moire (mwär, mwä-r??, môr, mô-r??)n. A watered or moiré fabric.[French; see moiré.]moi·ré (mwä-r??, mô-)adj. Having a wavy or rippled surface pattern. Used of fabric.n.1. Fabric, such as silk or rayon, finished so as to have a wavy or rippled surface pattern.2. A similar pattern produced on cloth by engraved rollers.[French, from past participle of moirer, to water, from mouaire, moire, moiré fabric, probably alteration of English mohair.]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.moire (mw??) n (Textiles) a fabric, usually silk, having a watered effect[C17: from French, earlier mouaire, from mohair]moiré (?mw??re?) adj (Textiles) having a watered or wavelike patternn1. (Textiles) such a pattern, impressed on fabrics by means of engraved rollers2. (Textiles) any fabric having such a pattern; moire3. (General Physics) Also: moiré pattern a pattern seen when two geometrical patterns, such as grids, are visually superimposed[C17: from French, from moire mohair]Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014moi?ré (mw??re?, m?-, mo?-) adj., n., pl. -rés. adj. 1. (of silks and other fabrics) presenting a watery or wavelike appearance. n. 2. a design pressed on silk, rayon, etc., by engraved rollers. 3. any silk, rayon, etc., fabric with a watery or wavelike appearance. [1810?20;