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modi

UK/ˈməʊdi/US/ˈmoʊdi/

modi is the plural of modus.

Meaning of modus

Noun

modus (plural modi)

  1. (obsolete) The arrangement of, or mode of expressing, the terms of a contract or conveyance.
  2. A qualification involving the idea of variation or departure from some general rule or form, in the way of either restriction or enlargement, according to the circumstances of the case, as in the will of a donor, an agreement between parties, etc.
  3. A fixed compensation or equivalent given instead of payment of tithes in kind, expressed in full by the phrase modus decimandi.
    • To make a good and sufficient modus, the following rules must be observed1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Modi

Modi

  1. An abugida script used for writing the Marathi, Varhadi and Sanskrit languages whose usage has dwindled since the late twentieth century.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Modi

Modi (plural Modis)

  1. A surname from Gujarati.
    • India is opening up the designs of its first indigenously developed drones to domestic private companies, seeking to spur further technological advances and encourage manufacturing as Prime Minister Narendra Modi modernizes the military.2015 September 24, N.C. Bipindra, “India revealing secrets of its predator-like Rustom drone to boost military”, in mint
    1. Narendra Modi, 14th Prime Minister of India.

Forms of modi

pluralModis

Origin of modi

Borrowed from Marathi मोडी (moḍī), from Old Marathi 𑘦𑘻𑘚𑘲 (moḍī, “form, shape”), probably from 𑘦𑘻𑘚𑘜𑘹 (moḍaṇe, “to break”), referring to the modifications to the Nagari characters from which the script is thought to be derived.

Transliteration of Gujarati મોદી (modī).

Words formed from modi

Phrases with modi

Questions about modi

What does modi mean?
Modi means an abugida script used for writing the Marathi, Varhadi and Sanskrit languages whose usage has dwindled since the late twentieth century.
What is modi the plural of?
Modi is the plural of modus.
What part of speech is modi?
Modi is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce modi?
Modi is pronounced /ˈmoʊdi/ (US).

Words near modi in the dictionary

  1. modette
  2. modettes
  3. Modewarre
  4. Modglin
  5. Modglins
  6. modi
  7. modi operandi
  8. modi vivendi
  9. Modi'in
  10. modica
  11. Modican

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Adapted from Wiktionary: modi (page history and authors); Modi (page history and authors); modus (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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