See also: Moire, moiré, móire, and möire

English edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from French moire, itself from English mohair.

Pronunciation edit

  • (UK) IPA(key): /mwɑː/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑː

Noun edit

moire (countable and uncountable, plural moires)

  1. Originally, a fine textile fabric made of the hair of an Asiatic goat.
  2. Any textile fabric to which a watered appearance is given.

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French edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from English mohair.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

moire f (plural moires)

  1. watered fabric, moire

Descendants edit

  • Italian: amoerro, amoerre, moerro, muerre (semi-learned), moire
  • Polish: mora

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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)

  1. moire

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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

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