"moue" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Afrikaans]

Head templates: {{head|af|noun form}} moue
  1. plural of mou Tags: form-of, plural Form of: mou
    Sense id: en-moue-af-noun-SUisBMZ9 Categories (other): Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header

Noun [English]

IPA: /muː/ [UK, US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-moue.wav [Southern-England] Forms: moues [plural]
Rhymes: -uː Etymology: Borrowed from French moue, from Old French moe (“grimace”), from Frankish *mauwa (“pout, protruding lip”). Doublet of mow ("grimace"). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|moue}} French moue, {{der|en|fro|moe||grimace}} Old French moe (“grimace”), {{der|en|frk|*mauwu|*mauwa|t=pout, protruding lip}} Frankish *mauwa (“pout, protruding lip”), {{doublet|en|mow}} Doublet of mow Head templates: {{en-noun}} moue (plural moues)
  1. A pout, especially as expressing mock-annoyance or flirtatiousness. Categories (topical): Facial expressions Translations (pout — see also pout): мусене (musene) [neuter] (Bulgarian), цупене (cupene) [neuter] (Bulgarian), mutristaminen (Finnish), mutristus (note: in mock-annoyance) (Finnish), muikistus (in flirtatiousness) (Finnish), Schmollmund [masculine] (German), недовольная грима́са (grimása) [feminine] (Russian)

Noun [French]

IPA: /mu/ Forms: moues [plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Middle French moue, from Old French moe (“grimace”), from Frankish *mauwa (“pout, protruding lip”). Akin to Middle Dutch mouwe (“protruding lip”). Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm|moue|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French moue, {{inh+|fr|frm|moue}} Inherited from Middle French moue, {{inh|fr|fro|moe||grimace}} Old French moe (“grimace”), {{der|fr|frk|*mauwu|*mauwa|t=pout, protruding lip}} Frankish *mauwa (“pout, protruding lip”), {{cog|dum|mouwe||protruding lip}} Middle Dutch mouwe (“protruding lip”) Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} moue f (plural moues)
  1. pout, moue Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Facial expressions Derived forms: faire la moue
    Sense id: en-moue-fr-noun-JnM8DzsN Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "French 1-syllable words",
        "French countable nouns",
        "French entries with incorrect language header",
        "French feminine nouns",
        "French lemmas",
        "French nouns",
        "French terms derived from Frankish",
        "French terms derived from Middle French",
        "French terms derived from Old French",
        "French terms inherited from Middle French",
        "French terms inherited from Old French",
        "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "French terms with homophones",
        "French terms with quotations",
        "fr:Facial expressions"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "‘What about my heart?’ She smiled at me and leant over the table. ‘Isn't your heart worn out?’ she replied, with a little doubtful pout.",
          "ref": "1999, Anna Gavalda, “Ambre”, in Je voudrais que quelqu'un m'attende quelque part",
          "text": "– Et mon cœur ? Elle m’a souri et s’est penchée au-dessus de la table. — Il n’est pas déglingué, ton cœur ? elle a répondu avec une petite moue qui doute.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "pout, moue"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pout",
          "pout"
        ],
        [
          "moue",
          "moue#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/mu/"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "mou"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "moud"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "mouds"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "moues"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "mous"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "moût"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "moûts"
    }
  ],
  "word": "moue"
}

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