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Meaning of Moe | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1 Standard
ˈməʊ.eɪ

Definitions

  1. Initialism of Ministry of Education.
  2. Alternative letter-case form of MoE.
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  3. Alternative spelling of moe.
  4. Strong interest in, and especially fetishistic attraction towards, fictional characters in anime, manga, video games, and/or similar media.
  5. A surname, possibly formed by abbreviation of Moses or another name beginning with "Mo-".
  6. A female given name from Japanese.
  7. A town in the Shire of Baw Baw and the City of Latrobe, south eastern Victoria, Australia.
  8. Initialism of mixture of experts.
  9. A male given name; Diminutive of Moses and Maurice.
  10. Initialism of margin of error.

Equivalents

العربية مو
Français MOE moé
日本語 可愛い 尊い 萌え 萌える
한국어 모에

Examples

“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!”
“Despite its moe roots and preference for hijinks, Bocchi The Rock is a loving celebration of rock music and the joys of being in a band.”
“Characters from comics and “anime” (animated cartoons and movies) joined the bandwagon as figurines shops and maid cafes were opened one after the other. With that kind of enthusiasm, the word “moé” became widely used among “otaku.””
“GLaM [51] is an autoregressive mixture-of-experts (MoE) model with up to 1200B parameters.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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