modo

See also: mōdo, mōdõ, and mödo

Esperanto

Noun

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

  1. (grammar) mood
  2. fashion, style

Galician

Etymology

From Latin modus

Noun

modo m (plural modos)

  1. mode, manner

Ido

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmo.do/, /ˈmɔ.dɔ/

Noun

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

  • enmoda (“in fashion”)
    • enmodigar (“to cause to go in fashion”)
    • enmodeskar (“to become in fashion”)
  • ekmoda (“old-fashioned”)
    • ekmodigar (“to cause to go out of fashion”)
    • ekmodeskar (“to become out of fashion”)
  • modala (“modal”)
    • modaleso (“modality”)

Italian

Etymology

From Latin modus

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

modo m (plural modi)

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

Anagrams

Latin

Adverb

modo

  1. just, only
    Tunc modo edere volebat. ― Just then he only wanted to eat.
  2. recently, just now
    Latrocinium modo factum est. ― A robbery just took place.
  3. presently

Usage notes

modo ... modo ― at one time ... at another

Derived terms

Descendants

Noun

modō m

  1. dative singular of modus
  2. ablative singular of modus

See also

References

  • 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, 1883–1887)
  • modo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, 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

Etymology

From Latin modus (“measure; manner”), from Proto-Indo-European *med- (“to measure”).

Pronunciation

Noun

modo m (plural modos)

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

Hyponyms

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *mǫdo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmòːdɔ/, /ˈmóːdɔ/
  • Tonal orthography: mọ́do, mọ̑do

Noun

módo n (genitive móda, nominative plural móda)

  1. (anatomy) testicle

Declension

Derived terms

See also

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin modus

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -oðo

Noun

modo m (plural modos)

  1. way
    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."
    "Oh well, it's a dirty job but somebody has to do it."

Hyponyms

See also

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