mou

See also: MOU, MoU, móu, mòu, mōu, mǒu, and mo'u

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin modus.

Noun

mou m (plural modos)

1. way; manner
2. result

Derived terms

• a mou
• d'otru modu
• de mou que

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔw

Verb

mou

1. third-person singular present indicative form of moure
2. second-person singular imperative form of moure

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French

Etymology

From Old French mol, inherited from Latin mollis, mollem, from earlier *molduis, from Proto-Indo-European *(h₂)moldus (“soft, weak”), from *mel- (“soft, weak, tender”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mu/

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Adjective

mou (masculine singular before vowel mol, feminine singular molle, masculine plural mous, feminine plural molles)

1. soft, pliable
2. (informal) pansy, spineless

   Quelle bande de couilles molles!

   What a bunch of pansy (ass) wimps!

Noun

mou m (plural mous)

1. lungs, lights (of a slaughtered animal)

Further reading

• “mou” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Mandarin

Romanization

mou

1. Nonstandard spelling of mōu.
2. Nonstandard spelling of móu.
3. Nonstandard spelling of mǒu.
4. Nonstandard spelling of mòu.

Usage notes

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

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Old Provençal

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔw/

Verb

mou

1. third-person singular present indicative of mover

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Zhuang

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *ʰmuːᴬ (“pig”). Cognate with Thai หมู (mǔu), Northern Thai ᩉ᩠ᨾᩪ, Lao ໝູ (mū), Lü ᦖᦴ (ṁuu), Tai Dam ꪢꪴ, Tai Nüa ᥛᥧᥴ (mu¹), Shan မူ (muu¹), Ahom 𑜉𑜥 (muu), Saek หมู่.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /mou˨˦/
• Tone numbers: mou¹
• Hyphenation: mou

Noun

mou (old orthography mou)

1. pig