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motte.

motte (mound of earth)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/mɔt/
  1. motte (mound of earth)

    feminine
  2. clod (lump of earth)

    feminine
  3. block, lump (of food etc.)

    feminine
    motte de beurre
  4. pubic mound, mons veneris

    colloquial · feminine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old French mote (“mound”), from Medieval Latin mota (“a mound, hill”), of Germanic origin, perhaps via Frankish *mot, *motta (“mud, peat, bog, turf”), from Proto-Germanic *mutô, *mudraz, *muþraz (“dirt, filth, mud, swamp”).

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