moue
French, noun/mu/
moue is spelled M-O-U-E (4 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written French, the 29,273rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Moue is a French feminine noun meaning “pout, moue” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Grimace que l’on fait en rapprochant et en allongeant les lèvres, en signe de dérision ou de mécontentement”.
What does moue mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepout, moue
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Grimace que l’on fait en rapprochant et en allongeant les lèvres, en signe de dérision ou de mécontentement.
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 moue
- moues plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce moue?
- /mu/
- \mu\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to moue
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is moue in French?
moue appears 1.1 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).