Mote — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

(nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/mˈoʊt/

🇬🇧British English

/mˈəʊt/

🇮🇳Indian English

/mˈəʊt/

1 syllable Say it as /mˈoʊt/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

speck corpuscle particle atom molecule

Word Forms

atomise	verb	break up into small particles
atomic	adjective	immeasurably small
molecular	adjective	relating to simple or elementary organization; --G.A. Miller

Around the World

Europe

🇫🇷French

motte

(usage non technique) un petit morceau de n'importe quoi

🇪🇸Spanish

mota

(uso no técnico) un pedacito de cualquier cosa

🇮🇹Italian

granello

(uso non tecnico) un minuscolo pezzo di qualsiasi cosa

🇳🇱Dutch

splinter

(niet-technisch gebruik) een klein stukje van wat dan ook

🇷🇺Russian

соринка

(нетехническое использование) крошечный кусочек чего-либо

India

🇮🇳Hindi

धूलि का कण

(गैरतकनीकी उपयोग) किसी भी चीज़ का एक छोटा सा टुकड़ा

🇧🇩Bengali

কুঁচি

(অপ্রযুক্তিগত ব্যবহার) কোনো কিছুর একটি ক্ষুদ্র অংশ

🇮🇳Tamil

மோட்

(தொழில்நுட்பமற்ற பயன்பாடு) எதிலும் ஒரு சிறிய துண்டு

🇮🇳Telugu

మోటే

(నాన్ టెక్నికల్ యూసేజ్) ఏదైనా ఒక చిన్న ముక్క

🇮🇳Marathi

मोटे

(नॉनटेक्निकल वापर) कोणत्याही गोष्टीचा एक छोटा तुकडा

🇮🇳Gujarati

મોટ

(બિન-તકનીકી ઉપયોગ) કોઈપણ વસ્તુનો નાનો ટુકડો

🇮🇳Kannada

ಮೋಟೆ

(ತಾಂತ್ರಿಕವಲ್ಲದ ಬಳಕೆ) ಯಾವುದಾದರೂ ಒಂದು ಸಣ್ಣ ತುಂಡು

🇮🇳Malayalam

മോട്ട്

(സാങ്കേതികേതര ഉപയോഗം) എന്തിൻ്റെയും ഒരു ചെറിയ കഷണം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਮੋਟ

(ਗੈਰ-ਤਕਨੀਕੀ ਵਰਤੋਂ) ਕਿਸੇ ਵੀ ਚੀਜ਼ ਦਾ ਇੱਕ ਛੋਟਾ ਜਿਹਾ ਟੁਕੜਾ

🇵🇰Urdu

موٹ

(غیر تکنیکی استعمال) کسی بھی چیز کا ایک چھوٹا سا ٹکڑا

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

微尘

（非技术用法）任何东西的一小部分

🇯🇵Japanese

モテる

(技術的以外の使用) 何かの小さな断片

🇰🇷Korean

티끌

(기술적이지 않은 사용법) 어떤 것의 작은 조각

🇻🇳Vietnamese

vi trần

(cách sử dụng phi kỹ thuật) một phần nhỏ của bất cứ thứ gì

🇹🇭Thai

มลทิน

(การใช้งานที่ไม่ใช่ด้านเทคนิค) สิ่งเล็กๆ น้อยๆ ของสิ่งใดๆ

🇮🇩Indonesian

lebih banyak lagi

(penggunaan nonteknis) sebagian kecil dari apa pun

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

قذى

(استخدام غير تقني) قطعة صغيرة من أي شيء

🇮🇷Persian

موت

(استفاده غیر فنی) یک قطعه کوچک از هر چیزی

🇹🇷Turkish

zerre

(teknik olmayan kullanım) herhangi bir şeyin küçük bir parçası

🇮🇱Hebrew

חֶלְקִיק

(שימוש לא טכני) חתיכה זעירה מכל דבר

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The primary meaning of 'mote' is '(nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything'.

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Using 'mote' in a noun/adjective form makes the first sentence correct.

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