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English-French Dictionary: mot

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NOUN

le mot | les mots

mot {m}: word
mot {m} [message]: message
mot {m} [parole mémorable]: saying
mot {m} outil: grammatical wordling.
function wordling.
bon mot {m}: quip
witticism
bon mot [clever remark]
gros mot {m}: swear word [also: swearword]
four-letter wordling.
mot {m} clé: keywordinform.ling.
mot {m} d'argot: slang word
mot {m} d'auteur: literary quotationlittérat.
mot {m} d'emprunt: loanwordling.
mot {m} d'esprit: witticism
witty remark
mot {m} d'excuse: excuse note
mot {m} d'ordre: sloganmarket.pol.
mot {m} fantaisiste: nonsense word
mot {m} grammatical: function wordling.
grammatical wordling.
mot {m} hybride: hybrid wordling.
word-hybridling.
mot {m} interrogatif: interrogative pronounling.
interrogative particleling.
mot {m} irritant: emotive wordling.sociol.
mot {m} juste: right word
appropriate word
mot {m} mystère: mystery wordjeux
mot {m} obscène: four-letter wordling.
mot {m} parasite: noise wordling.
mot-dièse {m} <#>: hashtag <#>inform.typ.
mot-valise {m}: portmanteau wordling.
vain mot {m} [péj.]: empty word [pej.]
véritable mot {m}: actual word
à demi-mot {adv}: allusively
in outlines
suggestively
without having to say everything
à mi-mot {adv}: allusively
suggestively
by way of a hint
au bas mot {adv}: at least
en un mot {adv}: in a word
mot à mot {adv}: word for word
mot pour mot {adj} {adv}: verbatim
mot pour mot {adv}: word for word
sans mot dire {adj}: wordless
sans mot dire {adv}: without a word
without saying a word
écrire un mot: to write a note
envoyer un mot: to send a note
forger un mot [loc.]: to coin a word [idiom]ling.
prendre qn. au mot: to take sb. at their word
coupure {f} de mot: hyphenation (rules)ling.
mot {m} de félicitations: letter of congratulations
mot {m} de passe: password
mot {m} de vocabulaire: word [esp. of a foreign language you learn]éduc.ling.
mot {m} mal orthographié: misspelled word
nature {f} (d'un mot): word classling.
C'est le mot juste.: It is the right word.
pas un traître mot [fam.]: not a single word
sans dire un mot {adv}: without saying a word
sans prononcer un mot {adv}: silently
without saying a word
avoir le dernier mot: to have the last word
buter sur un mot [loc.] [en lisant pour soi]: to have trouble understanding a wordling.
buter sur un mot [loc.] [en parlant]: to trip over a word [idiom]ling.
dire un mot à qn.: to have a word with sb.
faire un bon mot: to make a witty remark
laisser un mot à qn.: to leave a message for sb.
lancer un bon mot: to crack a joke
ne plus piper mot [loc.]: to keep mum [idiom]
to shut up like a clam [idiom]
redire un mot à qn. [répéter]: to repeat a word for sb.ling.
to reiterate a word for sb.ling.
se donner le mot: to pass the word round
to pass the word around
se donner le mot [réciproquement]: to make an arrangement
se passer le mot [loc.]: to spread the word [idiom]
to pass the word around [idiom]
traduire qc. mot à mot: to translate sth. literallyling.
trouver le mot juste [loc.]: to find the right word [idiom]
mot {m} d'ordre de grève: call for strikeoccup.
strike callécon.occup.sociol.
mot {m} de cinq lettres: four-letter word
mot {m} de la fin: closing words {pl}
mot {m} du français moderne: modern French wordling.
mot {m} vide de sens: non-wordling.
empty wordling.
au sens fort du mot {adv}: in the full sense of the word
Ce mot a différents emplois.: This word has different meanings.
Ce mot prend deux l.: There are two l's in this word.ling.
Elle me comprend à demi-mot. [loc.]: She can read my mind. [idiom]
en un mot comme en cent {adv} [loc.]: in a nutshell [idiom]
Il n'y a pas d'autre mot.: That's the only word for it.
Il ne dit pas un mot.: He has clammed up. [coll.]
J'ai le mot sur le bout de la langue. [loc.]: The word is on the tip of my tongue. [idiom]
Je n'en crois pas un mot.: I don't believe a word of it.
Je ne veux pas entendre un mot !: I don't want to hear a word!

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