moi

See also: Moi, MOI, möi, mọi, mới, mỗi, mo'i, and mōʻī

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English

Etymology

From French.

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

moi

1. (humorous or sarcastic, often used questioningly to express mock surprise) Me.

   — Don't you be so cheeky.
   — Cheeky? Moi?

   Who'd have thought that such a thing would happen to little old moi!

Anagrams

• IMO, IOM, Mio, imo, omi

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Abinomn

Noun

moi

1. land snake

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Finnish

Etymology

Unknown. The word has been traditionally compared with moro, suggesting a connection with Swedish morgon, but similar expressions are also found in other European and particularly Germanic languages, such as Low German Moin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmoi̯/, [ˈmo̞i̯]

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• Hyphenation: moi
• Rhymes: -oi

Interjection

moi

1. hi, hello

Derived terms

• moikka

Anagrams

• omi

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French

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)

Synonyms

• mézigue (argot)

Related terms

French personal pronouns

Number	Person	Gender	Nominative (subject)	Reflexive	Accusative (direct complement)	Dative (indirect complement)	Locative (at)	Genitive (of)	Disjunctive (tonic)
Singular	First	—	je, j’	me, m’			—	—	moi
	Second	—	tu	te, t’			—	—	toi
	Third	Masculine	il	se, s’	le, l’	lui	y	en	lui, soi
		Feminine	elle		la, l’				elle, soi
		—	on		—	—	—	—	soi
Plural	First	—	nous	nous			—	—	nous
	Second	—	vous	vous			—	—	vous
	Third	Masculine	ils	se, s’	les	leur	y	en	eux, soi
		Feminine	elles						elles, soi

Noun

moi m (uncountable)

1. ego

Derived terms

• non-moi

See also

• je
• me

Further reading

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

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Galician

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /moj/

Adverb

moi

1. very

Derived terms

• moi logo

Related terms

• moito

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.

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Japanese

Romanization

moi

1. Rōmaji transcription of もい

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Naga Pidgin

Etymology

From Assamese মই (moi)

Pronoun

moi

1. 1st person singular pronoun, I

   Synonym: ami

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Old French

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

Usage notes

• Similar in terms of usage to modern French moi except it may be used as a personal object pronoun where modern French would use me :

  ele se paine de moi ocire (modern French uses me tuer or m'occire).

Related terms

• me
• jo

Descendants

• Middle French: moy
  • French: moi

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔ.i/

Pronoun

moi

1. personal masculine nominative and vocative plural of mój

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Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch mooi.

Adjective

moi

1. beautiful

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Vietnamese

Pronunciation

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

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *-mɔːl ~ muəl (“digging stick”). Compare mói (as in soi mói).

Verb

moi (𫴱)

1. to drag out, to dig out

Derived terms

Derived terms

• moi móc

 

Noun

(classifier con) moi

1. a kind of sea shrimp