moien
See also: Moien
Finnish
Noun
moien
- Genitive plural form of moa.
Anagrams
- omien, omine
Middle French
Noun
moien m (plural moiens)
- Alternative form of moyen
Old French
Alternative forms
- meien (early Old French)
Etymology
Spelled meien in early Old French, from Latin mediānus.
Noun
moien m (oblique plural moiens, nominative singular moiens, nominative plural moien)
- middle; centre
- mediator
Adjective
moien m (oblique and nominative feminine singular moiene)
- middle; central
- common; belonging to all
Descendants
- Middle French: moyen
- French: moyen
- Middle English: meene (from the earlier Old French form meien)
- English: mean
- Walloon: moyén
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (moien)