Meaning
4 sensesA personal slogan.
You have to be in it to win it — that's my motto.
A sentence, phrase, or word, forming part of an heraldic achievement.
Motto, Wahlspruch
деви́зdevíz
деві́зdevíz, га́слоháslo
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.
Motto
деви́зdevíz
деві́зdevíz
(obsolete)A paper packet containing a sweetmeat, cracker, etc., together with a scrap of paper bearing a motto.
- a favorite saying of a group, organization or individual
Examples
37 sentencesThat's my motto.
Do you have a motto?
ruУ тебя есть девиз?
deHast du ein Motto?
That was her motto in life.
ruЭто был её девиз в жизни.
You mustn't carelessly believe the maker's motto.
"Better suffer than die" is humans' motto.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from Italian motto (“a word, a saying”), from Latin muttum (“a mutter, a grunt”),Borrowed from Italian motto (“a word, a saying”), from Latin muttum (“a mutter, a grunt”), late 16th c. Doublet of mot.
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Forms
plural: mottos / mottoesSynonyms
4 synonyms- a favorite saying of a group, organization or individual:slogancatchwordshibboleth