moan

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) enPR: mōn, IPA(key): /məʊn/ (US) enPR: mōn, IPA(key): /moʊn/ Rhymes: -əʊn Homophone: mown === Etymology 1 === From Middle English mone, mane, mān, (also as mene), from Old English *mān, *mǣn (“complaint; lamentation”), from Proto-West Germanic *mainu, from Proto-Germanic *mainō (“opinion; mind”). Cognate with Old Frisian mēne (“opinion”), Old High German meina (“opinion”). Old English *mān, *mǣn is inferred from Old English mǣnan (“to complain over; grieve; mourn”). More at mean. ==== Noun ==== moan (plural moans) A low, mournful cry of pain, sorrow or pleasure. (obsolete) A lament or sorrow. to make one's moan ― to grieve, complain ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== moan (third-person singular simple present moans, present participle moaning, simple past and past participle moaned) (transitive, chiefly UK) To complain about; to bemoan, to bewail; to mourn. [from 13th c.] 1708, Matthew Prior, the Turtle and the Sparrow (intransitive, now chiefly poetic) To grieve. [from 14th c.] Synonyms: lament; see also Thesaurus:be sad (intransitive) To make a moan or similar sound. [from 18th c.] (transitive) To say in a moan, or with a moaning voice. [from 19th c.] (intransitive, colloquial) To complain; to grumble. [from 20th c.] Synonyms: whine; see also Thesaurus:complain (transitive, obsolete) To distress (someone); to sadden. [15th–17th c.] Synonyms: deject; see also Thesaurus:sadden ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ===== See also ===== === Etymology 2 === From moa + -an. ==== Adjective ==== moan (comparative more moan, superlative most moan) Of or pertaining to a moa. === Further reading === “moan”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “moan”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. === Anagrams === Noam, Mona, mona, Mano, Oman, NOMA, Amon, noma, Onam, maon, MONA, mano == Breton == === Alternative forms === moen === Etymology === From Middle Breton moen, from Old Breton moin, from Proto-Brythonic *muɨn (“beautiful”). Compare Welsh mwyn (“mild, gentle”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈmwãːn/ === Adjective === moan thin, slender Synonym: tanav Antonym: tev === Mutation === == Finnish == === Noun === moan genitive singular of moa === Anagrams === Oman, oman == Yola == === Etymology 1 === From Middle English mone, from Old English mān, from Proto-West Germanic *mainu. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /mɔːn/ Homophone: mawen ==== Noun ==== moan moan === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== moan alternative form of mawen === References === Kathleen A. Browne (1927), “THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD.”, in Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of lreland (Sixth Series)‎[1], volume 17, number 2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland