émoi

Meaning

1. (masculine) agitation; emotion; vicissitude
2. (masculine) excitement
3. (masculine) commotion; turmoil

Concepts

excitement

agitation

emotion

feeling

fervor

flurry

flutter

sense

trepidation

emotions

abstract noun

sentics

commotion

disturbance

Synonyms

émotion

agitation

excitation

ferveur

fièvre

🤒

sentiment

Translations

emozione

heyecan

ontroering

Erregung

coşku

συναίσθημα

Ergriffenheit

Affekt

Gefühlsbewegung

Rührung

Gefühlsregung

συγκίνηση

Emotion

agitazione

Gemüt

Pronounced as (IPA)

/e.mwa/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French: esmoy

Inherited from Old French: esmai

Cognate with Old High German: magan, megin

Cognate with Old English: mæġen

Cognate with Old English: magan

In summary

Inherited from Middle French esmoy, from Old French esmai (“confusion, agitation caused by fear”), from esmaier (“to worry, scare, vex, dismay”), from Vulgar Latin *exmagare (“to deprive (someone) of strength, to disable”), from ex- + *magare (“to enable, empower”), from Proto-Germanic *maginą, *maganą (“might, power”), from Proto-Indo-European *mēgh- (“to be able”). Akin to Old High German magan, megin (“power, might, main”), Old English mæġen (“might, main”), Old English magan (“to be able to”). More at main, may.