Moon
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English
Noun
moon plural moons
- The sole natural satellite of the Earth.
- Any substantially sized natural satellite of a planet.
- (literary) A month, particularly a lunar month.
- many moons ago
Synonyms
- (natural satellite of a planet): satellite
Translations
sole natural satellite of the Earth
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any substantially sized natural satellite of a planet
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month
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Translations to be checked
The translations below need to be checked by native speakers and inserted into the appropriate table(s) above. The numbering is unreliable.
- Arabic: قمر
- Basque: hilargi
- Breton: loar f (1,3), loarenn f -où pl (2), loariad f -où pl (3)
- Catalan: lluna f
- Chinese Characters: 月
- Chinese: 月, 月亮, 月球, 太陰
- Dutch: maan f (1,2), maand f (3)
- Estonian: kuu
- Frisian: moanne
- German: Mond m
- Greek (Ancient?): (selene)
- Greek (Modern): φεγγάρι n
- Hebrew: ירח m , לבנה f
- Indonesian: bulan
- Korean: 달, Hanja: 월 (weol)
- Polish: księżyc m
- Portuguese: lua f
- Romanian: lună f
- Russian: луна f (luna)
- Slovak: Mesiac m (1), mesiac m (1, 2, 3)
- Slovene: luna f, mesec m
- Spanish: luna f
Transitive verb
moon (moons, mooning, mooned)
- (slang) To display one's buttocks to, in jest.
Translations
- Dutch: het naakte achterwerk tonen
- Finnish: näyttää persettä (1, slang)
- French: montrer le cul à
- German: den nackten Hintern zeigen
Intransitive verb
moon (moons, mooning, mooned)
- (usually followed by over or about) To fuss over adoringly or with great affection.
- Sarah mooned over Sam's photograph for months.
Translations
- Finnish: haikailla (1)
Derived terms
- blue moon
- crescent moon
- full moon
- half-moon or half moon
- howl at the moon
- moonwalk
- new moon
- phase of the moon
- thumbnail moon
