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moyen

moyen noun: intercession; intervention.

Noun

moyen (countable and uncountable, plural moyens)

  1. (Scotland, obsolete) Intercession; intervention.

Forms of moyen

pluralmoyens

Origin of moyen

From Middle English moyen, moene, a variation of mene, meene, borrowed from Old French meien (French moyen), Late Latin mediānus (“that is in the middle, middle”), from Latin medius (“middle”). Doublet of mid and mean.

Questions about moyen

What does moyen mean?
Moyen means intercession; intervention.
What part of speech is moyen?
Moyen is a noun.
What is the plural of moyen?
The plural of moyen is moyens.

Words near moyen in the dictionary

  1. Moyces
  2. Moyd
  3. moydore
  4. Moyds
  5. Moye
  6. moyen
  7. Moyer
  8. Moyers
  9. Moyes
  10. moygashel
  11. Moyhu

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