moinerie (moa-n-rî), n.f., monkhood, monks.
moinesse, n.f., (jest.) nun.
*moinillon, n.m., petty monk or friar.
moinotin, n.m., (ornith.) coal-tit.
moins, adv., less, under, wanting, to; minus. Parlez —; speak less. En — de; in less than. De — en —; less and less, fewer and fewer. Rien —; much less. Du —; at least, at any rate, at all events, at the very least. C’est — que rien; it is next to nothing. Ni plus ni —; neither more nor less. Il ne s’agit de rien — que de sa vie; nothing less than his life is at stake. Il n’est rien — que sage; he is anything but prudent. Il n’y a rien de — vrai que cette nouvelle; no news can be further from the truth than this. Il est une heure — un quart; it wants a quarter to one. A —; for less. Vous ne l’aurez pas à —; you shall not have it for less. À — de; for less than; unless. À — que; unless. —-value, (—-—s) inferior value.
moins, n.m., least, less; (alg.) minus. C’est le — que vous puissiez faire; it is the least you can do. Pas le — du monde; not in the least. Au —; at least. Pour le —; at least, at the least. Tout au —; at the very least. C’est pour ce soir, au moins! it is for to-night, mind!
moirage, n.m., (manu.) watering (stuffs), mottling.
moire, n.f., (manu.) watering; moire antique; watered silk.
moiré, -e, adj., (manu.) waved, watered, mottled. n.m., watering. — de soie; watered silk. — de laine; moreen.
moirer, v.a., (manu.) to water (stuffs), to mottle, to wave. Se —; to be watered.