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moe¹

  • /ˈməʊ.eɪ/ UK
  • /ˈmoʊ.eɪ/ US

Rhymes with -əʊeɪ

Where it comes from

From Japanese 萌え (moe, “budding, sprouting”), imperfective or continuative form of 萌える (moeru, “to burst into bud, to sprout”).

noun moé

  1. slang, uncountable Strong interest in, and especially fetishistic attraction towards, fictional characters in anime, manga, video games, and/or similar media. Someone who is pretty or beautiful isn't moe by definition. Moe characters don't always have to be younger girls, but it certainly helps! In fact, moe characters don't even have to be female! As long as they make you feel like you want to hug and protect them, that's enough!

adjective more moe · moe-er · most moe · moe-est · moé

  1. slang Cute, adorable. (of fictional characters in anime, manga, video games, and/or similar media)

moe²

  • /məʊ/

Rhymes with -əʊ

Where it comes from

Variant forms.

adverb

  1. obsolete Obsolete form of mo
  2. obsolete Obsolete form of more Sing no more ditties, sing no moe.

noun

  1. obsolete Obsolete form of mow (“wry face, grimace”).
  2. obsolete Obsolete form of moa

verb

  1. obsolete Obsolete form of moo
  2. obsolete Obsolete form of mow (“to make faces”).

moe³

noun moes

  1. slang A close friend; a nigga, homie or bro.

Moe⁴

  • /məʊ/ UK
  • /moʊ/ US

Rhymes with -əʊ

Where it comes from

Clipping.

proper noun

  1. A surname, possibly formed by abbreviation of Moses or another name beginning with "Mo-".
  2. A male given name; Diminutive of Moses and Maurice.

Moe⁵

Where it comes from

From Japanese Moe (Moe); もえ (“moé”).

proper noun

  1. A female given name from Japanese.

Moe⁶

  • /ˈməʊ.i/

Rhymes with -əʊi

proper noun

  1. A town in the Shire of Baw Baw and the City of Latrobe, south eastern Victoria, Australia.

MoE⁷

  • /məʊ/ UK
  • /moʊ/ US

Sounds like mow

noun MOE

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Ministry of Education
  2. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of mixture of experts GLaM [51] is an autoregressive mixture-of-experts (MoE) model with up to 1200B parameters.
  3. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of margin of error

MOE⁸

noun

  1. Alternative letter-case form of MoE

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: education, department, ministry, oem, fat, mou, tired, moo, eom, eaw, mec, motorcycle, mma, bike, ome, doe

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noun strong interest or attraction towards fictional character

한국어모에 mo'e
日本語萌え moe
中文萌 méng
हिन्दीमोए moe
العربيةموي mūē

adj cute

日本語萌える, 尊い, 可愛い
中文萌 méng
हिन्दीमोए moe
العربيةاللطافة الفائقة al-laṭāfah al-fāʾiqah

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@misc{moe_2026,
  title = {moe},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/moe},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}