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moe
English
Etymology 1
From Japanese ?? (moe, “budding, sprouting”), imperfective or continuative form of ??? (moeru, “to burst into bud, to sprout”).
Alternative forms
- moé
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /m??.e?/
- (US) IPA(key): /mo?.e?/
Noun
moe (uncountable)
- (slang) Strong interest in, and especially fetishistic attraction towards, fictional characters in anime, manga, video games, and/or similar media.
Derived terms
- figure moe zoku
- moe anthropomorphism
Related terms
- moekko
- moe sangyo
- moetan
See also
- Moe (slang) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Etymology 2
Variant forms.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m??/
Adverb
moe
- Obsolete form of mo.
- Obsolete form of more.
- c. 1572, George Gascoigne, Woodmanship
- The crafty courtiers with their guileful looks,
Must needs put some experience in my maw:
Yet cannot these with many mast'ries moe
Make me shoot straight at any gainful prick […]
- The crafty courtiers with their guileful looks,
- c. 1572, George Gascoigne, Woodmanship
Noun
moe
- Obsolete form of mow (“wry face, grimace”).
- Obsolete form of moa.
Verb
moe
- Obsolete form of moo.
- Obsolete form of mow (“to make faces”).
Anagrams
- 'ome, -ome, EOM, Emo, Meo, OEM, OME, emo
Cypriot Arabic
Noun
moe (plural moyát)
- water
References
- Alexander Borg. A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic-English). Brill 2004
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mu/
- Hyphenation: moe
- Rhymes: -u
Etymology 1
From moede with loss of -d-, from Middle Dutch moede (“tired, loath”), from Proto-West Germanic *m?þ?, from Old Dutch muothi (“tired”), from Proto-Germanic *m?þaz.Cognate to German müde and Old English m?þe.
Adjective
moe (comparative moeër or moeier, superlative moest)
- tired, weary
- 1968, Willem Johan van der Molen & Jan Wit, "Evenals een moede hinde" (psalm 42).
- Synonym: vermoeid
- 1968, Willem Johan van der Molen & Jan Wit, "Evenals een moede hinde" (psalm 42).
Usage notes
This word is usually used predicatively rather than attributively. If an attributive sense is needed, most people use vermoeid. The forms moeie and moeier are often proscribed. The form moede is mostly formal.
Inflection
Alternative forms
- moede
Etymology 2
Shortening of moeder.
Noun
moe f (plural moeken, diminutive moeke n or moetje n)
- (informal, dialectal) mother
Estonian
Noun
moe
- genitive singular of mood
Hawaiian
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (compare Fijian moce, Malay pejam, Maori moe).
Verb
moe
- to sleep
Japanese
Romanization
moe
- R?maji transcription of ??
Lovono
Noun
moe
- house
References
- Alexandre François, The languages of Vanikoro: three lexicons and one grammar
Maori
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (compare Fijian moce, Indonesian pejam, Hawaiian moe).
Verb
moe
- to sleep
Old French
Etymology
From Frankish *mauwu (“mouth, protruding lip”)
Noun
moe f (oblique plural moes, nominative singular moe, nominative plural moes)
- mouth
Descendants
- Middle French: moe, moue
- French: moue
Rapa Nui
Etymology
See here.
Verb
moe
- sleep
- lie down
Samoan
Verb
moe
- sleep
Derived terms
- potumoe
Sranan Tongo
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch moeten.
Verb
moe
- must
- have to
- should
Tahitian
Verb
moe
- sleep
Usage notes
Archaic; use ta?oto.
moe From the web:
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- what moen valve do i have
- what moe stands for
- what moet is sweet
- what moesha character are you
- what moef stands for
mue
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mju?/
- Homophones: mew, mu
Verb
mue (third-person singular simple present mues, present participle muing, simple past and past participle mued)
- (obsolete) To mew; to moult.
- 1620, Francis Quarles, A Feast for Wormes
- Their nakednesse with sackcloth let them hide,
And mue the vest'ments of their silken pride
- Their nakednesse with sackcloth let them hide,
- 1620, Francis Quarles, A Feast for Wormes
Anagrams
- EMU, MEU, Ume, emu, meu, ume
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /my/
- Homophones: mu, mû
Etymology 1
Latin m?t?, see the verb muer
Noun
mue f (plural mues)
- moulting (UK) / molting (US) (of bird, mammal)
- metamorphosis (of insect)
- sloughing of skin (of reptile)
- casting (of stag)
- breaking of voice
- (literary) transformation
Verb
mue
- first-person singular present indicative of muer
- third-person singular present indicative of muer
- first-person singular present subjunctive of muer
- third-person singular present subjunctive of muer
- second-person singular imperative of muer
Etymology 2
See mouvoir
Verb
mue
- feminine singular of the past participle of mouvoir
Anagrams
- ému
Further reading
- “mue” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Anglo-Norman mue.
Noun
mue
- Alternative form of mewe (“cage”)
Etymology 2
From Old French muer.
Verb
mue
- Alternative form of mewen (“to moult”)
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse múgi m.
Noun
mue f (definite singular mua, indefinite plural muer, definite plural muene)
- Alternative form of muge f
Anagrams
- emu
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- what muet
- what muesli contains
- what muesli is gluten free
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