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moue

noun · 2 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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  • UK, US: /muː/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -uː
  • homophone: moo
  • CMU ARPABET: M UW1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A pout, especially as expressing mock-annoyance or flirtatiousness.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a disdainful grimace

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: pout, wry face

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: grimace, face

History

Etymology

Borrowed from French moue, from Old French moe (“grimace”), from Frankish *mauwa (“pout, protruding lip”). Doublet of mow ("grimace").

Across languages

Translations

8 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: мусене (musene) — pout — see also pout
  • Bulgarian: цупене (cupene) — pout — see also pout
  • Finnish: mutristaminen — pout — see also pout
  • Finnish: mutristus — pout — see also pout
  • Finnish: muikistus (in flirtatiousness) — pout — see also pout
  • French: moue — pout — see also pout
  • German: Schmollmund — pout — see also pout
  • Russian: недовольная грима́са (grimása) — pout — see also pout