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”), from a kun reading of the Han character 萌 (“bud, sprout”).
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
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
Related terms
See also
- Moe (slang) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Etymology 2
Variant forms.
Pronunciation
Audio (AU) (file)
Adverb
moe
- Obsolete form of mo.
- Obsolete form of more.
- (Can we date this quote by William Shakespeare and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- Sing no more ditties, sing no moe.
- (Can we date this quote by George Gascoigne and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- 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,
- (Can we date this quote by William Shakespeare and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
Noun
moe
Verb
moe
Anagrams
Cypriot Arabic
Noun
moe (plural moyát)
References
- Alexander Borg. A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic-English). Brill 2004
Dutch
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From moede with loss of -d-, from Middle Dutch moede (“tired, loath”), from Old Dutch muothi (“tired”), from Proto-Germanic *mōþaz. Cognate to German müde and Old English mēþe.
Adjective
moe (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.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 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
Declension 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 | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
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
Etymology 2
Shortening of moeder.
Noun
moe f (plural moeken, diminutive moeke n or moetje n)
Hawaiian
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (compare Fijian moce, Indonesian pejam, Maori moe).
Verb
moe
- to sleep
Japanese
Romanization
moe
Lovono
Noun
moe
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
Noun
moe oblique singular, f (oblique plural moes, nominative singular moe, nominative plural moes)
Descendants
- French: moue
Rapa Nui
Etymology
See here.
Verb
moe
Samoan
Verb
moe
Derived terms
Sranan Tongo
Etymology
Verb
moe
Tahitian
Verb
moe
Usage notes
Archaic; use taʻoto.
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