moxa
French, noun/mɔk.sa/
moxa is spelled M-O-X-A (4 letters) and appears about once in every 37 million words in written French, the 194,108th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Moxa is a French masculine noun meaning “moxa” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Substance telle que la poudre de feuille séchée d’armoise, le coton ou l’étoupe, souvent à la forme d’un…”.
What does moxa mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemoxa
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Substance telle que la poudre de feuille séchée d’armoise, le coton ou l’étoupe, souvent à la forme d’un petit cône, que l’on applique sur quelque partie du corps et à laquelle on met le feu. Utilisé dans la médecine asiatique traditionnelle. 2. Cautérisation lente utilisant du moxa. 3. Remède, calmant.
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 moxa
- moxas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce moxa?
- /mɔk.sa/
- \mɔk.sa\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to moxa
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is moxa in French?
moxa appears about once in every 37 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).