modo

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See also: mōdo, mōdō, mōdõ, mödo, mödö, and mö'dö

Daur[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Mongolic *modu, compare Mongolian мод (mod).

Noun[edit]

modo

  1. tree
  2. wood

Esperanto[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈmodo]
  • Audio:
    (file)
  • Rhymes: -odo
  • Hyphenation: mo‧do

Noun[edit]

modo (accusative singular modon, plural modoj, accusative plural modojn)

  1. (grammar) mood
  2. fashion, style

Galician[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin modus.

Noun[edit]

modo m (plural modos)

  1. mode, manner

Ido[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Esperanto modo (mood), from English mode, French mode, German Modus, Italian modo, Russian мо́да (móda), Spanish modo, all ultimately from Latin modus.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈmo.do/, /ˈmɔ.dɔ/

Noun[edit]

modo (plural modi)

  1. mode (a passing usage which depends upon taste, caprice)
  2. fashion, style
  3. (grammar) mood (indicative, imperative, etc.)
  4. (philosophy, music) mode
  5. (law) modus

Derived terms[edit]

Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin modus, from Proto-Indo-European *modós, derived from the root *med- (to measure).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

modo m (plural modi)

  1. manner, way
  2. (grammar) mood
  3. (music) style, manner

Related terms[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Lashi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Possibly from English motor.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

modo

  1. car

References[edit]

  • Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid[1], Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis)

Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From modus (measure, mode, manner, way); the adverb derives from its ablative form. The short vowel in the adverb is an example of iambic shortening that became conventional in Classical Latin (as in ego).

Pronunciation[edit]

Adverb[edit]

modo (not comparable)

  1. just, only, merely, simply
    Synonyms: tantum, sōlum
    Tunc, (ille) modo edere volēbat.At that time, he wanted only to eat.
    Semel modo nōn satis.
    Only one time is not enough.
  2. recently, just now
    Latrōcinium modo factum est.A robbery has just now taken place.
  3. presently

Usage notes[edit]

modo ... modoat one time ... at another

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Dalmatian: mut
  • Italian: mo' (archaic or southern)
  • Neapolitan: mo
  • Romagnol: mo
  • Romanian: măi
  • Sardinian: modu

Noun[edit]

modō m

  1. dative/ablative singular of modus

See also[edit]

References[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • modo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • modo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • modo in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • modo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) to translate freely: his fere verbis, hoc fere modo convertere, transferre
    • (ambiguous) with no moderation: sine modo; nullo modo adhibito
    • (ambiguous) to flee like deer, sheep: pecorum modo fugere (Liv. 40. 27)

Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Learned borrowing from Latin modus (measure; manner), from Proto-Indo-European *med- (to measure).

Pronunciation[edit]

 

  • Hyphenation: mo‧do

Noun[edit]

modo m (plural modos)

  1. mode; way; method (method or manner of doing something)
    Synonyms: jeito, maneira, método, moda
  2. mode; state; condition
    Synonyms: condição, estado
  3. (grammar) mood
  4. (music) mode (one of several ancient scales)

Hyponyms[edit]

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Sardinian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin modo.

Adverb[edit]

modo

  1. (Campidanese, medieval) now

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  • Wagner, Max Leopold (1960–1964), “kòmo”, in Dizionario etimologico sardo, Heidelberg

Slovene[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Slavic *mǫdo.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /mòːdɔ/, /móːdɔ/

Noun[edit]

mọ̄do n

  1. testicle

Inflection[edit]

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.
Neuter, hard
nom. sing. módo
gen. sing. móda
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
módo módi móda
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
móda mód mód
dative
(dajȃlnik)
módu módoma módom
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
módo módi móda
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
módu módih módih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
módom módoma módi

Derived terms[edit]

See also[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • modo”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin modus.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈmodo/ [ˈmo.ð̞o]
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -odo
  • Syllabification: mo‧do

Noun[edit]

modo m (plural modos)

  1. way, manner
    Synonyms: manera, forma
    a mi modo de ver
    the way I see it
  2. (grammar) mood
  3. (following "ni") (no) matter; (there is no) solution (but oh well)
    Ni modo, es un trabajo sucio pero alguien tiene que hacerlo.
    No matter, it's a dirty job but somebody has to do it.

Hyponyms[edit]

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