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mote

/məʊt/

/moʊt/

Translations

motenoun

motes

/məʊt/

/moʊt/

particulePetite particule; se dit souvent d’une parcelle infime de poussière ou de matière.

A mote of dust floated in the beam of sunlight coming through the window.

Une particule de poussière flottait dans le rayon de soleil entrant par la fenêtre.

Additional translations

grainSens plus rare ou contextuel: très petite parcelle, infime fragment.

Synonyms

moteverb

mote

Past Simple

mote

Past Participle

/məʊt/

/moʊt/

Archaic defective modal verb meaning "may, must, ought to"; chiefly preserved in the formulaic expression "So mote it be."

pouvoirEmploi archaïque et littéraire; valeur de possibilité ou de permission.

So mote it be.

Ainsi puisse-t-il en être.

motenoun

A tiny piece of a substance; a speck.

A mote of dust floated in the beam of sunlight coming through the window.

moteverb

Archaic. To be allowed to; may (expressing possibility, permission, or wish).

"So mote it be," the ritual concluded, expressing the hope that it might indeed come to pass.