mot

Other forms of mot

plural

mots·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about mot

What does mot mean?

mot means "a clever remark". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in mot?

mot has 1 syllable: mot.

What is another word for mot?

Close synonyms include bon mot, MOT test, Ministry of Transportation test. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is mot a common word?

mot is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.