moire

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French moire, itself from English mohair. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /mwɑː/ Rhymes: -ɑː === Noun === moire (countable and uncountable, plural moires) Originally, a fine textile fabric made of the hair of an Asiatic goat. Any textile fabric to which a watered appearance is given. === Anagrams === meroi == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from English mohair. Doublet of mohair. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /mwaʁ/ === Noun === moire f (plural moires) watered fabric, moire ==== Descendants ==== → Italian: amoerro, amoerre, moerro, muerre (semi-learned), → moire → Polish: mora === Further reading === “moire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Italian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French moire, itself a borrowing from English mohair, from Italian mocaiardo, mocaiarro, from Arabic مُخَيَّر (muḵayyar, “choice”). Doublet of mohair. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈmwar/ Rhymes: -ar === Noun === moire f (uncountable) moire ==== Related terms ==== amoerro mohair === Further reading === moire in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana moire in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication === Anagrams === -iremo, emiro, morie, omeri, romei == Portuguese == === Verb === moire inflection of moirar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative