Luxembourgish

Alternative forms

• Mueren (only for the noun)

Noun

Moien m ‎(plural Moienter)

1. morning

   Ech hunn de ganze Moien am Gaart geschafft.

   I've worked in the garden all morning.

Derived terms

• moies

Interjection

Moien

1. hi, hello, good morning, good day

   Moien! Wéi geet et?

   Hi! How do you do?

Synonyms

• Salut

Antonyms

• Äddi
• Awar

Middle French

Noun

moien m (plural moiens)

1. Alternative form of moyen

Old French

Etymology

Spelled meien in early Old French, from Latin mediānus.

Noun

moien m ‎(oblique plural moiens, nominative singular moiens, nominative plural moien)

1. middle; centre
2. mediator

Adjective

moien m ‎(oblique and nominative feminine singular moiene)

1. middle; central
2. common; belonging to all

Descendants

• Middle French: moyen
  • French: moyen
• Middle English: meene (from the earlier Old French form meien)
  • English: mean

References

• (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (moien)