moire

See also: Moire, moiré, móire, and möire

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French moire, itself from English mohair.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /mwɑː/

Noun

moire (countable and uncountable, plural moires)

Originally, a fine textile fabric made of the hair of an Asiatic goat.
Any textile fabric to which a watered appearance is given.

Anagrams

meroi

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English mohair.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mwaʁ/

Noun

moire f (plural moires)

watered fabric, moire

Further reading

“moire” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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