moly
French, noun\mɔ.li\
moly is spelled M-O-L-Y (4 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written French, the 108,277th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Moly is a French masculine noun meaning “moly (plant)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Plante dont parle Homère et à laquelle il attribue des vertus merveilleuses”.
What does moly mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemoly (plant)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Plante dont parle Homère et à laquelle il attribue des vertus merveilleuses. 2. Espèce d’ail vulgairement appelée ail doré et de nom scientifique Allium moly.
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 moly
- molys plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce moly?
- \mɔ.li\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is moly in French?
moly appears about once in every 11 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).