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Meaning of modus | Babel Free

Noun masculine CEFR B1
[ˈmɔ.dʊs]

Definitions

  1. measure
    declension-2, masculine
  2. bound, limit, end
    declension-2, masculine
  3. manner (of doing or being arranged), way (of doing or being arranged), method
    declension-2, masculine
  4. mood, mode
    declension-2, masculine
  5. rhythm, meter
    declension-2, masculine

Equivalents

العربية حالة
Azərbaycanca forma
Беларуская лад
Bosanski forma kip начин
Català mode
Ελληνικά έγκλιση
Esperanto modo
Español modo
Eesti kõneviis
فارسی وجه
Français mode
Gàidhlig modh
Galego modo
עברית דרך
Hrvatski forma kip начин
Magyar igemód
Հայերեն եղանակ
Íslenska hattur
Italiano modo
日本語
ქართული კილო
한국어 서법
Kurdî art kip kîp mode
Latviešu izteiksme
Македонски начин
Nederlands wijs
Polski tryb
Português modo
Română mod gramatical
Русский наклонение
Slovenčina spôsob
Српски forma kip начин
Türkçe kip
Українська спо́сіб

Examples

“Sed quis erit modus, aut quō nunc certāmine tantō?”

“But what will be the end [of it], or to where [do we go] now with a rivalry so great?” (Juno is speaking to Venus.)

“Quem ad modum”

like, such, in what manner

“hoc modo”

in this manner

“admirandum in modum”

wonderfully (literally: in a wonderful manner)

“miserandum in modum”

miserably (literally: in a miserable manner)

“hostilem in modum”

in a hostile manner

“quem ad modum vellent”

in what manner they pleased

“1272, an unknown source in The Natural History of Precious Stones and of the Precious Metals (1867), viii, page 269”

A pearl in the manner of a cameo.

“māteriā conveniente modīs”

with the material being fitting for the meters

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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