motet

See also: mötet

English

Etymology

From French motet.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛt

Noun

motet (plural motets)

1. A composition adapted to sacred words in the elaborate polyphonic church style; an anthem.
   • 1987 December 27, Frank K. Owen, “It's True What They Say About Choir Boys”, in Gay Community News, volume 15, number 24, page 7:

     Singing their holiday concert from memory, the group sounded confident and expressive in pieces ranging from a medley of Barry Manilow songs to renaissance motets.

Translations

a composition adapted to sacred words in the elaborate polyphonic church style

• Armenian: մոտետ (hy) (motet)
• Esperanto: moteto
• Estonian: motett
• Finnish: motetti (fi)
• French: motet (fr) m
• Georgian: მოტეტი (moṭeṭi)
• German: Motette (de) f
• Greek: μοτέτο (el) (motéto)
• Icelandic: mótetta f
• Italian: mottetto (it) m
• Korean: 모테트 (moteteu)
• Latin: motectum n (Medieval Latin)
• Lithuanian: motetas
• Luxembourgish: Motett
• Norwegian: motett m
• Russian: песнопе́ние (ru) n (pesnopénije), моте́т (ru) m (motét)
• Spanish: motete (es) m
• Swedish: motett (sv) c
• Thai: โมเท็ต

Anagrams

• motte, totem

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [muˈtɛt]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [moˈtət]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [moˈtet]

Noun

motet m (plural motets)

1. (music) motet

Danish

Noun

motet c (singular definite motetten, plural indefinite motetter)

1. (music) motet

Declension

Declension of motet

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	motet	motetten	motetter	motetterne
genitive	motets	motettens	motetters	motetternes

Further reading

• “motet” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “motet” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

motet n (plural motetten)

1. (music) motet

French

Etymology

From mot +‎ -et.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔ.tɛ/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

motet m (plural motets)

1. (music) motet

Further reading

• “motet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Latin

Verb

mōtet

1. third-person singular present active subjunctive of mōtō

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

motet n

1. definite singular of mot

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

motet n

1. definite singular of mot

Polish

Etymology

Internationalism; compare English motet, French motet, German Motette.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔ.tɛt/
• Rhymes: -ɔtɛt
• Syllabification: mo‧tet

Noun

motet m inan (diminutive motecik, related adjective motetowy)

1. motet (composition adapted to sacred words in the elaborate polyphonic church style; an anthem)

Declension

Declension of motet

	singular	plural
nominative	motet	motety
genitive	motetu	motetów
dative	motetowi	motetom
accusative	motet	motety
instrumental	motetem	motetami
locative	motecie	motetach
vocative	motecie	motety

Further reading

• motet in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• motet in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• motet in PWN's encyclopedia

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French motet.

Noun

motet n (plural motete)

1. (music) motet

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	motet	motetul		motete	motetele
genitive-dative	motet	motetului		motete	motetelor
vocative	motetule			motetelor

Swedish

Noun

motet

1. definite singular of mot

Anagrams

• tomte