Motto

//ˈmɑ.toʊ//

Synonyms for "motto" (192 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (39)

Noun(1 words)
catchword

Strong matches (57)

Noun(1 words)
guideword

Related words (96)

Noun(2 words)
shibbolethslogan

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

3 entries

derived

3 entries

has context

1 entries

is a

2 entries

related to

14 entries

Translations

134 translations across 69 languages.

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Afrikaans

1 entries
  • leuse noun (sentence, phrase or word forming part of a heraldic achievement)

Albanian

1 entries
  • devizë noun (sentence, phrase or word forming part of a heraldic achievement)

Arabic

1 entries
  • شِعَار noun (sentence, phrase or word forming part of a heraldic achievement)

Armenian

3 entries
  • բնաբան noun (suggestive sentence, phrase or word)
  • նշանաբան noun (sentence, phrase or word forming part of a heraldic achievement)
  • նշանաբան noun (suggestive sentence, phrase or word)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • şüar noun (sentence, phrase or word forming part of a heraldic achievement)

Basque

1 entries
  • goiburu noun (sentence, phrase or word forming part of a heraldic achievement)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • дэві́з noun (sentence, phrase or word forming part of a heraldic achievement)

Bengali

1 entries
  • নীতিবাক্য noun (sentence, phrase or word forming part of a heraldic achievement)

Breton

1 entries
  • sturienn noun (sentence, phrase or word forming part of a heraldic achievement)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • деви́з noun (sentence, phrase or word forming part of a heraldic achievement)
  • мо́то noun (suggestive sentence, phrase or word)

Burmese

1 entries
  • ဆောင်ပုဒ် noun (sentence, phrase or word forming part of a heraldic achievement)

Catalan

3 entries
  • divisa noun (sentence, phrase or word forming part of a heraldic achievement)
  • lema noun (sentence, phrase or word forming part of a heraldic achievement)
  • lema noun (suggestive sentence, phrase or word)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 座右銘 /座右铭 noun (sentence, phrase or word forming part of a heraldic achievement)
  • 座右銘 /座右铭 noun (suggestive sentence, phrase or word)
  • 格言 noun (suggestive sentence, phrase or word)
  • 標語 /标语 noun (suggestive sentence, phrase or word)

Czech

2 entries
  • motto noun (sentence, phrase or word forming part of a heraldic achievement)
  • motto noun (suggestive sentence, phrase or word)

Danish

2 entries
  • motto noun (sentence, phrase or word forming part of a heraldic achievement)
  • motto noun (suggestive sentence, phrase or word)

Dari

1 entries
  • شِعَار noun (sentence, phrase or word forming part of a heraldic achievement)

Dutch

4 entries
  • lijfspreuk noun (sentence, phrase or word forming part of a heraldic achievement)
  • motto noun (sentence, phrase or word forming part of a heraldic achievement)
  • motto noun (suggestive sentence, phrase or word)
  • wapenspreuk noun (sentence, phrase or word forming part of a heraldic achievement)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • moto noun (sentence, phrase or word forming part of a heraldic achievement)

Estonian

1 entries
  • tunnuslause noun (sentence, phrase or word forming part of a heraldic achievement)

Finnish

4 entries
  • motto noun (sentence, phrase or word forming part of a heraldic achievement)
  • motto noun (suggestive sentence, phrase or word)
  • tunnuslause noun (sentence, phrase or word forming part of a heraldic achievement)
  • tunnuslause noun (suggestive sentence, phrase or word)

French

2 entries
  • devise noun (sentence, phrase or word forming part of a heraldic achievement)
  • devise noun (suggestive sentence, phrase or word)

Georgian

1 entries
  • დევიზი noun (sentence, phrase or word forming part of a heraldic achievement)

German

3 entries
  • Motto noun (sentence, phrase or word forming part of a heraldic achievement)
  • Motto noun (suggestive sentence, phrase or word)
  • Wahlspruch noun (sentence, phrase or word forming part of a heraldic achievement)

Greek

1 entries
  • ρητό noun (sentence, phrase or word forming part of a heraldic achievement)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • מוֹטוֹ noun (sentence, phrase or word forming part of a heraldic achievement)

Hindi

3 entries
  • ध्येयवाक्य noun (sentence, phrase or word forming part of a heraldic achievement)
  • नीतिवाक्य noun (sentence, phrase or word forming part of a heraldic achievement)
  • सिद्धांत noun (sentence, phrase or word forming part of a heraldic achievement)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • mottó noun (sentence, phrase or word forming part of a heraldic achievement)
  • mottó noun (suggestive sentence, phrase or word)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • kjörorð noun (sentence, phrase or word forming part of a heraldic achievement)

Ido

1 entries
  • moto noun (sentence, phrase or word forming part of a heraldic achievement)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • semboyan noun (sentence, phrase or word forming part of a heraldic achievement)

Iranian Persian

1 entries
  • شِعار noun (sentence, phrase or word forming part of a heraldic achievement)

Irish

1 entries
  • mana noun (sentence, phrase or word forming part of a heraldic achievement)

Italian

1 entries
  • motto noun (sentence, phrase or word forming part of a heraldic achievement)

Japanese

4 entries
  • モットー noun (sentence, phrase or word forming part of a heraldic achievement)
  • モットー noun (suggestive sentence, phrase or word)
  • 座右の銘 noun (sentence, phrase or word forming part of a heraldic achievement)
  • 標語 noun (sentence, phrase or word forming part of a heraldic achievement)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • ұран noun (sentence, phrase or word forming part of a heraldic achievement)

Khmer

1 entries
  • បាវចនា noun (sentence, phrase or word forming part of a heraldic achievement)

Korean

4 entries
  • 모토 noun (sentence, phrase or word forming part of a heraldic achievement)
  • 좌우명 noun (sentence, phrase or word forming part of a heraldic achievement)
  • 표어 noun (sentence, phrase or word forming part of a heraldic achievement)
  • 표어 noun (suggestive sentence, phrase or word)

Kyrgyz

2 entries
  • девиз noun (sentence, phrase or word forming part of a heraldic achievement)
  • ураан noun (sentence, phrase or word forming part of a heraldic achievement)

Lao

1 entries
  • ຄຳຂວັນ noun (sentence, phrase or word forming part of a heraldic achievement)

Latvian

1 entries
  • devīze noun (sentence, phrase or word forming part of a heraldic achievement)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • devizas noun (sentence, phrase or word forming part of a heraldic achievement)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • гесло noun (sentence, phrase or word forming part of a heraldic achievement)
  • мото noun (sentence, phrase or word forming part of a heraldic achievement)

Malay

3 entries
  • cogan kata noun (sentence, phrase or word forming part of a heraldic achievement)
  • moto noun (sentence, phrase or word forming part of a heraldic achievement)
  • slogan noun (sentence, phrase or word forming part of a heraldic achievement)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • motto noun (sentence, phrase or word forming part of a heraldic achievement)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • motto noun (sentence, phrase or word forming part of a heraldic achievement)

Occitan

1 entries
  • devisa noun (sentence, phrase or word forming part of a heraldic achievement)

Pashto

1 entries
  • شعار noun (sentence, phrase or word forming part of a heraldic achievement)

Polish

4 entries
  • dewiza noun (sentence, phrase or word forming part of a heraldic achievement)
  • dewiza noun (suggestive sentence, phrase or word)
  • motto noun (sentence, phrase or word forming part of a heraldic achievement)
  • motto noun (suggestive sentence, phrase or word)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • divisa noun (sentence, phrase or word forming part of a heraldic achievement)
  • lema noun (sentence, phrase or word forming part of a heraldic achievement)
  • lema noun (suggestive sentence, phrase or word)
  • mote noun (sentence, phrase or word forming part of a heraldic achievement)

Romanian

1 entries
  • deviză noun (sentence, phrase or word forming part of a heraldic achievement)

Russian

2 entries
  • деви́з noun (sentence, phrase or word forming part of a heraldic achievement)
  • деви́з noun (suggestive sentence, phrase or word)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries
  • ceann-sgrìobhadh noun (suggestive sentence, phrase or word)
  • facal-suaicheantais noun (sentence, phrase or word forming part of a heraldic achievement)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • deviza noun (sentence, phrase or word forming part of a heraldic achievement)
  • mȍto noun (sentence, phrase or word forming part of a heraldic achievement)
  • деви́за noun (sentence, phrase or word forming part of a heraldic achievement)
  • мо̏то noun (sentence, phrase or word forming part of a heraldic achievement)

Slovak

1 entries
  • motto noun (sentence, phrase or word forming part of a heraldic achievement)

Slovene

1 entries
  • moto noun (sentence, phrase or word forming part of a heraldic achievement)

Spanish

4 entries
  • divisa noun (sentence, phrase or word forming part of a heraldic achievement)
  • lema noun (sentence, phrase or word forming part of a heraldic achievement)
  • lema noun (suggestive sentence, phrase or word)
  • mote noun (sentence, phrase or word forming part of a heraldic achievement)

Swedish

4 entries
  • devis noun (sentence, phrase or word forming part of a heraldic achievement)
  • motto noun (sentence, phrase or word forming part of a heraldic achievement)
  • motto noun (suggestive sentence, phrase or word)
  • valspråk noun (sentence, phrase or word forming part of a heraldic achievement)

Tagalog

4 entries
  • bansag noun (sentence, phrase or word forming part of a heraldic achievement)
  • kasabihan noun (suggestive sentence, phrase or word)
  • lema noun (sentence, phrase or word forming part of a heraldic achievement)
  • moto noun (sentence, phrase or word forming part of a heraldic achievement)

Tajik

1 entries
  • шиор noun (sentence, phrase or word forming part of a heraldic achievement)

Tamil

1 entries
  • குறிக்கோளுரை noun (sentence, phrase or word forming part of a heraldic achievement)

Thai

4 entries
  • คติ noun (suggestive sentence, phrase or word)
  • คติพจน์ noun (sentence, phrase or word forming part of a heraldic achievement)
  • คติพจน์ noun (suggestive sentence, phrase or word)
  • คำขวัญ noun (sentence, phrase or word forming part of a heraldic achievement)

Turkish

4 entries
  • motto noun (sentence, phrase or word forming part of a heraldic achievement)
  • motto noun (suggestive sentence, phrase or word)
  • slogan noun (sentence, phrase or word forming part of a heraldic achievement)
  • şiar noun (sentence, phrase or word forming part of a heraldic achievement)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • şygar noun (sentence, phrase or word forming part of a heraldic achievement)

Ukrainian

3 entries
  • га́сло noun (sentence, phrase or word forming part of a heraldic achievement)
  • деві́з noun (sentence, phrase or word forming part of a heraldic achievement)
  • деві́з noun (suggestive sentence, phrase or word)

Urdu

1 entries
  • شِعار noun (sentence, phrase or word forming part of a heraldic achievement)

Uzbek

2 entries
  • deviz noun (sentence, phrase or word forming part of a heraldic achievement)
  • shior noun (sentence, phrase or word forming part of a heraldic achievement)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • tiêu ngữ noun (sentence, phrase or word forming part of a heraldic achievement)

Welsh

1 entries
  • arwyddair noun (sentence, phrase or word forming part of a heraldic achievement)

West-Frisian

1 entries
  • biedwurd noun (sentence, phrase or word forming part of a heraldic achievement)

Sample sentences

15 total sentences available.

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His motto is "Plain living and high thinking."

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You mustn't carelessly believe the maker's motto.

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The motto of Twitter is "The best way to discover what's new in your world".

Source: tatoeba (515443)

One for all, and all for one, this is our motto.

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