mou

See also: MOU, MoU, móu, mòu, mōu, mǒu, and mo'u

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AsturianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin modus.

NounEdit

mou m (plural modos)

1. way; manner
2. result

Derived termsEdit

• a mou
• d'otru modu
• de mou que

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CatalanEdit

PronunciationEdit

• Rhymes: -ɔw

VerbEdit

mou

1. third-person singular present indicative form of moure
2. second-person singular imperative form of moure

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FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old French mol, inherited from Latin mollis, mollem, from earlier *molduis, from Proto-Indo-European *(h₂)moldus (“soft, weak”), from *mel- (“soft, weak, tender”).

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /mu/

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AdjectiveEdit

mou (masculine singular before vowel mol, feminine singular molle, masculine plural mous, feminine plural molles)

1. soft, pliable
2. (informal) pansy, spineless

   Quelle bande de couilles molles!

   What a bunch of pansy (ass) wimps!

NounEdit

mou m (plural mous)

1. lungs, lights (of a slaughtered animal)

Further readingEdit

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

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MandarinEdit

RomanizationEdit

mou

1. Nonstandard spelling of mōu.
2. Nonstandard spelling of móu.
3. Nonstandard spelling of mǒu.
4. Nonstandard spelling of mòu.

Usage notesEdit

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

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Old OccitanEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /mɔw/

VerbEdit

mou

1. third-person singular present indicative of mover

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ZhuangEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Tai *ʰmuːᴬ (“pig”). Cognate with Thai หมู (mǔu), Northern Thai ᩉ᩠ᨾᩪ, Lao ໝູ (mū), Lü ᦖᦴ (ṁuu), Tai Dam ꪢꪴ, Tai Nüa ᥛᥧᥴ (mu¹), Shan မူ (mǔu), Ahom 𑜉𑜥 (muu), Bouyei mul, Saek หมู่.

PronunciationEdit

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /mou˨˦/
• Tone numbers: mou¹
• Hyphenation: mou

NounEdit

mou (old orthography mou)

1. pig