moire
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /mwɑː/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɑː
Noun
moire (countable and uncountable, plural moires)
- Originally, a fine textile fabric made of the hair of an Asiatic goat.
- Any textile fabric to which a watered appearance is given.
Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mwaʁ/
Audio (file)
Further reading
- “moire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from French moire, itself a borrowing from English mohair, from Italian mocaiardo, mocaiarro, from Arabic مُخَيَّر (muḵayyar, “choice”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmwar/
- Rhymes: -ar
Further reading
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