moe
English
editEtymology 1
editFrom Japanese 萌え (moe, “budding, sprouting”), imperfective or continuative form of 萌える (moeru, “to burst into bud, to sprout”).
Alternative forms
editPronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈməʊ.eɪ/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmoʊ.eɪ/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -əʊeɪ
Noun
editmoe (uncountable)
- (fandom slang) Strong interest in, and especially fetishistic attraction towards, fictional characters in anime, manga, video games, and/or similar media.
- 2015 December 9, Jankenpopp, “Top 15 kawaii and moe anime girls”, in My Anime List[2]:
- Someone who is pretty or beautiful isn't moe by definition. Moe characters don't always have to be younger girls, but it certainly helps! In fact, moe characters don't even have to be female! As long as they make you feel like you want to hug and protect them, that's enough!
- 2023 September 5, Trent Murray, “10 Best Anime Like Bocchi The Rock”, in Dual Shockers[3], Carole and Tuesday:
- Despite its moe roots and preference for hijinks, Bocchi The Rock is a loving celebration of rock music and the joys of being in a band.
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editTranslations
editAdjective
editmoe (comparative more moe or moe-er, superlative most moe or moe-est)
- (fandom slang) Cute, adorable. (of fictional characters in anime, manga, video games, and/or similar media)
Translations
editSee also
editEtymology 2
editVariant forms.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /məʊ/
Audio (General Australian): (file) - Rhymes: -əʊ
Adverb
editmoe
- Obsolete form of mo.
- Obsolete form of more.
- 1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii]:
- Sing no more ditties, sing no moe.
- 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 […]
Noun
editmoe
Verb
editmoe
Anagrams
editCypriot Arabic
editEtymology
editFrom Arabic مُوَيْئة (muwayʔa), a diminutive of ماء (māʔ).
Noun
editmoe f (plural moyát)
Related terms
editReferences
edit- 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
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom 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
editmoe (comparative moeër or moeier, superlative moest)
- tired, weary
- 1968, Willem Johan van der Molen & Jan Wit, "Evenals een moede hinde" (psalm 42).
- Evenals een moede hinde / naar het klare water smacht, / schreeuwt mijn ziel om God te vinden / die ik ademloos verwacht.
- Just as a tired doe / yearns for clear water, / my soul cries out to find god / whom I breathlessly expect.
- Synonym: vermoeid
- 1968, Willem Johan van der Molen & Jan Wit, "Evenals een moede hinde" (psalm 42).
Usage notes
editThis 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.
Declension
editDeclension of moe | ||||
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uninflected | moe | |||
inflected | moeë | |||
comparative | moeër | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | moe | moeër | het moest het moeste | |
indefinite | m./f. sing. | moeë | moeëre | moeste |
n. sing. | moe | moeër | moeste | |
plural | moeë | moeëre | moeste | |
definite | moeë | moeëre | moeste | |
partitive | moes | moeërs | — |
Declension of moe | ||||
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uninflected | moe | |||
inflected | moeie | |||
comparative | moeier | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | moe | moeier | het moest het moeste | |
indefinite | m./f. sing. | moeie | moeiere | moeste |
n. sing. | moe | moeier | moeste | |
plural | moeie | moeiere | moeste | |
definite | moeie | moeiere | moeste | |
partitive | moes | moeiers | — |
Alternative forms
editDescendants
editEtymology 2
editShortening of moeder.
Noun
editmoe f (plural moeken, diminutive moeke n or moetje n)
Usage notes
editMore common in Belgium as moeke.
Estonian
editNoun
editmoe
Galician
editVerb
editmoe
- inflection of moer:
Hawaiian
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Polynesian *mohe (compare Tongan mohe, Maori moe)[1] from Proto-Oceanic (compare Fijian moce).[2] (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb
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Noun
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See also
editReferences
editJapanese
editRomanization
editmoe
Lovono
editNoun
editmoe
References
edit- Alexandre François, The languages of Vanikoro: three lexicons and one grammar
Maori
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Polynesian *mohe (compare Tongan mohe, Hawaiian moe) from Proto-Oceanic (compare Fijian moce).[1][2] (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb
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Noun
editmoe
Adjective
editmoe
See also
editReferences
editFurther reading
editOld French
editEtymology
editFrom Frankish *mauwu (“mouth, protruding lip”).
Noun
editmoe oblique singular, f (oblique plural moes, nominative singular moe, nominative plural moes)
Descendants
editRapa Nui
editEtymology
editSee here.
Verb
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Samoan
editVerb
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Derived terms
editSranan Tongo
editEtymology
editVerb
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Tahitian
editVerb
editmoe
Usage notes
editArchaic; use taʻoto.
Teanu
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Oceanic *ʀumaq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀumaq, from Proto-Austronesian *ʀumaq.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmoe
References
edit- 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
editAdjective
editmoe
Noun
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