Moses
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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Pronunciation[edit]
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈməʊzɪs/, /ˈməʊzɪz/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈmoʊzəz/, /ˈmoʊzəs/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -əʊzɪz, -əʊzɪs
Proper noun[edit]
Moses
- The pharaonic patriarch who led the slaved Hebrews out of Egypt, the brother of Aaron and Miriam described in the Book of Exodus and the Quran.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Exodus 19:20, column 1:
- And the Lord came downe vpon mount Sinai, on the top of the mount: and the Lord called Moſes vp to the top of the mount, and Moſes went vp.
- 1952 Singin' in the Rain: Moses supposes (a song):
- Moses supposes his toeses are roses, / But Moses supposes erroneously, / Moses he knowses his toeses aren't roses, / As Moses supposes his toeses to be!
- A male given name from Hebrew.
- A surname, from given names.
- A dialect of the Columbia-Wenatchi language
- (US, African American culture) pseudonym for Harriet Tubman
Synonyms[edit]
(Jewish male given name):
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Noun[edit]
Moses
- A large flatboat used in the West Indies for taking freight from shore to ship.
Interjection[edit]
Moses
- An exclamation of shock.
See also[edit]
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “Moses” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Anagrams[edit]
Danish[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Moses
- Moses (biblical figure)
German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Biblical, cognate with English Moses.
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (file)
Proper noun[edit]
Moses m (proper noun, strong, genitive Moses or Mosis)
Synonyms[edit]
- Mose (Protestant)
Latin[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek Μωσῆς (Mōsês), Μωϋσῆς (Mōüsês), from Biblical Hebrew מֹשֶׁה (moshé).
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Mōsēs m sg (genitive Mōsis or Mōsī or Mōseī); third declension
- Moses (pharaonic patriarch)
Declension[edit]
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Mōsēs |
Genitive | Mōsis Mōsī Mōseī |
Dative | Mōsī |
Accusative | Mōsem Mōsēn |
Ablative | Mōse |
Vocative | Mōsēs |
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “Mōses”, in Charlton T[homas] Lewis; Charles [Lancaster] Short (1879) […] A New Latin Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Chicago, Ill.: American Book Company; Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- Moses in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Norwegian[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Moses
- Moses (biblical figure)
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Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Biblical, cognate with English Moses, from earlier versions of the Swedish Bible.
Proper noun[edit]
Moses c (genitive Moses)
- A male given name (quite rare).
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- English terms borrowed from Latin
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- English terms derived from Egyptian
- English 2-syllable words
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- English given names
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- American English
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- Latin singularia tantum
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- la:Biblical characters
- Norwegian lemmas
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- no:Biblical characters
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- Swedish given names
- Swedish male given names