motto

Etymology
Borrowed from, from , late c. 16. .

Noun

 * 1)  A sentence, phrase, or word, forming part of an heraldic achievement.
 * 2) A sentence, phrase, or word, prefixed to an essay, discourse, chapter, canto, or the like, suggestive of its subject matter; a short, suggestive expression of a guiding principle; a maxim.
 * 3)  A paper packet containing a sweetmeat, cracker, etc., together with a scrap of paper bearing a motto.
 * 1)  A paper packet containing a sweetmeat, cracker, etc., together with a scrap of paper bearing a motto.
 * 1)  A paper packet containing a sweetmeat, cracker, etc., together with a scrap of paper bearing a motto.
 * 1)  A paper packet containing a sweetmeat, cracker, etc., together with a scrap of paper bearing a motto.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:saying

Translations

 * Afrikaans: leuse
 * Albanian:
 * Arabic:
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Basque: goiburu
 * Belarusian: дэві́з
 * Bengali:
 * Breton: sturienn
 * Bulgarian:
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: motto
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian: tunnuslause
 * Finnish:, , vaalilause
 * French:
 * Georgian: დევიზი
 * German:, Wahlspruch
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: מוֹטוֹ
 * Hindi: ध्येयवाक्य,, नीतिवाक्य
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: モットー, ,
 * Kazakh: ұран
 * Khmer: បាវចនា
 * Korean: 좌우명(座右銘), ,
 * Kyrgyz:, девиз
 * Lao: ຄຳຂວັນ
 * Latvian: devīze
 * Lithuanian: devizas
 * Macedonian: мото, гесло
 * Malay: slogan, cogan kata,
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: motto
 * Occitan:
 * Pashto:
 * Persian:
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:, ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: facal-suaicheantais
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: деви́за, мо̏то
 * Roman: ,
 * Slovak: motto
 * Slovene: moto
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Swedish:, ,
 * Tagalog: bansag, lema, moto
 * Tajik: шиор
 * Tamil: குறிக்கோளுரை
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:, ,
 * Turkmen: şygar
 * Ukrainian: деві́з, га́сло
 * Urdu: شعار
 * Uzbek: ,
 * Vietnamese:
 * Welsh:
 * West Frisian: biedwurd


 * Armenian: ,
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish: motto
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Japanese: モットー,
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: ceann-sgrìobhadh
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: kasabihan
 * Turkish:

Verb

 * 1)  To compose mottos.

Noun

 * 1) epigraph
 * 1) epigraph

Etymology
From.

Etymology
Ultimately from.

Noun

 * 1) motto sentence or a phrase with guiding principle
 * 2) epigraph literary quotation placed at the beginning of a book or other text
 * 3)  motto
 * 1)  motto
 * 1)  motto

Etymology
From. Compare 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) witty remark
 * , maxim
 * 1) posy motto inscribed inside a ring
 * 2)  word

Noun

 * 1) motto

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * a

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * a

Etymology
, from.

Noun

 * 1) philosophy,, watchword, byword
 * 2)  epigraph
 * 1)  epigraph

Etymology
or.

Etymology
, from.

Noun

 * a