Moire

See also: moire, moiré, móire, and möire

French

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Μοῖρα (Moîra), plural Μοῖραι (Moîrai, “the Moirai”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mwaʁ/, /mwɑʁ/

Noun

Moire f (plural Moires)

  1. (literary) doom, fate, weird, destiny

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish Maire, from Latin Maria, from Ancient Greek Μαρία (María), Μαριάμ (Mariám), from Aramaic מַרְיָם‎ (maryām) or Hebrew מִרְיָם‎ (miryām).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmɔɾʲə/

Proper noun

Moire f (genitive Moire or Mhoire, vocative a Mhoire)

  1. (biblical) Mary, the mother of Jesus.

Usage notes
  • Both Moire and Màiri are translated into English as Mary, but Màiri is used as a given name, while Moire is reserved for the mother of Jesus Christ.
  • The nominative and vocative forms are commonly used for emphatic effect, for instance a Mhoire! ("my goodness!"), and Moire tha!.

Derived terms

See also

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
MoireMhoire
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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