different between motto vs potto

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian motto (“a word, a saying”), from Latin muttum (“a mutter, a grunt”), late 16th c.. Doublet of mot.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?m?t.o?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?m?t??/

Noun

motto (plural mottos or mottoes)

1. (heraldry) A sentence, phrase, or word, forming part of an heraldic achievement.
2. A sentence, phrase, or word, prefixed to an essay, discourse, chapter, canto, or the like, suggestive of its subject matter; a short, suggestive expression of a guiding principle; a maxim.
3. (obsolete) A paper packet containing a sweetmeat, cracker, etc., together with a scrap of paper bearing a motto.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:saying

Translations

Further reading

• motto (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Czech

Alternative forms

• moto n (less common)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?moto]
• Rhymes: -oto

Noun

motto n

1. motto
2. epigraph

Declension

See also

• krédo

Further reading

• motto in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• motto in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Noun

motto n (singular definite mottoet, plural indefinite mottoer)

1. motto

References

• “motto” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

From Italian motto (“a word, a saying”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: mot?to

Noun

motto n (plural motto's, diminutive mottootje n)

1. motto
2. (heraldry) motto

Hyponyms

• leus, leuze
• wapenspreuk

Finnish

Etymology

Ultimately from Italian motto (“a word, a saying”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mot?o/, [?mo?t??o?]
• Rhymes: -ot?o
• Syllabification: mot?to

Noun

motto

1. motto (sentence or a phrase with guiding principle)

   Synonym: tunnuslause

2. epigraph (literary quotation placed at the beginning of a book or other text)

   Synonym: epigrafi

3. (heraldry) motto

   Synonyms: tunnuslause, vaalilause

Declension

Anagrams

• motot

Italian

Etymology

From Latin muttum (“mutter”). Compare Catalan and French mot (“word”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?t.to/
• Rhymes: -?tto

Noun

motto m (plural motti)

1. witty remark
2. motto, maxim
3. posy (motto inscribed inside a ring)

Descendants

• ? English: motto
• ? German: Motto

Further reading

• motto in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Japanese

Romanization

motto

1. R?maji transcription of ???

Maquiritari

Noun

motto

1. worm

References

• Ed. Key, Mary Ritchie and Comrie, Bernard. The Intercontinental Dictionary Series, Carib (De'kwana).

Nauruan

Noun

motto

1. motto

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Italian motto

Noun

motto n (definite singular mottoet, indefinite plural motto or mottoer, definite plural mottoa or mottoene)

1. a motto

References

• “motto” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Italian motto

Noun

motto n (definite singular mottoet, indefinite plural motto, definite plural mottoa)

1. a motto

References

• “motto” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

From Italian motto, from Latin muttum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?t.t?/

Noun

motto n

1. philosophy, motto, watchword, byword

   Synonyms: dewiza, credo

2. (literature) epigraph (literary quotation placed at the beginning of a text)

   Synonym: epigraf

Declension

Further reading

• motto in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• motto in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

motto n

1. motto

Declension

Synonyms

• valspråk

English

Etymology

From a West African language; compare Akan ap?s?.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?p?t??/

Noun

potto (plural pottos)

1. A small primate, Perodicticus potto, native to the tropical rainforests of Africa. [from 18th c.]
   • 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin 2006, p. 147:

     The forest hangs round them like a theater curtain, mist rising from the water, half-drowned things – jackals, monkeys, pottos, bushpigs – wading along with them, looking dazed and bearish.

2. (now rare) The kinkajou. [from 18th c.]

Derived terms

• false potto, Martin's false potto (Pseudopotto martini)

Translations

Italian

Noun

potto

1. potto (Perodicticus potto)

   Synonym: Bosman's potto