# motor
## English
### Etymology

From Middle English motour (“controller, prime mover; God”), from Latin mōtor (“mover; that which moves something”), from mōtō (“I set in motion”).

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈməʊtə/
* (General American, Canada) IPA: /ˈmoʊtəɹ/, [ˈmoʊɾɚ]
** Audio (California):(file)
* (General Australian) IPA: /ˈməʉtə/, [ˈməʉɾə], /ˈmɐʉtə/, [ˈmɐʉɾə]
* (New Zealand) IPA: /ˈmɐʉtə/, [ˈmɐʉɾə]
* Hyphenation: mo‧tor
* Rhymes: -əʊtə(ɹ)

### Noun

motor (plural motors)
* A machine or device that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy, or imparts motion.
* (now colloquial outside attributive use) A motor car, or automobile, sometimes extended to other powered vehicles, such as goods vehicles.
    Nice motor!
    Motor insurance is expensive for youngsters. (attributive use)
** 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, “His Own People”, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC, page 6:It was flood-tide along Fifth Avenue; motor, brougham, and victoria swept by on the glittering current; pretty women glanced out from limousine and tonneau; young men of his own type, silk-hatted, frock-coated, the crooks of their walking sticks tucked up under their left arms, passed on the Park side.
** 1918, Edith Wharton, chapter I, in The Marne, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC, page 1:Every since the age of six Troy Belknap of New York had embarked for Europe every June on the fastest steamer of one of the most expensive lines. With his family he had descended at the dock from a large noiseless motor, had kissed his father good-bye, turned back to shake hands with the chauffeur (a particular friend), and trotted up the gang-plank behind his mother's maid, [...]
** 1929, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, When the World Screamed‎:'However, you go and try your luck and see how you like it.' With that he flung himself into his motor and was off.
** 1936, F.J. Thwaites, chapter XXII, in The Redemption, Sydney: H. John Edwards, published 1940, page 214:The screeching of brakes, the monotonous blare of motor horns, the clip-clip of shoes on slippery pavements, the rustling of wet mackintoshes were all part of the great metropolis.
** 1944 November and December, T. F. Cameron, “Motor and Cartage Working”, in Railway Magazine, page 338:Goods motors for which "A" licences are held are free to operate anywhere, to pick up the most remunerative traffic, and the points between which the best back loads are available.
* (figuratively) A source of power for something; an inspiration; a driving force.
* Any protein capable of converting chemical energy into mechanical work.
* (Christianity, archaic, poetic) The controller or prime mover of the universe; God.
* (prison slang) The fermenting mass of fruit that is the basis of pruno, or "prison wine".
    Synonym: kicker

#### Alternative forms

* motour (obsolete)

#### Synonyms

* engine

#### Derived terms

* aeromotor
* affectomotor
* agrimotor
* air motor
* arteriomotor
* audiomotor
* bimotor
* Brownian motor
* coastal motor boat
* corticomotor
* crate motor
* depressomotor
* diesel motor
* dorsomotor
* driving motor
* electric motor
* electromotor
* extramotor
* fine motor skill
* gearmotor
* graphomotor
* gross motor skill
* hydromotor
* hypermotor
* hysteresis motor
* ideomotor
* idiomotor
* induction motor
* kick motor
* linear motor
* magnetomotor
* micromotor
* monomotor
* Motability
* motel
* motopia
* motorable
* motor accident
* motorail
* motor-ambulance
* motor aphasia
* motoraxon
* motor banca
* motorbicycle
* motorbike
* motorboard
* motor boat, motorboat
* motorbus
* motorcab
* motorcade
* motorcamp
* motorcar
* motor caravan
* motorcaravan
* motorcoach
* motor coach
* motor-coach
* motor cop
* motor cortex
* motor court
* motor cruiser
* motor cycle
* motor-cycle
* motorcycle
* motorcyclist
* motordom
* motordrome
* motor factor
* motor glider
* motorhand
* motorhead
* motor-home
* motor home, motorhome
* motor hotel
* motorial
* motor inn
* motor insurance
* motorise
* motorism
* motorist
* motorize
* motorjet
* motorkhana
* motorless
* motorlike
* motor lodge
* motorman
* motormania
* motor mount
* motormouthed
* motor mouth, motormouth, motor-mouth
* motorneer
* motor nerve
* motor neuron
* motor neuron disease
* motor neurone disease
* motor octane number
* motor oil
* Motorola
* motorpathy
* motorphobe
* motorphobia
* motorphone
* motorplex
* motor plow
* motor pool
* motor protein
* motor pulley
* motor racing
* motorsailer
* motor sailer
* motor scooter
* motor ship
* motor show
* motor spirit
* motorsport
* motorsports
* motor station
* motor theory
* motor torpedo boat
* motor trade
* motor truck
* motortruck
* motor unit
* motor-van
* motor variable
* motor vehicle
* motor vessel
* motor voter
* motorway
* motor yacht
* Motown
* mountain motor
* multimotor
* musculomotor
* nanomotor
* neuromotor
* nonmotor
* olfactomotor
* optomotor
* oromotor
* outboard motor
* paramotor
* pedomotor
* phonomotor
* photomotor
* pilomotor
* pony motor
* premotor
* primus motor
* propriomotor
* pupillomotor
* railmotor, rail-motor, rail motor
* reluctance motor
* repulsion motor
* retinomotor
* rheomotor
* rocket motor
* sand motor
* secretomotor
* serro-motor
* shaded-pole motor
* skeletomotor
* somatomotor
* squirrel-cage motor
* starter motor
* stepping motor
* supplementary motor area
* synchronous motor
* telemotor
* traction motor
* trimotor
* tumble motor
* ullage motor
* vasomotor
* vestibulomotor
* vibromotor
* visceromotor
* visuomotor
* water motor

#### Related terms

* motoric

#### Descendants

* → Persian: موتر (môtar)
* → Japanese: モーター (mōtā)
* → Korean: 모터 (moteo)
* → Burmese: မော်တော် (mautau)
* → Hausa: mōtā̀
* → Nupe: mátò
* → Yoruba: mọ́tò
* → Shanghainese: 馬達 / 马达 (mo⁶-da⁶)
** → Chinese: 馬達 / 马达 (mǎ dá)
* → Tibetan: མོ་ཊ (mo ṭa)

#### Translations
### Adjective

motor (not comparable)
* (biology) Relating to the ability to move.
    She has excellent motor skills.
* (nautical) Propelled by an internal combustion engine (as opposed to a steam engine or turbine).
** 1915 June, “Many Yachts to Go in Commission”, in The American Marine Engineer:A motor yacht for its size has about 30 per cent more accommodations than a steamer of the same size.

#### Derived terms

* motor unit
* psychomotor
* sensorimotor
* supramotor

#### Translations
### Verb

motor (third-person singular simple present motors, present participle motoring, simple past and past participle motored)
* (dated) To make a journey by motor vehicle; to drive.
    Synonym: moto
    On Saturday we motored down to Plymouth.
** 1944 November and December, T. F. Cameron, “Motor and Cartage Working”, in Railway Magazine, pages 336–337:The practice used to be for such consignments to be loaded as tranships to the large centre, but this involved rather slow transits, and to a considerable extent these consignments are now motored to the large centre, and in the average case the transit is improved by a day.
** 1946 April 22, Bobby Troup, “(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66”, in New Juke Box Hits, performed by Chuck Berry, published March 1961, side 2, track 2:Well, if you ever plan to motor west / Jack, take my way, it's the highway that's the best / Get your kicks on Route 66
* (transitive, aviation) To rotate a jet engine or turboprop using the engine's starter, without introducing fuel into the engine.
    During startup, the engine should be motored for 20 to 30 seconds to allow the shafts to straighten out, as they may have become bowed under their own weight while the airplane was sitting on the ground.
* (informal, figurative) To progress at a brisk pace.
    Sales were slow at first, but now things are really motoring.
** 2023 November 15, Ian Prosser talks to Stefanie Foster, “A healthy person is a more productive person”, in RAIL, number 996, page 34:More recently, ORR has been developing its knowledge and skills in cyber and digital security. Prosser says this is really "motoring".
* (slang) To leave.
    I gotta motor.

#### Translations
### References

* Motor Neurons at Motor Units on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* “motor”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
* William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “motor”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

### Anagrams

* morto

## Afrikaans
### Etymology

Borrowed from English motor, compare motor car, from Latin mōtor.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmʊə̯.tər/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

motor (plural motors, diminutive motortjie)
* car, automobile
    Synonym: kar
* engine, motor

#### Derived terms

* motorfiets
* vragmotor
* veteraanmotor

### References

* ↑ G.J. van Wyk, Etimologiewoordeboek van Afrikaans, 2003, Stellenbosch.

## Asturian
### Noun

motor m (plural motores)
* engine, motor (mechanical device)

## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mōtōrem.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [muˈtor]
* IPA: (Balearic, Valencia) [moˈtor]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -oɾ

### Adjective

motor (feminine motora, masculine plural motors, feminine plural motores) or motor (feminine motriu, masculine plural motors, feminine plural motrius)
* motor

### Noun

motor m (plural motors)
* motor

#### Derived terms

* locomotor
* motorista

### Further reading

* “motor” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “motor”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “motor” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “motor” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Cebuano
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /moˈtoɾ/ [moˈt̪oɾ̪]
* Hyphenation: mo‧tor

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish motor.

#### Noun

motór
* motor; engine

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

motór
* Clipping of motorsiklo.

## Crimean Tatar

Other scripts :
| Cyrillic | мотор |
| Roman | |

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: mo‧tor

### Noun

motor
* engine, motor

#### Derived terms

* motorlı

### References

* “motor”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈmotor]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -otor

### Noun

motor m inan
* engine, motor

#### Derived terms

* motokára
* motorismus
* motorista
* motoristický
* motorizace
* motorizovat
* motorka
* motorový

#### Related terms

* See motiv

### Further reading

* “motor”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “motor”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

## Danish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /moːtɔr/, [ˈmoːtˢɒ]

### Noun

motor c (singular definite motoren, plural indefinite motorer)
* motor, engine

#### Derived terms

* benzinmotor
* dieselmotor
* elektromotor, elmotor
* forbrændingsmotor
* motorcykel
* motorkøretøj
* motorsav
* påhængsmotor
* rækkemotor
* skibsmotor

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from English motor, from Latin motor. In the sense “motorbike” motor was originally short for motorrijwiel or motorfiets.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmoːtɔr/, /ˈmoːtər/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -oːtɔr, -oːtər
* Hyphenation: mo‧tor

### Noun

motor m (plural motoren or motors, diminutive motortje n)
* engine (mechanical device)
* motorbike
    Synonyms: motorfiets, motorrijwiel

#### Derived terms

* benzinemotor
* buitenboordmotor
* crossmotor
* dieselmotor
* elektromotor
* hulpmotor
* middenmotor
* motoragent
* motorbende
* motorbrigade
* motorclub
* motorcoureur
* motorengel
* motorfiets
* motorisch
* motormuis
* motorrijder
* motorrijwiel
* motorvoertuig
* politiemotor
* straalmotor
* stuntmotor

#### Related terms

* motoriek
* motoriseren

#### Descendants

* → Aukan: muntolu
* → Caribbean Hindustani: motar
* → Caribbean Javanese: montor
* → Indonesian: motor
* → Trió: monturu

## Hungarian
### Etymology

From English motor or German Motor, from Latin mōtor, mōtō (“I set in motion”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈmotor]
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: mo‧tor
* Rhymes: -or

### Noun

motor (plural motorok)
* engine, motor (a machine or device that converts other energy forms into mechanical energy, or imparts motion; the part of a car or other vehicle which provides the force for motion)
* (figurative) powerhouse (any source of power, energy or strength)
* motorbike, motorcycle (an open-seated motor vehicle with handlebars instead of a steering wheel, and having two (or sometimes three) wheels)
    Synonyms: motorbicikli, motorkerékpár

#### Derived terms

* dízelmotor
* keresőmotor
* motorbicikli
* motorcsónak
* motorháztető
* motorkerékpár
* Otto-motor
* villanymotor

### References

* ↑ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN

### Further reading

* motor in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

## Indonesian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch motor, from English motor, from Latin motor. In the sense “motorbike” or "motorcycle", motor was originally short for motorrijwiel or motorfiets.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈmotɔr]
* Hyphenation: mo‧tor

### Noun

motor (plural motor-motor)
* engine
    Synonyms: enjin, mesin
* (informal) motorcycle
    Synonyms: honda, sepeda motor
* (figuratively) important person in organization.

#### Derived terms

* bermotor
* memotori
* motor bodong
* motor gede
* motor tempel

### Further reading

* “motor” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Interlingua
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /moˈtor/

### Noun

motor (plural motores)
* motor

## Latin
### Etymology

From moveō (“I move”) +‎ -tor (“-er”).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈmoː.tor/, [ˈmoːt̪ɔr]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈmo.tor/, [ˈmɔːt̪or]

### Noun

mōtor m (genitive mōtōris); third declension
* mover; that which moves something

#### Declension

Third-declension noun.

#### Descendants

* → English: motor
* → German: Motor

### Verb

mōtor
* first-person singular present passive indicative of mōtō

### References

* “motor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* motor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Noun

motor m (definite singular motoren, indefinite plural motorer, definite plural motorene)
* engine, motor

#### Derived terms

* bensinmotor
* bilmotor
* boksermotor, boxermotor
* dieselmotor
* elektromotor
* elmotor
* forbrenningsmotor
* induksjonsmotor
* jetmotor
* lineærmotor
* motorbåt
* motorkjøretøy
* motorolje
* motorrom
* motorsag
* motorskip
* motorsykkel
* motorsyklist
* motorvei
* motorvogn
* påhengsmotor
* rekkemotor
* startmotor
* søkemotor
* totaktsmotor
* utenbordsmotor

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mutur/
* IPA: /mutːur/ (dialectal)

### Noun

motor m (definite singular motoren, indefinite plural motorar, definite plural motorane)
* engine, motor

#### Derived terms

* bensinmotor
* bilmotor
* boxermotor
* dieselmotor
* elektromotor
* elmotor
* forbrenningsmotor
* induksjonsmotor
* jetmotor
* motorbåt
* motorkøyretøy
* motorolje
* motorrom
* motorsag
* motorskip
* motorsykkel
* motorsyklist
* motorvogn
* påhengsmotor
* rekkemotor
* startmotor
* totaktsmotor

## Polish
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin mōtor.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmɔ.tɔr/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔtɔr
* Syllabification: mo‧tor

### Noun

motor m inan (diminutive motorek)
* (colloquial) motorcycle
    Synonyms: (archaic) autocykl, motocykl
* engine
    Synonym: silnik

#### Derived terms

* motorowy
* motorniczy

### Further reading

* motor in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* motor in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from French moteur, from Latin mōtōrem.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /moˈtoʁ/ [moˈtoh]
* (Brazil) IPA: /moˈtoʁ/ [moˈtoh]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /moˈtoɾ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /moˈtoʁ/ [moˈtoχ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /moˈtoɻ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /muˈtoɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /muˈtoɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /muˈto.ɾi/
* Rhymes: -oʁ, -oɾ
* Hyphenation: mo‧tor

### Adjective

motor (feminine motora, masculine plural motores, feminine plural motoras)
* motive

### Noun

motor m (plural motores)
* motor
* engine

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French moteur.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /moˈtor/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -or
* Hyphenation: mo‧tor

### Noun

motor n (plural motoare)
* engine
* (colloquial) motorcycle

#### Related terms

* motoraș
* motoreactor
* motoretă
* motorină
* motorist
* motoriza
* motorizare
* motorizat

### References

* motor in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

From Latin motor.

### Noun

mòtōr m (Cyrillic spelling мо̀то̄р)
* engine, motor
* (colloquial) motorcycle

#### Derived terms

* mòtōrnī

## Slovene
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /móːtɔr/

### Noun

mọ̑tor m inan
* engine

#### Inflection
## Spanish
### Etymology

From Latin motor.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /moˈtoɾ/ [moˈt̪oɾ]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -oɾ
* Syllabification: mo‧tor

### Adjective

motor (feminine motora, masculine plural motores, feminine plural motoras)
* moving
** 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 14:debilidad de los miembros motores(please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Derived terms

* automotor
* oculomotor

### Noun

motor m (plural motores)
* motor (mechanical device)
* (mechanics) engine
* (figuratively) driving force, driver, mover
* (figuratively) powerhouse
* (computing) backend, back end

#### Hyponyms

* motor de arranque
* motor de búsqueda
* motor de combustión interna, motor de explosión
* motor de cuatro tiempos
* motor de dos tiempos
* motor de reacción
* motor principal (“prime mover”)

#### Derived terms

* calentar motores
* el primer motor
* motorismo
* motorista
* motorizar
* vuelo sin motor

#### Descendants

* → Ye'kwana: motode

### Further reading

* “motor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Swedish
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

motor c
* engine, motor

#### Derived terms

* bensinmotor
* bilmotor
* båtmotor
* cykelmotor
* dieselmotor
* elmotor
* evighetsmotor
* explosionsmotor
* fyrtaktsmotor
* förbränningsmotor
* grafikmotor
* jetmotor
* lastbilsmotor
* mopedmotor
* motorcykel
* motorcykelmotor
* motorisera
* motorsåg
* Ottomotor
* raketmotor
* spelmotor
* Stirlingmotor
* testmotor
* tvåtaktsmotor
* tändkulemotor
* utombordsmotor
* vespamotor
* vindmotor
* Wankelmotor
* ångmotor

### References

* motor in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* motor in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

### Anagrams

* morot

## Tagalog
### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /moˈtoɾ/ [moˈt̪oɾ]
* Rhymes: -oɾ
* Syllabification: mo‧tor

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish motor.

#### Noun

motór (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜆᜓᜇ᜔)
* motor; engine
    Synonym: makina

##### Related terms

* de-motor
* motorista

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

motór (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜆᜓᜇ᜔)
* Clipping of motorsiklo.

### Further reading

* “motor”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
* “motor”, in Pinoy Dictionary, 2010–2025

## Turkish
### Alternative forms

* motör (obsolete)

### Etymology

From French moteur m, from Latin mōtor m (“mover”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /moˈtoɾ/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: mo‧tor

### Noun

motor (definite accusative motoru, plural motorlar)
* engine (mechanical device)
* motorboat
    Synonym: motorbot
* (colloquial) a motorcycle

#### Declension

singular
plural
nominative
motor
motorlar
definite accusative
motoru
motorları
dative
motora
motorlara
locative
motorda
motorlarda
ablative
motordan
motorlardan
genitive
motorun
motorların
Possessive forms
nominative
singular
plural
1st singular
motorum
motorlarım
2nd singular
motorun
motorların
3rd singular
motoru
motorları
1st plural
motorumuz
motorlarımız
2nd plural
motorunuz
motorlarınız
3rd plural
motorları
motorları
definite accusative
singular
plural
1st singular
motorumu
motorlarımı
2nd singular
motorunu
motorlarını
3rd singular
motorunu
motorlarını
1st plural
motorumuzu
motorlarımızı
2nd plural
motorunuzu
motorlarınızı
3rd plural
motorlarını
motorlarını
dative
singular
plural
1st singular
motoruma
motorlarıma
2nd singular
motoruna
motorlarına
3rd singular
motoruna
motorlarına
1st plural
motorumuza
motorlarımıza
2nd plural
motorunuza
motorlarınıza
3rd plural
motorlarına
motorlarına
locative
singular
plural
1st singular
motorumda
motorlarımda
2nd singular
motorunda
motorlarında
3rd singular
motorunda
motorlarında
1st plural
motorumuzda
motorlarımızda
2nd plural
motorunuzda
motorlarınızda
3rd plural
motorlarında
motorlarında
ablative
singular
plural
1st singular
motorumdan
motorlarımdan
2nd singular
motorundan
motorlarından
3rd singular
motorundan
motorlarından
1st plural
motorumuzdan
motorlarımızdan
2nd plural
motorunuzdan
motorlarınızdan
3rd plural
motorlarından
motorlarından
genitive
singular
plural
1st singular
motorumun
motorlarımın
2nd singular
motorunun
motorlarının
3rd singular
motorunun
motorlarının
1st plural
motorumuzun
motorlarımızın
2nd plural
motorunuzun
motorlarınızın
3rd plural
motorlarının
motorlarının :

#### Derived terms

* motorlu, motörlü (“motorized”)

## Venetan
### Etymology

Compare Italian motore

### Noun

motor m (plural motori) or motor m (plural moturi)
* motor, engine

## West Makian
### Etymology

Possibly a shortening of Dutch motorboot (“motorboat”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmo.t̪or/

### Noun

motor
* motorboat

### References

* Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics