A dictionary is the life of a people put in alphabetical order.

Moore - French - English Dictionary

Writing a dictionary of a language is “putting the culture of a people in alphabetical order”. Of course we are aware that this dictionary only scratches the surface of this beautiful language and reveals only a small part of its richness and the culture of the Mossi.

This dictionary allows you to discover the Moore language. By clicking on the “search” button (the small magnifying glass at the top right), a window opens and you can type words in Moore, French or English. Type “search” and a new window will display the results. Select the word you want to consult closely, and a new window will open on your screen.

This dictionary contains more than 13,100 Moore words and expressions translated into French and English, often illuminated by illustrative sentences. (Sometimes we were able to place an image to illustrate the word, in fact there are more than 6,200 photos/images in this dictionary). In general, we have retained the central dialect of the Ouagadougou region as the reference dialect of Moore. There are cases where we added dialect variants, but we could not account for all the variants. Obviously, Moore still has many words that are not included in this dictionary.

This dictionary can be useful to achieve several objectives:

It can help the Mossi to write their mother tongue.

It will be used by teachers and literacy instructors as a reference lexicon.

This dictionary can help you discover the Moaaga language and culture.

There is also an .exe version of this dictionary that you can install on your computer.

https://mooreburkina.com/fr/dictionnaire-mooré/aplications-de-dictionnaires-pour-computer

There, you will also have 9,500 audio files; so when you click on the speaker icon next to the featured word in the entry, the word will be spoken in audio, which especially helps people whose native language is not Moore.

This same dictionary with audio files can be consulted online at the following website:

https://www.webonary.org/moore

Foreword

Writing a dictionary is “putting the culture of a people in alphabetical order.” Well, we have to admit that this present version of the Moore dictionary shows only the peak of the ice-berg of the riches and beauty of the Moore language and of Mossi culture. We hope that other people will add information to this dictionary and thus help us to get a more complete picture of the riches of the Moore language.

Up to now we got about 13,100 Moore entries and over 6,200 pictures to illustrate the dictionary.

To search an item, just click on the small search icon on the top right of your screen and a search window will appear. Type the word (in Moore, French or English) you are looking for into the search field and click “search”. A new window with the search results will open and you can find your dictionary entry by selecting the entry you want to open up.

There is also a computer version of this dictionary with over 9,500 audio files included. You click on the entry word and it pronounces the word. That is really helpful, especially if Moore is not your mother thong.

To search an item, just click on the small search icon on the top right and a search window will appear. Type the word (in Moore, French or English) you are looking for into the search field and click “search”. A new window with the search results will open and you can find your dictionary entry by selecting the entry you want to open up.

There is also a computer version of this dictionary with over 9,500 audio files included. You click on the entry word and it pronounces the word. That is really helpful, especially f Moore is not your mother thong.