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moire

French, noun

moire is spelled M-O-I-R-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 47,811th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Moire is a French feminine noun meaning “watered fabric, moire” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, moiré is a different word: “moiré, watered effect, clouded effect”. With a capital, Moire is a different word: “any one of the Moirae”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Apprêt que reçoivent, par un calandrage spécifique, certaines étoffes de soie, de laine, de coton ou de lin…”.

What does moire mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininewatered fabric, moire

adjective

as moiré
  1. 1

    moiré, watered (effect)

  2. 2

    shimmering

noun

as moiré
  1. 1

    masculinemoiré, watered effect, clouded effect

noun

as Moire
  1. 1

    feminineany one of the Moirae

  2. 2

    femininedoom, fate, weird, destiny

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Apprêt que reçoivent, par un calandrage spécifique, certaines étoffes de soie, de laine, de coton ou de lin, et qui leur communique un éclat changeant, une apparence ondée et chatoyante. 2. Reflet, éclat, chatoiement. 3. Étoffe qui a reçu ce genre d’apprêt. 4. Moire antique : Tissu dont le moire présente de grandes ondulations.

noun: 1. Nom vulgaire du chèvrefeuille.

adjective: 1. Qui a l’aspect de la moire.

noun: 1. Effet de contraste changeant avec la déformation d'un objet, indépendamment des effets d'ombre. 2. Fer-blanc auquel on a donné, au moyen d’un acide, une apparence cristalline et chatoyante.

noun: 1. Singulier de Moires.

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 moire

  • moires plural
  • moirée feminine
  • moirés masculine plural
  • moirées feminine plural
  • Moires plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to moire

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is moire in French?

moire appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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