moyen

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noun

Intercession; intervention.

OriginMiddle English moyen ← Old French meien ← Latin medius →
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Meanings

nounmoyen (countable and uncountable, plural moyens)

plural moyens

  1. ScotlandcountableobsoleteuncountableIntercession; intervention.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
meixian

Origin

  1. Latinmedius“middle”
  2. Old Frenchmeien
  3. Middle Englishmoyen
  4. Englishmoyen

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.

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APA

moyen. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moyen

MLA

“moyen.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moyen. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “moyen,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moyen.

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