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Definitions and meaning of moe

moe

English

Etymology 1

From Japanese 萌え (moe, “budding, sprouting”), imperfective or continuative form of 萌える (moeru, “to burst into bud, to sprout”).

Alternative forms

  • moé

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈməʊ.eɪ/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmoʊ.eɪ/
  • Rhymes: -əʊeɪ

Noun

moe (uncountable)

  1. (fandom 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
Translations

Adjective

moe (comparative more moe or moe-er, superlative most moe or moe-est)

  1. (fandom slang) Cute, adorable. (of fictional characters in anime, manga, video games, and/or similar media)
Translations

See also

  • kawaii
  • aegyo

Etymology 2

Variant forms.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /məʊ/
  • Rhymes: -əʊ

Adverb

moe

  1. Obsolete form of mo.
  2. Obsolete form of more.

Noun

moe

  1. Obsolete form of mow (“wry face, grimace”).
  2. Obsolete form of moa.

Verb

moe

  1. Obsolete form of moo.
  2. Obsolete form of mow (“to make faces”).

Anagrams

  • EOM, emo, ome, Emo, OEM, -ome, Meo, 'ome, OME, Eom, Ome

Cypriot Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic مُوَيْئة (muwayʔa), a diminutive of ماء (māʔ).

Noun

moe f (plural moyát)

  1. water

Related terms

References

  • Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 436

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mu/
  • Hyphenation: moe
  • Rhymes: -u

Etymology 1

From moede with loss of -d-, from Middle Dutch moede (“tired, loath”), from Old Dutch muothi (“tired”), from Proto-West Germanic *mōþī, from Proto-Germanic *mōþaz. Cognate to German müde and Old English mēþe.

Adjective

moe (comparative moeër or moeier, superlative moest)

  1. tired, weary
    • 1968, Willem Johan van der Molen & Jan Wit, "Evenals een moede hinde" (psalm 42).
    Synonym: vermoeid
Usage notes

This word is usually used predicatively rather than attributively. If an attributive sense is needed, most people use vermoeid. The attributive forms moeie and moeier are often proscribed. The form moede is dated and today mostly used in literary or formal contexts.

Declension
Alternative forms
  • moede
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: moeg
  • Jersey Dutch: mûx, mâ
  • Negerhollands: moe, mu

Etymology 2

Shortening of moeder.

Noun

moe f (plural moeken, diminutive moeke n or moetje n)

  1. (informal, dialectal) mother
    Synonyms: moeder, mam
Usage notes

More common in Belgium as moeke.

Estonian

Noun

moe

  1. genitive singular of mood

Galician

Verb

moe

  1. inflection of moer:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *mohe (compare Tongan mohe, Maori moe) from Proto-Oceanic (compare Fijian moce). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

moe

  1. to sleep
  2. to lie down
  3. to die
  4. to ambush
  5. to marry
  6. to incubate eggs (of birds)

Noun

moe

  1. bed
    Synonyms: moekū, moena
  2. dream
  3. marriage
  4. calmness

See also

  • moemoe

References

Japanese

Romanization

moe

  1. Rōmaji transcription of もえ

Lovono

Noun

moe

  1. house

References

  • Alexandre François, The languages of Vanikoro: three lexicons and one grammar

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *mohe (compare Tongan mohe, Hawaiian moe) from Proto-Oceanic (compare Fijian moce). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

moe

  1. to sleep, to nap
  2. to dream
  3. to marry
  4. to die
  5. to faint

Noun

moe

  1. sleep
  2. dream
    Synonym: moemoeā

Adjective

moe

  1. dormant

Derived terms

  • moehewa (“dream”)
  • moemoe
  • moenga (“bed”)
  • moepapa (“nightmare”)
  • moetoa (“wet dream”)

References

Further reading

  • “moe” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Middle French

Noun

moe

  1. alternative form of moue (“grimace”)

Old French

Alternative forms

  • moue, mouwe, mowe, mouze

Etymology

From Frankish *mauwu (“pout”). Attested from ca. 1176.

Pronunciation

  • (classical) IPA(key): /ˈmɔə/
  • (late) IPA(key): /ˈmuə/

Noun

moe oblique singular, f (oblique plural moes, nominative singular moe, nominative plural moes)

  1. grimace

Descendants

  • Middle French: moue, moe, mouhe, mue
    • French: moue
      • → English: moue
  • → Middle English: mowe, mouwe, mouhe, mawes, mewis
    • English: mow
    • Middle Scots: mow
      • ⇒ Scots: mows, mowse, mawse

References

  • “moe2”, in DEAF: Dictionnaire Étymologique de l'Ancien Français, Heidelberg: Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1968-.
  • Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*mauwa”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 16: Germanismes: G–R, page 544

Rapa Nui

Etymology

See here.

Verb

moe

  1. sleep
  2. lie down

Samoan

Verb

moe

  1. sleep

Derived terms

  • potumoe

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch moeten.

Verb

moe

  1. must
  2. have to
  3. should

Tahitian

Verb

moe

  1. sleep

Usage notes

Archaic; use taʻoto.

Teanu

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *ʀumaq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀumaq, from Proto-Austronesian *ʀumaq.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /moe/, /mʷoe/

Noun

moe

  1. house

References

  • François, Alexandre. 2021. Teanu dictionary (Solomon Islands). Dictionaria 15. 1-1877. DOI:10.5281/zenodo.5653063. – entry moe.
  • François, Alexandre. 2021. Online Teanu–English dictionary, with equivalents in Lovono and Tanema. Electronic files. Paris: CNRS. – entry moe.
  • Lackey, W.J.. & Boerger, B.H. (2021) “Reexamining the Phonological History of Oceanic's Temotu subgroup”, in Oceanic Linguistics.

Tetum

Adjective

moe

  1. ashamed

Noun

moe

  1. shame

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