Standard Lemma guide

moi

name · noun · pron · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /mwɑː/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • homophone: mwah
  • rhymes with -ɑː
  • CMU ARPABET: M W AA1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A village in Lund municipality, Rogaland county, Norway.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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2

name

Meaning 2

A village in Bygland municipality, Agder county, Norway.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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3

name

Meaning 3

A West Papuan language of the Bird's Head Peninsula of New Guinea.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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4

name

Meaning 4

Synonym of Bangi (“African language”).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Synonyms: Bangi

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5

name

Meaning 5

A North Halmahera language of Indonesia, spoken on the coast near Makian Island.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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6

noun

Meaning 6

Initialism of mechanism of injury.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

Topics: emergency-medicine, medicine, sciences

Examples

  • The patient's MOI is easy to identify, as opposed to the NOI, which is symptomatic only.

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noun

Meaning 7

A member of the Montagnard people of Vietnam.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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8

noun

Meaning 8

An indigenous tribe of Southwest Papua.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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9

pron

Meaning 9

Me.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: humorous, often, sarcastic

Examples

  • Don't you be so cheeky. — Cheeky? Moi?
  • Who'd have thought that such a thing would happen to little old moi!

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History

Etymology

Borrowed from French moi.