Moises

See also: moisés, Moisés, Moisès, and moïses

English

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Moises

Wikipedia

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese Moises and Spanish Moisés.

Proper noun

Moises (countable and uncountable, plural Moiseses)

1. A male given name.
2. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Moises is the 36099^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 621 individuals. Moises is most common among Hispanic/Latino (44.44%), Asian/Pacific Islander (36.71%) and White (11.27%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Moises”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 605.

Anagrams

• Mossie, mioses, mosies, mossie, seismo-

Cebuano

Etymology

From Spanish Moisés.

Proper noun

Moises

1. (biblical) Moses
2. a male given name from Spanish

Latin

Alternative forms

• Mō̆ȳsēs, Moesēs, Mōsēs

Etymology

A variant of Mō̆ȳsēs, from Ancient Greek Μωϋσῆς (Mōüsês), from earlier Μωυσῆς (Mōusês), from Biblical Hebrew מֹשֶׁה (mōšê).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [moːˈiː.seːs], [moˈiː.seːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [moˈiː.s̬es]

Proper noun

Mō̆īsēs m sg (genitive Mō̆īsī or Mō̆īsēī or Mō̆īsis or Mō̆īsēn or Mō̆īseōs); irregular

1. (biblical) a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Moses

Declension

Irregular noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Mō̆īsēs
genitive	Mō̆īsī Mō̆īsēī Mō̆īsis Mō̆īsēn Mō̆īseōs
dative	Mō̆īsī
accusative	Mō̆īsēn Mō̆īsem
ablative	Mō̆īse Mō̆īsēn Mō̆īsī
vocative	Mō̆īsēs Mō̆īsē

Derived terms

• mō̆īsēius
• mō̆īsēus

Descendants

• → Spanish: Moisés

Old English

Etymology

From Latin Mōsēs, Mōȳsēs, from Ancient Greek Μωυσῆς (Mōusês), from Biblical Hebrew מֹשֶׁה (mōšê).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmo.i.ses/

Proper noun

Moises m

1. Moses (Biblical character)

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Moisés.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈmojses/ [ˈmoɪ̯.sɛs]
• Rhymes: -ojses
• Syllabification: Moi‧ses

Proper noun

Moises (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜌ᜔ᜐᜒᜐ᜔)

1. (biblical) Moses
2. a male given name from Spanish, equivalent to English Moses

Further reading

• “Moises”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018.