motor

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈməʊtə/
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• Canada, General-American: /ˈmoʊtəɹ/
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• Canada, General-American: [ˈmoʊɾɚ]
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• Australian: /ˈməʉtə/
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• Australian: [ˈməʉɾə]
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• Australian: /ˈmɐʉtə/
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• Australian: [ˈmɐʉɾə]
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• New-Zealand: /ˈmɐʉtə/
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• New-Zealand: [ˈmɐʉɾə]
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• Scotland: /ˈmotəɾ/
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• rhymes with -əʊtə(ɹ)
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• CMU ARPABET: M OW1 T ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh1- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh1éyetider. 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”).

185 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: motories — biology: relating to ability to move
• Bulgarian: двигателен (dvigatelen) — biology: relating to ability to move
• Catalan: motor — biology: relating to ability to move
• Czech: motorický — biology: relating to ability to move
• Finnish: motorinen — biology: relating to ability to move
• Greek: κινητικός (kinitikós) — biology: relating to ability to move
• Irish: luaileach — biology: relating to ability to move
• Italian: motorio — biology: relating to ability to move
• Māori: whakaneke — biology: relating to ability to move
• Portuguese: motor — biology: relating to ability to move
• Spanish: motor — biology: relating to ability to move
• Swedish: motorisk — biology: relating to ability to move
• Bulgarian: автомобилен (avtomobilen) — relating to motor cars
• Finnish: ajoneuvo- — relating to motor cars
• Finnish: moottori- — relating to motor cars
• Russian: автомоби́льный (avtomobílʹnyj) — relating to motor cars
• Swedish: bil- — relating to motor cars
• Bulgarian: моторен (motoren) — nautical: propelled by an internal combustion engine
• Finnish: moottori- — nautical: propelled by an internal combustion engine
• Russian: мото́рный (motórnyj) — nautical: propelled by an internal combustion engine
• Swedish: motor- — nautical: propelled by an internal combustion engine
• Afrikaans: motor — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Afrikaans: enjin — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Albanian: motor — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Amharic: ሞተር (motär) — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Arabic: مُحَرِّك (muḥarrik) — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Arabic: مُوتُور (mutūr) — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Armenian: շարժիչ (šaržičʻ) — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Azerbaijani: motor — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Azerbaijani: mühərrik — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Belarusian: рухаві́к (ruxavík) — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Belarusian: мато́р (matór) — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Bengali: মোটর (mōṭor) — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Bengali: ইঞ্জিন (injin) — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Bulgarian: мото́р (motór) — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Bulgarian: дви́гател (dvígatel) — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Burmese: အင်ဂျင် (anggyang) — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Burmese: မော်တော် (mautau) — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Catalan: motor — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Chinese Cantonese: 馬達 /马达 (maa5 daat6) — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Chinese Cantonese: 摩托 (mo1 tok3) — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Chinese Cantonese: 引擎 — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Chinese Cantonese: 發動機 /发动机 (faat3 dung6 gei1) — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Chinese Cantonese: 電動機 /电动机 — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Chinese Mandarin: 馬達 /马达 (mǎdá) — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Chinese Mandarin: 摩托 (mótuō) — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Chinese Mandarin: 引擎 (yǐnqíng) — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Chinese Mandarin: 發動機 /发动机 (fādòngjī) — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Chinese Mandarin: 電動機 /电动机 (diàndòngjī) — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Cornish: jynn — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Czech: motor — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Danish: motor — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Dutch: motor — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Esperanto: motoro — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Estonian: mootor — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Faroese: motorur — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Finnish: moottori — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• French: moteur — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Georgian: ძრავა (ʒrava) — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Georgian: მოტორი (moṭori) — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• German: Motor — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• German: Triebwerk — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• German: Antrieb — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Greek: μηχανή (michaní) — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Greek: κινητήρας (kinitíras) — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Greenlandic: motoori — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Hebrew: מָנוֹעַ (manóa) — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Hindi: मोटर (moṭar) — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Hindi: इंजन (iñjan) — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Hungarian: motor — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Hunsrik: Motoer — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Icelandic: mótor — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Ido: motoro — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Indonesian: motor — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Indonesian: mesin — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Indonesian: enjin — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Interlingua: motor — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Irish: mótar — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Italian: motore — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Japanese: モーター (mōtā) — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Japanese: エンジン (enjin) — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Japanese: 機関 (kikan) — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Japanese: 機械 (kikai) — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Japanese: 発動機 (hatsudōki) — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Japanese: 原動機 (kendōki) — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Kazakh: мотор (motor) — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Kazakh: қозғалтқыш (qozğaltqyş) — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Khmer: ម៉ូតូ (moutou) — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Khmer: ម៉ាស៊ីន (maasɨn) — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Korean: 모터 (moteo) — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Korean: 기관 (gigwan) — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Korean: 엔진 (enjin) — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Northern Kurdish: motor — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Northern Kurdish: makîne — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Kyrgyz: мотор (motor) — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Kyrgyz: кыймылдаткыч (kıymıldatkıc) — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Lao: ຍົນ (nyon) — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Lao: ມໍເຕີ (mǭ tœ̄) — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Latvian: dzinējs — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Latvian: motors — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Lithuanian: variklis — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Lithuanian: motoras — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Lü: ᦝᦱᧉᦎᦳᧂᧈᦋᦲᧈ (faa2ṫung1tsii1) — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Macedonian: мотор (motor) — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Malay: motor — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Malay: enjin — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Maltese: mutur — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Maltese: magna f {2} — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Māori: pūkaha — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Māori: initia — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Māori: iniana — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Māori: mīhini — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Mirandese: motor — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Mon: မဝ်တာ (ma.wtā) — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Mongolian: хөдөлгүүр (xödölgüür) — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Mongolian: мотор (motor) — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Navajo: atsiitsʼiin — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Nepali: मोटर (moṭar) — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Norman: engîn — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Norwegian Bokmål: motor — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Norwegian Nynorsk: motor — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Pashto: انجن (enjǝn) — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Pashto: ماشين (māšin) — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Dari: موتَر (mōtar) — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Iranian Persian: موتور (motor) — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Iranian Persian: مُحَرِّک (moharrek) — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Plautdietsch: Inzhen — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Polish: silnik — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Portuguese: motor — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Romanian: motor — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Russian: мото́р (motór) — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Russian: дви́гатель (dvígatelʹ) — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Northern Sami: mohtor — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Scottish Gaelic: motar — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Serbo-Croatian: мо̀то̄р — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Serbo-Croatian: mòtōr — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Slovak: motor — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Slovene: motor — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Spanish: motor — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Swedish: motor — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Tajik: муҳаррик (muharrik) — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Tajik: мотор (motor) — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Tatar: йөрткеч (yörtkeç) — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Tatar: мотор (motor) — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Telugu: యంత్రము (yantramu) — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Thai: มอเตอร์ (mɔɔ-dtə̂ə) — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Thai: เครื่องยนต์ (krʉ̂ʉang-yon) — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Tibetan: ཤེད་འཕྲུལ — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Turkish: motor — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Turkmen: motor — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Turkmen: dwigatel — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Ukrainian: мото́р (motór) — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Ukrainian: двигу́н (dvyhún) — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Urdu: موٹَر (moṭar) — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Urdu: اِنْجَن (injan) — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Uyghur: ماتور (mator) — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Uyghur: موتور (motor) — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Uzbek: motor — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Uzbek: muharrik — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Uzbek: dvigatel — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Vietnamese: động cơ — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Vietnamese: mô-tơ — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Welsh: modur — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Yiddish: מאָטאָר (motor) — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Zhuang: fazdunggih — machine that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy
• Dutch: motorrijtuig — colloquial: motor car — see also automobile
• Hausa: mōtā̀ — colloquial: motor car — see also automobile
• Italian: macchina — colloquial: motor car — see also automobile
• Italian: auto — colloquial: motor car — see also automobile
• Italian: autovettura — colloquial: motor car — see also automobile
• Nupe: mátò — colloquial: motor car — see also automobile
• Portuguese: motor — colloquial: motor car — see also automobile
• Spanish: motor — colloquial: motor car — see also automobile
• Telugu: చిన్న కారు (cinna kāru) — colloquial: motor car — see also automobile
• Yoruba: mọ́tò — colloquial: motor car — see also automobile
• Albanian: motor — figuratively: source of power; driving force
• Bulgarian: дви́жеща си́ла (dvížešta síla) — figuratively: source of power; driving force
• Finnish: moottori — figuratively: source of power; driving force
• Russian: дви́житель (dvížitelʹ) — figuratively: source of power; driving force
• Russian: дви́жущая си́ла (dvížuščaja síla) — figuratively: source of power; driving force
• Finnish: moottoriproteiini — protein capable of converting chemical energy into mechanical work
• Finnish: autoilla — to make a journey by motor vehicle — see also drive
• Finnish: mennä kovaa — informal: to move at a brisk pace
• Finnish: mennä lujaa — informal: to move at a brisk pace
• Finnish: liueta — slang: to leave