| Part of speech | common noun |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /mɔt/ |
| Hyphenation | mot |
| Gender | historically feminine, nowadays also masculine |
| Plural | motten |
| Diminutive | |
|---|---|
| Singular | Plural |
| motje | motjes |
| Czech | mol |
|---|---|
| Danish | møl |
| English | moth; clothes‐moth |
| English (Old English) | moþþe |
| Esperanto | tineo |
| Faeroese | húsvætti |
| French | mite |
| German | Motte |
| Latin | blatta; tinea |
| Portuguese | traça |
| Saterland Frisian | Motte |
| Spanish | polilla |
| Swedish | nattfjäril |
| Turkish | güve |
| West Frisian | mot |