moth

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• Received-Pronunciation: /mɒθ/
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• General-American: môth
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• General-American: /mɔθ/
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• cot-caught-merger: /mɑθ/
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• cot-caught-merger: mŏth
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• rhymes with -ɒθ
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• rhymes with -ɔːθ
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• Received-Pronunciation: /məʊt/
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• General-American: mōt
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• General-American: /moʊt/
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• rhymes with -əʊt
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• homophone: moat
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• homophone: mote
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• CMU ARPABET: M AO1 TH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English moth, moththe, motthe, moght, mohþe, mouȝte, from Old English moþþe, mohþe, mohþa (“any destructive insect larva”), from Proto-West Germanic *moþþō, *mottō, from Proto-Germanic *muþþô, *muttô (“moth, worm”), from Proto-Indo-European *mutn-, *mut- (“worm”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Motte (“moth”), West Frisian mot (“moth”), Dutch mot (“moth”), German Low German Motte, Mott (“moth”), German Motte (“moth”), Swedish mott (“moth”) and Norwegian Nynorsk mott (“moth”).

From Hindi मोठ (moṭh); see moth bean.

Alternative form of mot (“woman; wife”), likely under influence from Irish maith (“goodness”).

164 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Ainu: ヘポラㇷ゚ (heporap) — insect similar to a butterfly
• Akkadian: 𒌨𒈨 (sāsum) — insect similar to a butterfly
• Albanian: ethëzë — insect similar to a butterfly
• Albanian: tenjë — insect similar to a butterfly
• Albanian: zgjerbe — insect similar to a butterfly
• Arabic: عُثَّة (ʕuṯṯa) — insect similar to a butterfly
• Algerian Arabic: بوفرتوتو (bufrtutu) — insect similar to a butterfly
• Arabic: عتة (ʕitta) — insect similar to a butterfly
• Arabic: ابو دقيق (ʔabu diʔīʔ, ʔabu digīg) — insect similar to a butterfly
• Arabic: فرطوط (farṭūṭ) — insect similar to a butterfly
• Aramaic: ܣܣܐ (sāsā) — insect similar to a butterfly
• Armenian: ցեց (cʻecʻ) — insect similar to a butterfly
• Asturian: poliya — insect similar to a butterfly
• Asturian: páxara — insect similar to a butterfly
• Atayal: kperay — insect similar to a butterfly
• Azerbaijani: güvə — insect similar to a butterfly
• Bashkir: көйә (köyə) — insect similar to a butterfly
• Basque: sits — insect similar to a butterfly
• Belarusian: моль (molʹ) — insect similar to a butterfly
• Bulgarian: нощна́ пеперу́да (noštná peperúda) — insect similar to a butterfly
• Catalan: arna — insect similar to a butterfly
• Cebuano: anunugba — insect similar to a butterfly
• Cherokee: ᏩᏐᏝ (wasotla) — insect similar to a butterfly
• Chichewa: balaula — insect similar to a butterfly
• Chinese Mandarin: 蛾 (é) — insect similar to a butterfly
• Cornish: gòdhan — insect similar to a butterfly
• Cornish: tykki Duw nos — insect similar to a butterfly
• Czech: můra — insect similar to a butterfly
• Czech: noční motýl — insect similar to a butterfly
• Danish: møl — insect similar to a butterfly
• Danish: natsommerfugl — insect similar to a butterfly
• Dutch: mot — insect similar to a butterfly
• Dutch: nachtvlinder — insect similar to a butterfly
• Esperanto: tineo — insect similar to a butterfly
• Estonian: ööliblikas — insect similar to a butterfly
• Faroese: húsvætti — insect similar to a butterfly
• Finnish: yöperhonen — insect similar to a butterfly
• Finnish: koi — insect similar to a butterfly
• French: mite — insect similar to a butterfly
• French: papillon de nuit — insect similar to a butterfly
• French: phalène — insect similar to a butterfly
• Galician: traza — insect similar to a butterfly
• Galician: couza — insect similar to a butterfly
• Galician: avelaíña — insect similar to a butterfly
• Georgian: ჩრჩილი (črčili) — insect similar to a butterfly
• Georgian: ღამის პეპელა (ɣamis ṗeṗela) — insect similar to a butterfly
• German: Motte — insect similar to a butterfly
• German: Nachtfalter — insect similar to a butterfly
• Gothic: 𐌼𐌰𐌻𐍉 (malō) — insect similar to a butterfly
• Greek: νυχτοπεταλούδα (nychtopetaloúda) — insect similar to a butterfly
• Ancient Greek: σής (sḗs) — insect similar to a butterfly
• Hebrew: עָשׁ (ash) — insect similar to a butterfly
• Hebrew: סָס (sas) — insect similar to a butterfly
• Hindi: पतंगा (pataṅgā) — insect similar to a butterfly
• Hindi: परवाना (parvānā) — insect similar to a butterfly
• Hungarian: moly — insect similar to a butterfly
• Hungarian: molylepke — insect similar to a butterfly
• Hungarian: éjjeli lepke — insect similar to a butterfly
• Icelandic: mölur — insect similar to a butterfly
• Ido: tineo — insect similar to a butterfly
• Indonesian: ngengat — insect similar to a butterfly
• Indonesian: gegat — insect similar to a butterfly
• Ingrian: koi — insect similar to a butterfly
• Irish: leamhan — insect similar to a butterfly
• Italian: falena — insect similar to a butterfly
• Italian: tarma — insect similar to a butterfly
• Italian: camola — insect similar to a butterfly
• Italian: tignola — insect similar to a butterfly
• Japanese: 蛾 (ga) — insect similar to a butterfly
• Kannada: ಚಿಟ್ಟೆ (ciṭṭe) — insect similar to a butterfly
• Kapampangan: kambubulag — insect similar to a butterfly
• Kazakh: көбелек (köbelek) — insect similar to a butterfly
• Khmer: សត្វខ្មូត (sɑɑtvɑɑkhmout) — insect similar to a butterfly
• Korean: 나방 (nabang) — insect similar to a butterfly
• Lao: ກະເບື້ອ (ka bư̄a) — insect similar to a butterfly
• Latin: papilio — insect similar to a butterfly
• Latin: tinea — insect similar to a butterfly
• Latvian: kode — insect similar to a butterfly
• Lithuanian: kandis — insect similar to a butterfly
• Macedonian: мо́лец (mólec) — insect similar to a butterfly
• Malagasy: samoina — insect similar to a butterfly
• Malay: kupu-kupu — insect similar to a butterfly
• Maltese: kamla — insect similar to a butterfly
• Manx: lhemeen — insect similar to a butterfly
• Māori: pepe — insect similar to a butterfly
• Māori: pūrēhua — insect similar to a butterfly
• Marshallese: babbūb — insect similar to a butterfly
• Mongolian: бүгэг эрвээхэй (bügeg erveexej) — insect similar to a butterfly
• Mongolian: цагаан эрвээхэй (cagaan erveexej) — insect similar to a butterfly
• Navajo: iichʼąhii — insect similar to a butterfly
• Norman: ange — insect similar to a butterfly
• Norman: cahuche — insect similar to a butterfly
• Norman: papillon d'niet — insect similar to a butterfly
• Norwegian Bokmål: møll — insect similar to a butterfly
• Norwegian Bokmål: nattsvermer — insect similar to a butterfly
• Norwegian Nynorsk: møll — insect similar to a butterfly
• Norwegian Nynorsk: nattsvermar — insect similar to a butterfly
• Occitan: arna — insect similar to a butterfly
• Okinawan: 蛾 (gā) — insect similar to a butterfly
• Pannonian Rusyn: моль (molʹ) — insect similar to a butterfly
• Persian: بید (bid) — insect similar to a butterfly
• Persian: مته (mete) — insect similar to a butterfly
• Persian: پروانه (parvâne) — insect similar to a butterfly
• Plautdietsch: Mott — insect similar to a butterfly
• Polish: ćma — insect similar to a butterfly
• Polish: motyl nocny — insect similar to a butterfly
• Portuguese: traça — insect similar to a butterfly
• Portuguese: mariposa — insect similar to a butterfly
• Punjabi: ਪਤੰਗਾ (pataṅgā) — insect similar to a butterfly
• Punjabi: ਪਰਵਾਨਾ (parvānā) — insect similar to a butterfly
• Quechua: puyu — insect similar to a butterfly
• Romagnol: faléna — insect similar to a butterfly
• Romanian: molie — insect similar to a butterfly
• Russian: моль (molʹ) — insect similar to a butterfly
• Russian: мотылёк (motyljók) — insect similar to a butterfly
• Russian: ночна́я ба́бочка (nočnája bábočka) — insect similar to a butterfly
• Northern Sami: muohcu — insect similar to a butterfly
• Sardinian: arna — insect similar to a butterfly
• Sardinian: babbaliscu — insect similar to a butterfly
• Sardinian: tacatia — insect similar to a butterfly
• Sardinian: maniposa — insect similar to a butterfly
• Scottish Gaelic: leòman — insect similar to a butterfly
• Serbo-Croatian: мољац — insect similar to a butterfly
• Serbo-Croatian: лептирица — insect similar to a butterfly
• Serbo-Croatian: moljac — insect similar to a butterfly
• Serbo-Croatian: leptirica — insect similar to a butterfly
• Sinhalese: සලඹයා (salambayā) — insect similar to a butterfly
• Slovak: moľ — insect similar to a butterfly
• Slovene: vešča — insect similar to a butterfly
• Slovene: molj — insect similar to a butterfly
• Southern Altai: кӱйе (küye) — insect similar to a butterfly
• Spanish: polilla — insect similar to a butterfly
• Spanish: taraza — insect similar to a butterfly
• Swahili: nondo — insect similar to a butterfly
• Swedish: mal — insect similar to a butterfly
• Swedish: nattfjäril — insect similar to a butterfly
• Tagalog: gamugamo — insect similar to a butterfly
• Tajik: парвона (parvona) — insect similar to a butterfly
• Tarifit: afarṭṭu — insect similar to a butterfly
• Tashelhit: fitllis — insect similar to a butterfly
• Tày: bỉ — insect similar to a butterfly
• Thai: ผีเสื้อกลางคืน (pǐi-sʉ̂ʉa-glaang-kʉʉn) — insect similar to a butterfly
• Tlingit: tleilóo — insect similar to a butterfly
• Tooro: ekihoiholya class 7 — insect similar to a butterfly
• Turkish: güve — insect similar to a butterfly
• Ottoman Turkish: كوكه (güğe) — insect similar to a butterfly
• Ottoman Turkish: پروانه (pervane) — insect similar to a butterfly
• Ottoman Turkish: فراشه (feraşe) — insect similar to a butterfly
• Udi: цӏецӏ (c̣ec̣) — insect similar to a butterfly
• Ukrainian: міль (milʹ) — insect similar to a butterfly
• Urdu: پتنگا (patangā) — insect similar to a butterfly
• Urdu: پروانہ (parvāna) — insect similar to a butterfly
• Uzbek: moʻl — insect similar to a butterfly
• Vietnamese: ngài — insect similar to a butterfly
• Vietnamese: bướm đêm — insect similar to a butterfly
• Vilamovian: myłm — insect similar to a butterfly
• Vilamovian: myłma — insect similar to a butterfly
• Volapük: neitapab — insect similar to a butterfly
• Welsh: gwyfyn — insect similar to a butterfly
• Welsh: pryf y gannwyll — insect similar to a butterfly
• Woiwurrung: tarr-ien — insect similar to a butterfly
• Yiddish: מאָל (mol) — insect similar to a butterfly
• Chinese Mandarin: 蛾 (é) — Vigna aconitifolia
• German: Mattenbohne — Vigna aconitifolia