moye
French, noun/mwa/
moye is spelled M-O-Y-E (4 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written French, the 113,280th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Moye is a French feminine noun meaning “a soft layer of rock within a harder rock” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Couche tendre qui se trouve dans la pierre et qui la fait déliter ; surface tendre d’une pierre dure”.
What does moye mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininea soft layer of rock within a harder rock
- 2
femininehaystack
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Couche tendre qui se trouve dans la pierre et qui la fait déliter ; surface tendre d’une pierre dure.
noun: 1. Petite meule de blé ou de seigle.
adjective: 1. Se dit d'une pierre qui contient des moyes
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 moye
- moyes plural
- moie
- moyés plural masculine
- moyée singular feminine
- moyées plural feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce moye?
- /mwa/
- \mwa\
- \mwa.je\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is moye in French?
moye appears about once in every 12 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).