moite
French, adjective
moite is spelled M-O-I-T-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 40,183rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Moite is a French adjective meaning “sticky, muggy (heat, weather)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, moité is a different word: “past participle of moiter”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui a quelque humidité, qui est un peu mouillé. Se dit surtout de la peau rendue humide par la sueur”.
What does moite mean in English?
adjective
- 1
sticky, muggy (heat, weather)
- 2
sticky, sweaty (skin, hands etc.)
verb
- 1
past participle of moiter
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui a quelque humidité, qui est un peu mouillé. Se dit surtout de la peau rendue humide par la sueur.
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 moite
- moites plural
- moitée feminine
- moités masculine plural
- moitées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to moite
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is moite in French?
moite 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).