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Webster 1913 Edition

Motor

Mo′tor

Noun.

[L., fr.

movere

motum

, to move.]

One who, or that which, imparts motion; a source of mechanical power.

(Mach.)

A prime mover; a machine by means of which a source of power, as steam, moving water, electricity, etc., is made available for doing mechanical work.

Webster 1828 Edition

Motor

MO'TOR

Noun.

[L. from moveo, to move.]

A mover. The metals are called motors of electricity.

Definition 2024

Motor

See also: motor

German

Motor

Noun

Motor m ‎(genitive Motors, plural Motoren)

engine (mechanical device)

Declension

Declension of Motor

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Motor	die	Motoren
genitive	eines	des	Motors	der	Motoren
dative	einem	dem	Motor	den	Motoren
accusative	einen	den	Motor	die	Motoren

motor

See also: Motor

English

An electric motor.

Noun

motor ‎(plural motors)

A machine or device that converts any form of energy into mechanical energy, or imparts motion.
(colloquial) A motor car, or automobile.
- 1907, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, “chapter I”, in The Younger Set (Project Gutenberg; EBook #14852), New York, N.Y.: A. L. Burt Company, published 1 February 2005 (Project Gutenberg version), OCLC 4241346:
  
  It was flood-tide along Fifth Avenue; motor, brougham, and victoria swept by on the glittering current; pretty women glanced out from limousine and tonneau; young men of his own type, silk-hatted, frock-coated, the crooks of their walking sticks tucked up under their left arms, passed on the Park side.
(figuratively) A source of power for something, an inspiration, a driving force.
Any protein capable of converting chemical energy into mechanical work.

Synonyms

engine

Alternative forms

motour (very rare)

Derived terms

Terms derived from motor (noun)

Related terms

Translations

engine

Albanian: motor (sq)
Arabic: مُحَرِّك m ‎(muḥarrik), مُوتُور m ‎(mutūr)
Armenian: շարժիչ (hy) ‎(šaržičʿ)
Azeri: motor
Belarusian: рухаві́к m ‎(ruxavík), мато́р m ‎(matór)
Bulgarian: мото́р (bg) m ‎(motór), дви́гател (bg) m ‎(dvígatel)
Catalan: motor (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 馬達 (zh), 马达 (zh) ‎(mǎdá), 摩托 (zh) ‎(mótuō), 引擎 (zh) ‎(yǐnqíng), 發動機 (zh), 发动机 (zh) ‎(fādòngjī), 電動機 (zh), 电动机 (zh) ‎(diàn dòngjī) (electric)
Czech: motor (cs) m
Danish: motor (da) c
Dutch: motor (nl) m
Esperanto: motoro
Estonian: mootor
Faroese: motorur m
Finnish: moottori (fi)
French: moteur (fr) m
Georgian: ძრავა ‎(ʒrava), მოტორი ‎(moṭori)
German: Motor (de) m, Triebwerk (de) n, Antrieb (de) m
Greek: μηχανή (el) f ‎(michaní)
Greenlandic: motoori
Hebrew: מָנוֹעַ (he) m ‎(manóa)
Hindi: मोटर (hi) ‎(moṭar)|tr=moṭar
Hungarian: motor (hu)
Icelandic: mótor (is)
Ido: motoro (io)
Interlingua: motor
Italian: (1) motore (it) m, (2) macchina (it) f
Japanese: モーター (ja) ‎(mōtā), エンジン (ja) ‎(enjin), 機関 (ja) ‎(きかん, kikan), 機械 (ja) ‎(きかい, kikai), 発動機 ‎(はつどうき, hatsudōki), 原動機 (ja) ‎(げんどうき, kendōki)

Korean: 모터 (ko) ‎(moteo)
Latvian: dzinējs m, motors m
Lithuanian: variklis m, motoras m
Macedonian: мотор m ‎(motor)
Maltese: (1) ^{(please verify)}mutur m, ^{(please verify)}magna f {2}
Maori: pūkaha, initia, iniana, mīhini
Mirandese: motor m
Mongolian: хөдөлгүүр (mn) ‎(hödölgüür)
Navajo: atsiitsʼiin
Norman: engîn m (Jersey)
Persian: موتور (fa) ‎(motor)
Polish: silnik (pl) m
Portuguese: motor (pt) m
Romanian: motor (ro) n
Russian: мото́р (ru) m ‎(motór), дви́гатель (ru) m ‎(dvígatelʹ)
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: мо̀то̄р m

Roman: mòtōr (sh) m
Slovak: motor m
Slovene: motor (sl) m
Spanish: motor (es) m
Swedish: motor (sv) c
Telugu: యంత్రము (te) ‎(yaṃtramu)
Thai: มอเตอร์ ‎(mor dtêr)
Turkish: motor (tr)
Ukrainian: мото́р m ‎(motór), двигу́н (uk) m ‎(dvyhún)
Urdu: موٹر ‎(moṭar)
Vietnamese: động cơ (vi), mô-tơ (vi)
Welsh: modur (cy) m

motor car

Dutch: motorrijtuig (nl) n
Italian: macchina (it) f, auto (it) m, autovettura (it) f

Spanish: motor (es) m
Telugu: చిన్న కారు ‎(cinna kāru)

Adjective

motor ‎(not comparable)

(biology) describing neurons that create the ability to move
She has excellent motor skills.‎

Derived terms

motor unit

Translations

biology

Catalan: motor (ca)
Czech: motorický
Finnish: motorinen (fi)

Irish: luaileach
Maori: whakaneke
Spanish: motor (es) m

Verb

motor ‎(third-person singular simple present motors, present participle motoring, simple past and past participle motored)

To drive around leisurely in a motorised vehicle.
(slang) To leave.
I gotta motor.‎

Asturian

Noun

motor m ‎(plural motores)

engine, motor (mechanical device)

Catalan

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /muˈtoɾ/
Rhymes: -oɾ

Adjective

motor m ‎(feminine motora, masculine plural motors, feminine plural motores)

motor

Noun

motor m ‎(plural motors)

motor

Czech

Pronunciation

Noun

motor m

engine, motor

Declension

Declension of motor

	singular	plural
nominative	motor	motory
genitive	motoru	motorů
dative	motoru	motorům
accusative	motor	motory
vocative	motore	motory
locative	motoru	motorech
instrumental	motorem	motory

Danish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /moːtɔr/, [ˈmoːtˢɒ]

Noun

motor c (singular definite motoren, plural indefinite motorer)

motor, engine

Inflection

Inflection of motor

common gender	Singular		Plural
common gender	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	motor	motoren	motorer	motorerne
genitive	motors	motorens	motorers	motorernes

Derived terms

Terms derived from motor

motorsav
påhængsmotor

rækkemotor
skibsmotor

Dutch

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmoːtɔr/
Rhymes: -oːtɔr
Hyphenation: mo‧tor

Noun

motor m ‎(plural motoren, diminutive motortje n)

engine (mechanical device)
(short for motorrijwiel) motorbike

Derived terms

motorcoureur
motorvoertuig

Related terms

motoriek
motoriseren

Hungarian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈmotor]
Hyphenation: mo‧tor

Noun

motor ‎(plural motorok)

engine, motor

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	motor	motorok
accusative	motort	motorokat
dative	motornak	motoroknak
instrumental	motorral	motorokkal
causal-final	motorért	motorokért
translative	motorrá	motorokká
terminative	motorig	motorokig
essive-formal	motorként	motorokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	motorban	motorokban
superessive	motoron	motorokon
adessive	motornál	motoroknál
illative	motorba	motorokba
sublative	motorra	motorokra
allative	motorhoz	motorokhoz
elative	motorból	motorokból
delative	motorról	motorokról
ablative	motortól	motoroktól

Possessive forms of motor
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	motorom	motorjaim
2nd person sing.	motorod	motorjaid
3rd person sing.	motorja	motorjai
1st person plural	motorunk	motorjaink
2nd person plural	motorotok	motorjaitok
3rd person plural	motorjuk	motorjaik

Derived terms

Terms derived from motor

dízelmotor

motorcsónak

motorháztető

motorkerékpár

Interlingua

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /moˈtor/

Noun

motor ‎(plural motores)

motor

Latin

Verb

mōtor

first-person singular present passive indicative of mōtō

References

motor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Félix Gaffiot (1934), “motor”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

motor m ‎(definite singular motoren, indefinite plural motorer, definite plural motorene)

engine, motor

Derived terms

Terms derived from motor

rekkemotor
søkemotor
startmotor
totaktsmotor
utenbordsmotor

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

motor m ‎(definite singular motoren, indefinite plural motorar, definite plural motorane)

engine, motor

Derived terms

Terms derived from motor

Polish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmɔt̪ɔr/

Noun

motor m inan

(colloquial) motorcycle
engine

Declension

declension of motor

	singular	plural
nominative	motor	motory
genitive	motoru	motorów
dative	motorowi	motorom
accusative	motor	motory
instrumental	motorem	motorami
locative	motorze	motorach
vocative	motorze	motory

Synonyms

(#1) motocykl

Portuguese

Etymology

From French moteur, from Latin motor.

Pronunciation

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /muˈtoɾ/

Adjective

motor m ‎(feminine singular motora, masculine plural motores, feminine plural motoras, comparable)

motive

Noun

motor m (plural motores)

motor
engine

Romanian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /moˈtor/

Noun

motor n ‎(plural motoare)

engine

Declension

declension of motor

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) motor	motorul	(niște) motoare	motoarele
genitive/dative	(unui) motor	motorului	(unor) motoare	motoarelor
vocative	motorule		motoarelor

Related terms

motoraș
motoreactor

motoretă
motorină

motorizare
motorizat

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Latin motor.

Noun

mòtōr m ‎(Cyrillic spelling мо̀то̄р)

engine, motor
(colloquial) motorcycle

Declension

Declension of motor

	singular	plural
nominative	mòtōr	motori
genitive	motóra	motora
dative	motoru	motorima
accusative	motor	motore
vocative	motoru / motore	motori
locative	motoru	motorima
instrumental	motorom	motorima

Derived terms

mòtōrnī

Slovene

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmóːtɔr/
Tonal orthography: mọ̑tor

Noun

mótor m inan ‎(genitive mótorja, nominative plural mótorji)

engine

Declension

Declension of mótor (masculine inan., soft o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	mótor	mótorja	mótorji
accusative	mótor	mótorja	mótorje
genitive	mótorja	mótorjev	mótorjev
dative	mótorju	mótorjema	mótorjem
locative	mótorju	mótorjih	mótorjih
instrumental	mótorjem	mótorjema	mótorji

Spanish

Adjective

motor m ‎(feminine singular motora, masculine plural motores, feminine plural motoras)

moving

Noun

motor m ‎(plural motores)

engine

Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

motor c

engine, motor

Declension

Inflection of motor
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	motor	motorn	motorer	motorerna
Genitive	motors	motorns	motorers	motorernas

Derived terms

Related terms

ångmotor
båtmotor
bensinmotor
bilmotor
cykelmotor
dieselmotor
elmotor

evighetsmotor
förbränningsmotor
fyrtaktsmotor
grafikmotor
jetmotor
lastbilsmotor
mopedmotor

motorcykel
motorcykelmotor
motorisera
Ottomotor
raketmotor
spelmotor
Stirlingmotor

tändkulemotor
testmotor
tvåtaktsmotor
utombordsmotor
vespamotor
vindmotor
Wankelmotor

Turkish

Noun

motor ‎(definite accusative motoru, plural motorlar)

engine (mechanical device)

Declension

declension of motor

	singular (tekil)	plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın)	motor	motorlar
definite accusative (belirtme)	motoru	motorları
dative (yönelme)	motora	motorlara
locative (bulunma)	motorda	motorlarda
ablative (ayrılma)	motordan	motorlardan
genitive (tamlayan)	motorun	motorların

possessive forms of motor

benim (my)	singular (tekil)	plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın)	motorum	motorlarım
definite accusative (belirtme)	motorumu	motorlarımı
dative (yönelme)	motoruma	motorlarıma
locative (bulunma)	motorumda	motorlarımda
ablative (çıkma)	motorumdan	motorlarımdan
genitive (tamlayan)	motorumun	motorlarımın
senin (your)	singular (tekil)	plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın)	motorun	motorların
definite accusative (belirtme)	motorunu	motorlarını
dative (yönelme)	motoruna	motorlarına
locative (bulunma)	motorunda	motorlarında
ablative (çıkma)	motorundan	motorlarından
genitive (tamlayan)	motorunun	motorlarının
onun (her/his/its)	singular (tekil)	plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın)	motoru	motorları
definite accusative (belirtme)	motorunu	motorlarını
dative (yönelme)	motoruna	motorlarına
locative (bulunma)	motorunda	motorlarında
ablative (çıkma)	motorundan	motorlarından
genitive (tamlayan)	motorunun	motorlarının
bizim (our)	singular (tekil)	plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın)	motorumuz	motorlarımız
definite accusative (belirtme)	motorumuzu	motorlarımızı
dative (yönelme)	motorumuza	motorlarımıza
locative (bulunma)	motorumuzda	motorlarımızda
ablative (çıkma)	motorumuzdan	motorlarımızdan
genitive (tamlayan)	motorumuzun	motorlarımızın
sizin (your)	singular (tekil)	plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın)	motorunuz	motorlarınız
definite accusative (belirtme)	motorunuzu	motorlarınızı
dative (yönelme)	motorunuza	motorlarınıza
locative (bulunma)	motorunuzda	motorlarınızda
ablative (çıkma)	motorunuzdan	motorlarınızdan
genitive (tamlayan)	motorunuzun	motorlarınızın
onların (their)	singular (tekil)	plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın)	motorları	motorları
definite accusative (belirtme)	motorlarını	motorlarını
dative (yönelme)	motorlarına	motorlarına
locative (bulunma)	motorlarında	motorlarında
ablative (çıkma)	motorlarından	motorlarından
genitive (tamlayan)	motorlarının	motorlarının

This Turkish entry was created from the translations listed at engine. It may be less reliable than other entries, and may be missing parts of speech or additional senses. Please also see motor in the Turkish Wiktionary. This notice will be removed when the entry is checked. (more information) December 2008

Venetian

Etymology

Compare Italian motore

Noun

motor m (plural motori) or motor m (plural moturi)

motor, engine