(Closed) How do you pronounce Moissanite?

• gingerkitty
• 5 years ago

• Wedding: June 2016

mois-san-ite

like moist with out the T.

• MrsCallalily
• 5 years ago

I say mwah-sonite. I guess I thought of the French way of pronouncing “mois”  but I guess I’m in the minority according to the poll!

• MissJulianna
• 5 years ago

• Wedding: September 2014

MOY-ZIN-NITE

• julies1949
• 5 years ago

• Wedding: November 1999

When Moissan descendants lived in Canada, they pronounced their name Mwah-sohn. So since the gem is named for that inventor, it seems that the French pronunciation would have to follow. Mwahsohnite.

• JessRae
• 5 years ago

• Wedding: Rocky Mountains-May 2017

iliketurtles:  Moy suh night

• Heather-Kristin
• 5 years ago

• Wedding: August 2015

i say it moss-in-ight .. lol

• MrsHarryDresden
• 5 years ago

• Wedding: November 2013

Well. I’ve been saying it wrong all along! Lol. 

• ayitacasita
• 5 years ago

Moy-ZA-night…the 2 s’s take on a Z sound

• Scintillante
• 5 years ago

• Wedding: August 2012

I’m french-canadien so in french, it would be pronounced mwah-sah-nite. But I heard tyra banks pronounce it moy-sa-nite on her show when she was giving away earrings.

• ukmancbee
• 5 years ago

• Wedding: October 2006

Moy zin night

• Daisy_Mae
• 5 years ago

I agree that it probably should be pronounced “mwah-san-ite” (and maybe it is) but I spent several years in the jewelry industry and everyone called it “moy-za-nite”. I never once heard it pronounced the French way.

• MsGinkgo
• 5 years ago

• Wedding: May 2014

I’ve always said moy-sin-ite but the mwah-san-ite actually sounds so much better and so much classier IMO!