Moses

See also: moses and Móses

English

Etymology

From Latin Mōsēs, Mōȳsēs, from Ancient Greek Μωϋσῆς (Mōüsês), from Biblical Hebrew מֹשֶׁה‎ (mōše).

Pronunciation

  • (Uk) IPA(key): /ˈməʊzɪs/, /ˈməʊzɪz/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈmoʊzəz/, /ˈmoʊzəs/
  • Rhymes: -əʊzɪz, -əʊzɪs

Proper noun

Moses

  1. The pharaonic patriarch who led the slaved Jews out of Egypt, the brother of Aaron and Miriam described in the Book of Exodus and the Quran.
    • :
      And the LORD came down upon mount Sinai, on the top of the mount: and the LORD called Moses up to the top of the mount; and Moses went up.
    • 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!
  2. A male given name.
  3. A surname​.
  4. A dialect of the Columbia-Wenatchi language
  5. (US, African American culture) pseudonym for Harriet Tubman

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

Moses

  1. A large flatboat used in the West Indies for taking freight from shore to ship.

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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.)

Danish

Proper noun

Moses

  1. Moses (biblical figure)

German

Etymology

Biblical, cognate with English Moses.

Proper noun

Moses

  1. (Catholicism) Moses (biblical figure).

Synonyms

Gothic

Romanization

Mōsēs

  1. Romanization of 𐌼𐍉𐍃𐌴𐍃

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek Μωσῆς (Mōsês), Μωϋσῆς (Mōüsês), from Biblical Hebrew מֹשֶׁה‎‎ (moshé).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Mōsēs m (genitive Mōsis or Mōsī or Mōseī); third declension

  1. Moses (pharaonic patriarch)

Declension

Third declension.

Case Singular
nominative Mōsēs
genitive Mōsis
Mōsī
Mōseī
dative Mōsī
accusative Mōsem
Mōsēn
ablative Mōse
vocative Mōsēs

Derived terms

  • Mōsēius
  • Mōsēus
  • Mōsiticus

References

  • Mōses in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Moses in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Norwegian

Proper noun

Moses

  1. Moses (biblical figure)

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Swedish

Etymology

Biblical, cognate with English Moses, from earlier versions of the Swedish Bible.

Proper noun

Moses c (genitive Moses)

  1. A male given name (quite rare).
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