moiré

See also: moire, Moire, móire, and möire

English

Etymology

French moiré (“watered, clouded”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mwaˈɹeɪ/, also /mɔˈɹeɪ/
• Rhymes: -eɪ

Noun

moiré (countable and uncountable, plural moirés)

1. A pattern that emerges when two grids are superimposed over one another, sometimes unintended or undesirable in many applications such as in weaving and screenprinting.
2. A fabric, often silk, which has a watery or wavelike appearance.

Translations

pattern

• Finnish: interferenssikuvio

fabric

• Finnish: moaree (fi), moiré (fi)

Verb

moiré (third-person singular simple present moirés, present participle moiréing, simple past and past participle moiréed)

1. (transitive) To give a watered or clouded appearance to (a surface).

Anagrams

• meroi

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Finnish

Alternative forms

• moaree

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmoɑreː/, [ˈmo̞ɑre̞ː]
• Syllabification: moi‧ré

Noun

moiré

1. moiré (fabric)

Declension

Inflection of moiré (Kotus type 21/rosé, no gradation)
nominative		moiré	moirét
genitive		moirén	moiréiden moiréitten
partitive		moiréta	moiréita
illative		moiréhen	moiréihin
		singular	plural
nominative		moiré	moirét
accusative	nom.	moiré	moirét
	gen.	moirén
genitive		moirén	moiréiden moiréitten
partitive		moiréta	moiréita
inessive		moiréssa	moiréissa
elative		moirésta	moiréista
illative		moiréhen	moiréihin
adessive		moirélla	moiréilla
ablative		moirélta	moiréilta
allative		moirélle	moiréille
essive		moiréna	moiréina
translative		moiréksi	moiréiksi
instructive		—	moiréin
abessive		moirétta	moiréitta
comitative		—	moiréineen

Possessive forms of moiré (type rosé)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	moiréni	moirémme
2nd person	moirési	moirénne
3rd person	moirénsa

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French

Etymology

From moire +‎ -é.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mwa.ʁe/

• Audio

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Adjective

moiré (feminine moirée, masculine plural moirés, feminine plural moirées)

1. (design, textiles) moiré, watered (effect)
2. (figuratively) shimmering

Noun

moiré m (plural moirés)

1. moiré, watered effect, clouded effect

Further reading

• “moiré”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.