moirai

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μοῖρα (moîra).

Noun

moirai pl (plural only)

1. (Greek mythology) The three Fates, personifications of destiny.
2. One's own destiny; fate. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
   • 1970, Toni Morrison, “Summer”, in The Bluest Eye:

     Public fact becomes private reality, and the seasons of a Midwestern town become the Moirai of our small lives.

Translations

the three Fates, personifications of destiny — see Fates

Portuguese

Verb

moirai

1. second-person plural imperative of moirar