motor
English
/ˈməʊtə/, /ˈmoʊtɚ/
noun
Definitions
- A machine or device that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy, or imparts motion.
- (colloquial) A motor car, or automobile.
- (figuratively) A source of power for something; an inspiration; a driving force.
- Any protein capable of converting chemical energy into mechanical work.
- (Christianity) The controller or prime mover of the universe; God.
- (prison) The fermenting mass of fruit that is the basis of pruno, or "prison wine".
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin mōtō (I set in motion) root from Proto-Indo-European *mew- (move, drive, damp).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*mew-
Gloss
move, drive, damp
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
湿
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Motorola English
- affectomotor English
- arteriomotor English
- audiomotor English
- axon English
- bicycle English
- bike English
- board English
- boat English
- bus English
- camp English
- car English
- caravan English
- coach English
- commotion English
- corticomotor English
- cycle English
- cyclist English
- demote English
- depress English
- depressomotor English
- dorsomotor English
- electromotor English
- emote English
- emoter English
- emoticon English
- emotion English
- emotionable English
- emotional English
- extramotor English
- gear English
- gearmotor English
- graphomotor English
- hand English
- hydromotor English
- ideomotor English
- immovable English
- jet English
- locomote English
- magnetomotor English
- micromotor English
- microvibromotor English
- mobility English
- mobilization English
- mobilize English
- motile English
- motility English
- motionless English
- motocross English
- motor show English
- motorable English
- motoraxon English
- motorbicycle English
- motorbike English
- motorbiker English
- motorboard English
- motorboat English
- motorboater English
- motorboatist English
- motorbus English
- motorcamp English
- motorcar English
- motorcaravan English
- motorcoach English
- motorcycle English
- motorcycler English
- motorcyclist English
- motordom English
- motordrome English
- motorhand English
- motorhead English
- motorial English
- motoric English
- motorically English
- motorist English
- motorizable English
- motorization English
- motorize English
- motorjet English
- motorless English
- motorlike English
- motorman English
- motormouth English
- motormouthed English
- motorpathic English
- motorpathy English
- motorphobia English
- motorplex English
- motorsailer English
- motorsport English
- motortruck English
- motorway English
- motrix English
- mouth English
- mouthed English
- movability English
- movable English
- movableness English
- movably English
- moveless English
- movelessly English
- movelessness English
- mover English
- movie English
- movingly English
- movingness English
- musculomotor English
- nanomotor English
- neuromotor English
- neuromotoric English
- neuropsychomotor English
- nonmotor English
- nonmotorcycle English
- nonmotorist English
- nonvasomotor English
- oculomotor English
- olfactomotor English
- operculopremotor English
- optomotor English
- overemote English
- paramotor English
- paramotoring English
- pedomotor English
- phonomotor English
- photomotor English
- pilomotor English
- premotion English
- premotor English
- premotoric English
- premotorneuronal English
- preoculomotor English
- presomatomotor English
- promote English
- promotion English
- promotional English
- psychomotor English
- pupil English
- pupillomotor English
- rail English
- railmotor English
- remoteness English
- removable English
- removal English
- removalist English
- remover English
- retinomotor English
- rheomotor English
- sailer English
- secrete English
- secretomotor English
- show English
- skeletomotor English
- somatomotor English
- sport English
- supramotor English
- supraoculomotor English
- telemotor English
- trimotor English
- truck English
- unmotorable English
- unmovable English
- unmoveable English
- vasomotor English
- vestibulomotor English
- vibromotor English
- visceromotor English
- visuomotor English
- way English
- motio Latin
- motivum Latin
- moto Latin
- motor Latin
- moveo Latin
- movere Latin
- moveō Latin
- movēre Latin
- mōbilis Latin
- mōtivus Latin
- mōtor Latin
- mōtō Latin
- remotus Latin
- removēre, removeo Latin
- Asynchronmotor German
- Benzinmotor German
- Dieselmotor German
- Elektromotor German
- Linearmotor German
- Mikromotor German
- Motor German
- Motorblock German
- Motorfuchsschwanz German
- Motorhaube German
- Motorrad German
- Motorroller German
- Motorsport German
- Motorsäge German
- Nanomotor German
- Stirlingmotor German
- Verbrennungsmotor German
- Zweitaktmotor German
- dreimotorig German
- einmotorig German
- mehrmotorig German
- motorbetrieben German
- motorisch German
- viermotorig German
- Otto-motor Hungarian
- dízelmotor Hungarian
- keresőmotor Hungarian
- motor Hungarian
- motorcsónak Hungarian
- motorja Hungarian
- motorkerékpár Hungarian
- motorok Hungarian
- motorokon Hungarian
- motoron Hungarian
- motorral Hungarian
- motort Hungarian
- motorcaravan Italian
- motore Italian
- achtmotorig Dutch, Flemish
- buitenboordmotor Dutch, Flemish
- dieselmotor Dutch, Flemish
- driemotorig Dutch, Flemish
- eenmotorig Dutch, Flemish
- elektromotor Dutch, Flemish
- motor Dutch, Flemish
- motorbende Dutch, Flemish
- motorboot Dutch, Flemish
- motorcoureur Dutch, Flemish
- motorcrosser Dutch, Flemish
- motorengel Dutch, Flemish
- motorfiets Dutch, Flemish
- motoriek Dutch, Flemish
- motorjacht Dutch, Flemish
- motorkap Dutch, Flemish
- motormuis Dutch, Flemish
- motorolie Dutch, Flemish
- motorreis Dutch, Flemish
- motorrijder Dutch, Flemish
- motorrijtuig Dutch, Flemish
- motorrijwiel Dutch, Flemish
- motorschip Dutch, Flemish
- motorvoertuig Dutch, Flemish
- straalmotor Dutch, Flemish
- tweemotorig Dutch, Flemish
- verbrandingsmotor Dutch, Flemish
- viermotorig Dutch, Flemish
- vijfmotorig Dutch, Flemish
- zesmotorig Dutch, Flemish
- zoekmotor Dutch, Flemish
- moteur French
- мотор Russian
- motor Spanish, Castilian
- μυρίος Ancient Greek
- *h₁ey- Proto-Indo-European
- *mew- Proto-Indo-European
- motor Swedish
- バイク Japanese
- モーター Japanese
- モーターカー Japanese
- モーターショー Japanese
- モーターボート Japanese
- motor Polish
- mótar Irish
- mótarbhealach Irish
- motor Serbo-Croatian
- мотор Serbo-Croatian
- motor Catalan, Valencian
- गाड़ी Hindi
- बैलगाड़ी Hindi
- रेलगाड़ी Hindi
- موتر Persian
- گاری Persian
- มอเตอร์ Thai
- มอเตอร์เวย์ Thai
- มอเตอร์ไซค์ Thai
- motor Cebuano
- motorista Cebuano
- motor Indonesian
- modur Welsh
- motor Turkish
- múnigid Old Irish
- motor Afrikaans
- veteraanmotor Afrikaans
- మోటార్ సైకిల్ Telugu
- motor-bike Norman
- မော်တော်ဆိုင်ကယ် Burmese
- মটৰ চাইকেল Assamese
- མོ་ཐོ Chinese
- 摩哆 Chinese
- 摩多西卡 Chinese
- 摩打 Chinese
- 摩托 Chinese
- gari Swahili
- motokaa Swahili
- 모터 Korean
- 모터보트 Korean
- otobai Marshallese
- wōtbai Marshallese
- moto Tok Pisin
- 𑀕𑀟𑁆𑀟 Sauraseni Prakrit
- motokā Maori
- motopaika Maori
- قاري Gulf Arabic
- motokari Shona
- imodoka Kinyarwanda
- mũtokaa Kikuyu, Gikuyu
- motar Fiji Hindi
- modo Lashi
- modiga Kriol
- mutuka Pitjantjatjara
- ག་གྲི Ladakhi
- car
- way
- jet
- bus
- boat
- show
- hand
- gear
- camp
- axon
- bike
- rail
- movie
- emote
- mover
- cycle
- coach
- sport
- mouth
- pupil
- board
- truck
- emoter
- motrix
- sailer
- demote
- motile
- depress
- bicycle
- movable
- motoric
- promote
- removal
- secrete
- cyclist
- mouthed
- movably
- remover
- caravan
- emotion
- motorman
- motorbus
- motorjet
- motorway
- moveless
- locomote
- motorist
- mobilize
- emoticon
- motorcar
- motordom
- premotor
- Motorola
- nonmotor
- movingly
- trimotor
- motility
- motorial
- motorize
- mobility
- motorbike
- overemote
- pedomotor
- commotion
- motorhead
- motorhand
- motorboat
- motorplex
- unmovable
- removable
- railmotor
- motorcamp
- promotion
- pilomotor
- gearmotor
- rheomotor
- motocross
- motorless
- vasomotor
- paramotor
- immovable
- motorlike
- telemotor
- ideomotor
- premotion
- nanomotor
- motoraxon
- optomotor
- emotional
- motorable
- movelessly
- micromotor
- extramotor
- motorbiker
- audiomotor
- motorpathy
- vibromotor
- removalist
- remoteness
- motormouth
- phonomotor
- motorcycle
- supramotor
- oculomotor
- movingness
- hydromotor
- neuromotor
- photomotor
- dorsomotor
- motionless
- motorsport
- movability
- motortruck
- premotoric
- motor show
- motorboard
- unmoveable
- motordrome
- visuomotor
- motorcoach
- motorphobia
- movableness
- nonmotorist
- psychomotor
- motorsailer
- emotionable
- motorpathic
- motorcycler
- retinomotor
- promotional
- unmotorable
- somatomotor
- motorizable
- motorically
- graphomotor
- motorboater
- olfactomotor
- skeletomotor
- motorization
- motorcaravan
- corticomotor
- arteriomotor
- movelessness
- motormouthed
- mobilization
- paramotoring
- motorbicycle
- affectomotor
- nonvasomotor
- electromotor
- magnetomotor
- pupillomotor
- visceromotor
- motorcyclist
- motorboatist
- musculomotor
- secretomotor
- neuromotoric
- nonmotorcycle
- depressomotor
- preoculomotor
- presomatomotor
- vestibulomotor
- microvibromotor
- supraoculomotor
- operculopremotor
- premotorneuronal
- neuropsychomotor