modo

== Chichewa == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jótò (“fire”), from Proto-Bantu *-jóta (“to warm oneself”), ultimately from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-jot- (“burn”). === Noun === modo class 3 (plural miodo class 4) obsolete form of moto. === References === Rev. John Rebman (1877), Dictionary of the Kiniassa Language‎[1], Church Missionary Society, page 120 == Daur == === Etymology === From Proto-Mongolic *modu, compare Mongolian мод (mod). === Noun === modo tree wood == Esperanto == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈmodo/ Rhymes: -odo Syllabification: mo‧do === Noun === modo (accusative singular modon, plural modoj, accusative plural modojn) (grammar) mood fashion, style === Further reading === “modo”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN “modo”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026 == Galician == === Etymology === From Latin modus. === Noun === modo m (plural modos) 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) mode (a passing usage which depends upon taste, caprice) fashion, style (grammar) mood (indicative, imperative, etc.) (philosophy, music) mode (law) modus ==== Derived terms ==== == Italian == === Etymology === From Latin modus, from Proto-Indo-European *modós, derived from the root *med- (“to measure”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈmɔ.do/ Rhymes: -ɔdo Hyphenation: mò‧do === Noun === modo m (plural modi) manner, way (grammar) mood (music) style, manner ==== Related terms ==== === Anagrams === domo, domò == Latin == === Etymology === From modus (“measure, mode, manner, way”); the adverb derives from its ablative form. The short vowel in the adverb is an example of iambic shortening that became conventional in Classical Latin (as in ego). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈmɔ.doː], [ˈmɔ.dɔ] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈmɔː.do] === Adverb === modō̆ just, only, merely, simply Synonyms: tantum, sōlum Tunc, (ille) modo edere volēbat. ― At that time, he wanted only to eat. recently, just now Latrōcinium modo factum est. ― A robbery has just now taken place. presently (modo … modo) now … now; now … and then; sometimes … sometimes; at one time … at another ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === Noun === modō m dative/ablative singular of modus === Postposition === modō (+ ablative) the way, as, the manner ==== Derived terms ==== quōmodo quōmodocumque quōmodolibet === See also === grosso modo === References === Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911), “mŏdo”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 412 === Further reading === “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, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “modo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[2], London: Macmillan and Co. == North Tukang Besi == === Adverb === modo soon === References === Mark Donohue (1999), A Grammar of Tukang Besi, Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 542 == Portuguese == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin modus (“measure; manner”), from Proto-Indo-European *med- (“to measure”). === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɔdu Hyphenation: mo‧do === Noun === modo m (plural modos) mode; way; method (method or manner of doing something) Synonyms: jeito, maneira, método, moda mode; state; condition Synonyms: condição, estado (grammar) mood (music) mode (one of several ancient scales) ==== Hyponyms ==== (grammatical mood): conjuntivo/subjuntivo (modo conjuntivo/modo subjuntivo), gerúndio, imperativo, indicativo (modo indicativo), infinitivo, particípio ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “modo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “modo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Sardinian == === Etymology === From Latin modo. === Adverb === modo (Campidanese, medieval) now ==== Descendants ==== ⇒ Campidanese: immòu, immò, immòi (paragogic vowel), immúi, immú === References === Wagner, Max Leopold (1960–1964), “kòmo”, in Dizionario etimologico sardo, Heidelberg == Slovene == === Etymology === From Proto-Slavic *mǫdo. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /mòːdɔ/, /móːdɔ/ === Noun === mọ̄do n testicle ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== módnik obmọ̑dək ==== See also ==== testikuláren === Further reading === “modo”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Spanish *muedo, from Latin modus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈmodo/ [ˈmo.ð̞o] Rhymes: -odo Syllabification: mo‧do === Noun === modo m (plural modos) way, manner Synonyms: manera, forma (grammar) mood ==== Hyponyms ==== infinitivo modo imperativo, imperativo modo frigio modo indicativo modo subjuntivo, subjuntivo modo condicional optativo ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “modo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025