新ラテン語で、方法を意味する modus と、働くことのを意味する operandī から成ります。
modus operandi は省略できますか。
英語では modus operandi はよく M.O. または MO と省略されます。
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Maple Cricket
Jul 9
French side note: people often translate it as mode opératoire, and the borrowed Latin phrase doesnt always get the Latin plural there. You will run into des modus operandi, not only des modi operandi.
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Subtle Ferret
Jul 3
Crime nerd distinction that helped me: the M.O. is the practical how, like the entry route or tool. A signature is the extra behavior that seems to satisfy the offender, so it is not just another clever method. TV shows blur those all the time, annoyingly
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Patient Puma
Jun 29
If you are using the short form, the plural in normal English is just M.O.s. Latin class can keep modi operandi, police or business talk usually wont bother.
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Cloudy Reindeer
Jun 25
M.O. is said as the two letters, not like mo
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Stellar Oriole
Jun 24
for English learners: the full phrase is more formal than the entry maybe makes it feel. "That is my M.O." can sound normal in conversation, but "my modus operandi is coffee before email" sounds like you are playing detective a little.