᜇ᜔)

motor; engine
Synonym: makina

Related terms

Etymology 2

Noun

motór (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜆᜓᜇ᜔)

clipping of motorsiklo

Turkish

Alternative forms

motör (obsolete)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti

Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyeti

Proto-Italic *moweō

Latin moveō

Proto-Indo-European *-tōr

Proto-Italic *-tōr

Latin -tor

Latin mōtor m

French moteur m

Ottoman Turkish موتور (motör)

Turkish motor

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish موتور (motör), from French moteur m, from Latin mōtor m (“mover”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /moˈtoɾ/
Audio: (file)
Hyphenation: mo‧tor

Noun

motor (definite accusative motoru, plural motorlar)

engine (mechanical device)
motorboat
Synonym: motorbot
(colloquial) a motorcycle

Declension

Declension of motor

	singular	plural
nominative	motor	motorlar
definite accusative	motoru	motorları
dative	motora	motorlara
locative	motorda	motorlarda
ablative	motordan	motorlardan
genitive	motorun	motorların

Possessive forms
nominative
	singular	plural
1st singular	motorum	motorlarım
2nd singular	motorun	motorların
3rd singular	motoru	motorları
1st plural	motorumuz	motorlarımız
2nd plural	motorunuz	motorlarınız
3rd plural	motorları	motorları
definite accusative
	singular	plural
1st singular	motorumu	motorlarımı
2nd singular	motorunu	motorlarını
3rd singular	motorunu	motorlarını
1st plural	motorumuzu	motorlarımızı
2nd plural	motorunuzu	motorlarınızı
3rd plural	motorlarını	motorlarını
dative
	singular	plural
1st singular	motoruma	motorlarıma
2nd singular	motoruna	motorlarına
3rd singular	motoruna	motorlarına
1st plural	motorumuza	motorlarımıza
2nd plural	motorunuza	motorlarınıza
3rd plural	motorlarına	motorlarına
locative
	singular	plural
1st singular	motorumda	motorlarımda
2nd singular	motorunda	motorlarında
3rd singular	motorunda	motorlarında
1st plural	motorumuzda	motorlarımızda
2nd plural	motorunuzda	motorlarınızda
3rd plural	motorlarında	motorlarında
ablative
	singular	plural
1st singular	motorumdan	motorlarımdan
2nd singular	motorundan	motorlarından
3rd singular	motorundan	motorlarından
1st plural	motorumuzdan	motorlarımızdan
2nd plural	motorunuzdan	motorlarınızdan
3rd plural	motorlarından	motorlarından
genitive
	singular	plural
1st singular	motorumun	motorlarımın
2nd singular	motorunun	motorlarının
3rd singular	motorunun	motorlarının
1st plural	motorumuzun	motorlarımızın
2nd plural	motorunuzun	motorlarınızın
3rd plural	motorlarının	motorlarının

Derived terms

motorlu, motörlü (“motorized”)

Venetan

Etymology

Compare Italian motore

Noun

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

motor, engine

West Makian

Etymology

Possibly a shortening of Dutch motorboot (“motorboat”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmo.t̪or/

Noun

motor

motorboat

References

Clemens Voorhoeve (1982), The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[4], Pacific linguistics

[1] G.J. van Wyk, Etimologiewoordeboek van Afrikaans, 2003, Stellenbosch.

[2] István Tótfalusi (2005), Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára [A Storehouse of Foreign Words: An Explanatory and Etymological Dictionary of Foreign Words], Budapest: Tinta, →ISBN

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Catalan

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Cebuano

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Dutch

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