moi

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

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, Imo, Mio, imo, omi

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Abinomn

Noun

moi

1. land snake

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Cimbrian

Alternative forms

• main (Sette Comuni)

Etymology

From Middle High German mīn, form Old High German mīn, from Proto-West Germanic *mīn, from Proto-Germanic *mīnaz (“my, mine”). Cognate with German mein, English mine.

Determiner

moi

1. (Luserna) my

   Moi pruadar Sèpp hatt 9 djar. ― My brother Joe is nine years old.

References

• “moi” in Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

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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 German Low German moin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmoi̯/, [ˈmo̞i̯]

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• Rhymes: -oi
• Syllabification: moi

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 *(h₁)me-, *(h₁)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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• (Quebec, informal) IPA^(key): /mwe/
• Homophone: 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)	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	le, l’	lui	y	en	lui
		Feminine	elle	la, l’				elle
		Indeterminate	on1	—	—	—	—	—
		Reflexive	—	se, s’4		—	—	soi4
Plural	First	—	nous	nous		—	—	nous
	Second	—	vous2	vous2,3		—	—	vous2
	Third	Masculine	ils3	les	leur	y	en	eux3
		Feminine	elles					elles

¹ Also used as the first person plural.

² Also used as the polite singular form.

³ Also used when a group has both men and women.

⁴ Also used as third person plural reflexive.

Noun

moi m (uncountable)

1. ego

Derived terms

• non-moi

See also

• je
• me

Further reading

• “moi” in 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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Mòcheno

Etymology

From Middle High German meie, from Old High German meio, from Latin Maius. Cognate with German Mai.

Noun

moi m

1. May

See also

• (Gregorian calendar months) genner, hourneng, merz, oberel, moi, prochet, heibeger, agst, leistagst, schanmikeal, òlderhaileng, schantònderer ^{(Category: mhn:Gregorian calendar months)}

References

• “moi” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.

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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. virile nominative/vocative plural of mój

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [moj]

Verb

moi

1. first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of muia
2. second-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of muia

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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”), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɟmuul ~ *ɟmuəl (“to dibble”); cognate with Bahnar jơmul (“to plant rice using dibble stick to make holes”) and Khmu cʰmɔːl ("to plant"). Compare mói (as in soi mói, from Proto-Vietic *c-mɔːlʔ).

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