moi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmoi̯/

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• Hyphenation: moi
• Rhymes: -oi

Interjection

moi

1. hi, hello

Anagrams

• omi

Etymology

From Middle French moy, from Old French mei, moi, mi (“me”), tonic form of me, from Latin mē (“me”), from Proto-Indo-European *(e)me-, *(e)me-n- (“me”). More at me.

See cognates in regional languages in France : Norman mei, Gallo mai, Picard moè, Bourguignon moi, Franco-Provençal mè, Occitan me, Corsican me.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mwa/

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• Homophones: moie, moient, moies, mois

Pronoun

moi

1. me (first-person singular direct object pronoun)
2. to me (first-person singular indirect object pronoun)

Noun

moi m (uncountable)

1. ego

Further reading

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

Etymology

13th century. From Old Galician and Old Portuguese mui, from muito (“very”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /moj/

Adverb

moi

1. very

References

• “mui” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “moi” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “moi” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “moi” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Romanization

moi

1. Rōmaji transcription of もい

Alternative forms

• mei (early Old French or Anglo-Norman)
• mi (early Old French)

Etymology

Tonic form of me, from Latin mē.

Pronoun

moi

1. me

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔ.i/

Pronoun

moi

1. personal masculine nominative plural of mój

Etymology

From Dutch mooi.

Adjective

moi

1. beautiful

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [mɔj˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [mɔj˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [mɔj˧˧]

Verb

moi (𫴱)

1. to drag out something

Noun

(classifier con) moi

1. a kind of sea shrimp