Moses

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈməʊzɪz/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /-zɪs/
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• General-American: /ˈmoʊzəs/
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• General-American: /-zəz/
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• rhymes with -əʊzɪz
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• rhymes with -əʊzɪs
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• CMU ARPABET: M OW1 Z AH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: M OW1 Z IH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Latin Mōsēs, from Ancient Greek Μωσῆς (Mōsês), from earlier Μωυσῆς (Mōusês), from Biblical Hebrew מֹשֶׁה (mōšê). Further etymology is unclear, but it is sometimes conjectured to derive from Egyptian ms-s (msj, “to give birth to”), a common element in Egyptian names of the form ‘[name of deity] is the one who bore him’; or, alternatively, contains Egyptian N35A (mw, “water”).

140 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: Moisiu — the biblical patriarch
• Albanian: Musa — the biblical patriarch
• Amharic: ሙሴ (Musse) — the biblical patriarch
• Chungli Ao: Mosa — the biblical patriarch
• Arabic: مُوسَىٰ (mūsā) — the biblical patriarch
• Aramaic: ܡܘܫܐ — the biblical patriarch
• Samaritan Aramaic: ࠌࠦࠔࠨࠄ (mūši) — the biblical patriarch
• Armenian: Մովսես (Movses) — the biblical patriarch
• Old Armenian: Մովսէս (Movsēs) — the biblical patriarch
• Azerbaijani: Musa — the biblical patriarch
• Bashkir: Муса — the biblical patriarch
• Basque: Mois — the biblical patriarch
• Belarusian: Майсе́й (Majsjéj) — the biblical patriarch
• Bengali: মূসা (mūsa) — the biblical patriarch
• Bulgarian: Моисе́й (Moiséj) — the biblical patriarch
• Catalan: Moisès — the biblical patriarch
• Chinese Cantonese: 摩西 (mo1 sai1) — the biblical patriarch
• Chinese Cantonese: 梅瑟 (mui4 sat1) — the biblical patriarch
• Hakka Chinese: 摩西 (Mô-sî) — the biblical patriarch
• Chinese: 摩西 (zh-min-nan) — the biblical patriarch
• Chinese Mandarin: 摩西 (Móxī) — the biblical patriarch
• Chinese Mandarin: 梅瑟 (Méisè) — the biblical patriarch
• Chinese Mandarin: 摩伊息斯 (Móyīxīsī) — the biblical patriarch
• Chinese Mandarin: 穆撒 (Mùsǎ) — the biblical patriarch
• Coptic: ⲙⲱⲥⲏ (mōsē) — the biblical patriarch
• Czech: Mojžíš — the biblical patriarch
• Danish: Moses — the biblical patriarch
• Dutch: Mozes — the biblical patriarch
• Esperanto: Moseo — the biblical patriarch
• Estonian: Mooses — the biblical patriarch
• Farefare: Mose — the biblical patriarch
• Faroese: Móses — the biblical patriarch
• Finnish: Mooses — the biblical patriarch
• French: Moïse — the biblical patriarch
• Middle French: Moyse — the biblical patriarch
• Old French: Moyses — the biblical patriarch
• Georgian: მოსე (mose) — the biblical patriarch
• German: Moses — the biblical patriarch
• German: Mose — the biblical patriarch
• Gothic: 𐌼𐍉𐍃𐌴𐍃 (mōsēs) — the biblical patriarch
• Greek: Μωυσής (Moysís) — the biblical patriarch
• Ancient Greek: Μωϋσῆς (Mōüsês) — the biblical patriarch
• Ancient Greek: Μωσῆς (Mōsês) — the biblical patriarch
• Hausa: Musa — the biblical patriarch
• Hawaiian: Mose — the biblical patriarch
• Hebrew: מֹשֶׁה (moshé) — the biblical patriarch
• Hebrew: מֹשֶׁה רַבֵּנוּ (moshé rabénu) — the biblical patriarch
• Hindi: मूसा (mūsā) — the biblical patriarch
• Hungarian: Mózes — the biblical patriarch
• Indonesian: Musa — the biblical patriarch
• Irish: Maois — the biblical patriarch
• Old Irish: Moysi — the biblical patriarch
• Italian: Mosè — the biblical patriarch
• Japanese: モーセ (Mōse) — the biblical patriarch
• Jarai: Môis — the biblical patriarch
• Kashubian: Mózes — the biblical patriarch
• Kazakh: Мұса (Mūsa) — the biblical patriarch
• Khmer: ម៉ូសេ (mousee) — the biblical patriarch
• Konkani: मूजे (mūje) — the biblical patriarch
• Korean: 모세 — the biblical patriarch
• Central Kurdish: مووسا (mûsa) — the biblical patriarch
• Northern Kurdish: Mûsa — the biblical patriarch
• Ladino: Moshe — the biblical patriarch
• Lak: Муса идавс — the biblical patriarch
• Latin: Mōsēs — the biblical patriarch
• Latin: Mō̆ȳsēs — the biblical patriarch
• Latin: Mō̆īsēs — the biblical patriarch
• Latvian: Mozus — the biblical patriarch
• Lithuanian: Mozė — the biblical patriarch
• Macedonian: Мојсеј (Mojsej) — the biblical patriarch
• Malay: Musa — the biblical patriarch
• Manchu: ᠮᠣᡳᠰᡝᡳ (moisei) — the biblical patriarch
• Māori: Mohi — the biblical patriarch
• Maranao: Mosa — the biblical patriarch
• Mongolian: Мосе — the biblical patriarch
• Navajo: Mózes — the biblical patriarch
• Norwegian: Moses — the biblical patriarch
• Persian: موسی (musâ) — the biblical patriarch
• Plautdietsch: Moses — the biblical patriarch
• Polish: Mojżesz — the biblical patriarch
• Portuguese: Moisés — the biblical patriarch
• Romanian: Moise — the biblical patriarch
• Russian: Моисе́й (Moiséj) — the biblical patriarch
• Scottish Gaelic: Maois — the biblical patriarch
• Serbo-Croatian: Мојсије — the biblical patriarch
• Serbo-Croatian: Муса — the biblical patriarch
• Serbo-Croatian: Mojsije — the biblical patriarch
• Serbo-Croatian: Musa — the biblical patriarch
• Sicilian: Moisès — the biblical patriarch
• Sicilian: Musè — the biblical patriarch
• Slovak: Mojžíš — the biblical patriarch
• Slovene: Mójzes — the biblical patriarch
• Spanish: Moisés — the biblical patriarch
• Swahili: Musa — the biblical patriarch
• Swahili: Mose — the biblical patriarch
• Swedish: Mose — the biblical patriarch
• Tagalog: Moises — the biblical patriarch
• Tamil: மோசே (mōcē) — the biblical patriarch
• Tatar: Муса — the biblical patriarch
• Tibetan: མོ་ཤི (mo shi) — the biblical patriarch
• Turkish: Musa — the biblical patriarch
• Turkish: Mûsâ — the biblical patriarch
• Turkish: Musalar — the biblical patriarch
• Turkish: Mûsâlar — the biblical patriarch
• Ottoman Turkish: موسی (musa) — the biblical patriarch
• Ukrainian: Мойсе́й (Mojséj) — the biblical patriarch
• Urdu: موسیٰ (mūsā) — the biblical patriarch
• Vietnamese: Môi-se — the biblical patriarch
• Vietnamese: Mô-sê — the biblical patriarch
• Welsh: Moses — the biblical patriarch
• Yiddish: משה (moyshe) — the biblical patriarch
• Arabic: مُوسَى (mūsā) — male given name
• Armenian: Մովսես (Movses) — male given name
• Old Armenian: Մովսէս (Movsēs) — male given name
• Bengali: মূসা (mūsa) — male given name
• Chinese Mandarin: 摩西 (Móxī) — male given name
• Galician: Moisés — male given name
• Hausa: Musa — male given name
• Hawaiian: Moke — male given name
• Hindi: मोसेस (moses) — male given name
• Hungarian: Mózes — male given name
• Latvian: Mozus — male given name
• Macedonian: Мојсеј (Mojsej) — male given name
• Malay: Musa — male given name
• Māori: Mohi — male given name
• Navajo: Mózes — male given name
• Polish: Mojżesz — male given name
• Portuguese: Moisés — male given name
• Sicilian: Musè — male given name
• Spanish: Moisés — male given name
• Swahili: Musa — male given name
• Swedish: Moses — male given name
• Tamil: மோசே (mōcē) — male given name
• Turkish: Musa — male given name
• Turkish: Mûsâ — male given name
• Turkish: Musalar — male given name
• Turkish: Mûsâlar — male given name
• Turkish: Mısa — male given name
• Turkish: Mısalar — male given name
• Ukrainian: Мойсей (Mojsej) — male given name