moi

See also: Appendix:Variations of "moi"

Translingual

Etymology

Abbreviation of English Mboi.

Symbol

moi

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Mboi.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Mboi terms

English

Etymology

From French moi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mwɑː/

• Audio (US):

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• Homophone: mwah
• Rhymes: -ɑː

Pronoun

moi

1. (humorous or sarcastic, often used questioningly to express mock surprise) Me.

   Don't you be so cheeky. — Cheeky? Moi?

   Who'd have thought that such a thing would happen to little old moi!

   • 2000 April 30, John Swartzwelder, “Kill the Alligator and Run”, in The Simpsons, season 11, episode 19:

     Kid Rock: Yo, let's waste that biotch. / Homer: Biotch? Moi?

   • 2011, Jason Segel, Nicholas Stoller, The Muppets, spoken by Miss Piggy:

     There's only one Miss Piggy, and she is moi.

Related terms

• culte du moi
• ménage à moi

Anagrams

• IMO, IOM, Imo, Mio, imo, omi

Abinomn

Noun

moi

1. land snake
2. paternal grandfather

Cimbrian

Alternative forms

• main (Sette Comuni)

Etymology

From Middle High German mīn, from Old High German mīn, from Proto-West Germanic *mīn, from Proto-Germanic *mīnaz (“my, mine”). Cognate with German mein, English mine.

Determiner

moi

1. (Luserna) my

   Moi pruadar Sèpp hatt 9 djar. ― My brother Joe is nine years old.

References

• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Dutch

Etymology

Possibly from Danish mojn.

Interjection

moi

1. (dialectal) hi, hello