moire
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French moire, itself from English mohair.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
moire (countable and uncountable, plural moires)
- Originally, a fine textile fabric made of the hair of an Asiatic goat.
- Any textile fabric to which a watered appearance is given.
Anagrams edit
French edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
moire f (plural moires)
- watered fabric, moire
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “moire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French moire, itself a borrowing from English mohair, from Italian mocaiardo, mocaiarro, from Arabic مُخَيَّر (muḵayyar, “choice”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
moire f (uncountable)
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Further reading edit
- moire in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- moire in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication