moaï
French, noun/mɔ.a.i/
moaï is spelled M-O-A-Ï (4 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written French, the 118,416th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Moaï is a French masculine noun meaning “moai (a statue from Easter Island)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Statue typique de l’île de Pâques”.
What does moaï mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemoai (a statue from Easter Island)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Statue typique de l’île de Pâques.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of moaï
- moaïs plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce moaï?
- /mɔ.a.i/
- \mo.aj\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is moaï in French?
moaï appears about once in every 13 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).