See also Moon , and mõõn
English [ ]
File:Jeff Fennell - Early Morning Moon (by).jpg The Moon (quarter Moon)
File:FullMoonHauknes.jpg The Moon (full)
Etymology [ ]
From Old English mōna from Proto-Germanic *mænon- from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s ( “ ‘ moon, month’ ” ) from *mē-² ( “ ‘ to measure’ ” )
Pronunciation [ ]
Noun [ ]
Singular
Moon
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Moon ({{{1}}})
Largest satellite of Earth.
Any substantially sized natural satellite of a planet .
( literary ) A month , particularly a lunar month .
1737 , John Brickell, The natural history of North-Carolina , page 308-309 :
The number their age by Moons or Winters, and say a Woman or a Man is so many Moons old, and so they do with all memorable Actions in life, accounting it to be so many Moons or Winters since such or such a thing happened. Note: in earlier modern English , many nouns were capitalized, similar to present day German .
1822 , Thomas Love Peacock, Maid Marian , page 238 :
Many moons had waxed and waned when on the afternoon of a lovely summer day a lusty broad-boned knight was riding through the forest of Sherwood.
Synonyms [ ]
( Earth's largest natural satellite ) : Moon
( natural satellite of a planet ) : satellite
( month ) : calendar month , lunar month , month
See also Wikisaurus:moon
Derived terms [ ]
blue moon
crescent moon
full moon
half-moon , half moon
harvest moon
howl at the moon
hung the moon
hunter's moon
man in the moon
moon bear
moon-blind
moon cake
mooncalf
moon-face
moonfish
moonflower
mooning
moonish
moonlight
moonlit
moonraker
moonwalk
new moon
old moon
once in a blue moon
over the moon
phase of the moon
smuggler's moon
thumbnail moon
waning moon
waxing moon
Translations [ ]
largest natural satellite of planet Earth
any substantially sized natural satellite of a planet
Aleut : tugidax
Arabic: قمر (qámar) m.
Armenian: լուսին hy (hy) (lusin)
Basque : ilargi eu (eu)
Bosnian: mjesec bs (bs) m.
Catalan : lluna f.
Chinese: trad. 月亮 , simpl. 月亮 (yuèliàng)
Croatian: mjesec hr (hr) m.
Czech: měsíc cs (cs) m.
Danish: måne da (da) c.
Dutch: maan m. and f. (1,2)
Estonian: kuu et (et)
Faroese: máni fo (fo) m.
Finnish: kuu fi (fi)
French: lune fr (fr) f.
Georgian: თანამგზავრი ka (ka) (t‘anamgzavri)
German: Mond de (de) m. , Trabant de (de) m. , Satellit de (de) m.
Greek: φεγγάρι el (el) (fengári) n. , δορυφόρος el (el) (ðorifóros) m.
Hebrew: יָרֵחַ (yare'aĥ) m. , לווין (lawian) m.
Hindi: चाँद (cām̐da), चन्द्रमा (candramā)
Hungarian: hold hu (hu)
Icelandic: tungl n. ; fylgihnöttur m.
Italian: satellite it (it) m. , luna it (it) f.
Japanese: 衛星 (えいせい, eiséi), 月 (つき , tsukí)
Khmer : លោកខែ (lōk kai)
Korean: 달 (dal)
Kurdish:
Kurmancî: heyv , hîv
Soranî: mang
Latvian: pavadonis m. , satelīts m. , mēness m.
Malayalam : ഉപഗ്രഹം (upagraham)
Maltese: qamar mt (mt) m.
Norwegian: måne no (no) m.
Ojibwe : giizis
Persian: ماه (mâh)
Polish: księżyc pl (pl) m.
Portuguese: satélite pt (pt) m. , lua pt (pt) f.
Romanian: lună ro (ro) f.
Russian: спутник ru (ru) (spútnik) m. , луна ru (ru) (luná) f.
Scottish Gaelic : gealach f.
Serbian:
Cyrillic: месец m.
Roman: mesec m.
Sindhi : اُپُگِرَھُھ (upugirahu) m.
Slovak: mesiac sk (sk) m.
Slovene: luna sl (sl) f.
Spanish: satélite es (es) m. , luna es (es) f.
Swahili: mwezi (nc 3/4)
Swedish: måne sv (sv) c.
Telugu : చందమామ (chaMdamaama)
Turkish: uydu tr (tr)
Welsh: lleuad cy (cy) , lloer cy (cy)
West Frisian : moanne
month
Aramaic:
Syriac: ܝܪܚܐ (yarħā’) m.
Hebrew: ירחא (yarħā’) m.
Armenian: ամիս hy (hy) (amis)
Bosnian: mjesec bs (bs) m.
Catalan : lluna f.
Chinese: 月 (yuè)
Chinese Characters: 月
Crimean Tatar : ay
Croatian: mjesec hr (hr) m.
Czech: měsíc cs (cs) m.
Danish: måned da (da) c.
Dutch: maan m. and f. (poetic), maand f.
Estonian: kuu et (et)
Ewe : dzinu n. , ɣleti n.
Faroese: mánaður fo (fo) m.
Finnish: kuukausi fi (fi) , kuu fi (fi)
French: lune (poetic), mois m.
Georgian: თვე ka (ka) (tve)
German: Monat m. , Mond m. (poetic)
Greek: σεληνιακός μήνας (seliniakós mínas) m. , φεγγάρι (fengári) n.
Hebrew: חוֹדֶש (ĥodesh) m. , יֶרַח (yeraĥ) m.
Hungarian: hónap hu (hu)
Italian: mese m. , luna (poetic ) f.
Japanese: 月 (つき , tsukí)
Khmer : ខែ (kai)
Korean: 달 (dal), 월 (weol)
Kurdish:
Kurmancî: meh , heyv , hîv
Soranî: مانگ
Latvian: mēnesis m.
Malayalam : ചന്ദ്രമാസം (chandra maasam)
Maricopa : xlyʼa
Norwegian Bokmål : måned no (no)
Norwegian Nynorsk : månad nn (nn)
O'odham : maṣad
Ojibwe : giizis
Persian: ماه (mâh), مه (mâh)
Polish: miesiąc pl (pl) m.
Portuguese: lua f. (poetic), mês m.
Romanian: lună ro (ro) f.
Russian: месяц ru (ru) (mésjats) m.
Serbian:
Cyrillic: месец m.
Roman: mesec m.
Slovak: mesiac sk (sk) m.
Slovene: mesec sl (sl) m.
Spanish: mes es (es) m.
Swahili: mwezi sw (sw)
Swedish: månvarv n.
Turkish: ay tr (tr)
West Frisian : moanne , maand
The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Help:How to check translations .
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Albanian : hëna sq (sq) f. , hënë f.
Breton : loar f. (1,3), loarenn f. , loarennoù pl. (2), loariad f. , loariadoù pl. (3)
Chinese : 月 (yuè), 月球 (yuèqiú), 太陰 (tàiyīn)
Vietnamese: mặt trăng vi (vi) , nguyệt
Verb [ ]
Infinitive
to Moon
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to Moon (third-person singular simple present - , present participle - , simple past and past participle - )
( transitive , pejorative , colloquial ) To display one’s buttocks to, typically in jest , pejoratively , or in protest
( intransitive , colloquial , dated ) (usually followed by over or about ) To fuss over adoringly or with great affection
Sarah mooned over Sam’s photograph for months.
Translations [ ]
to display one’s buttocks to
Dutch: moonen, het naakte achterwerk tonen
Finnish: näyttää persett ä (slang )
French: montrer le cul à
German: den nackten Hintern zeigen
Swedish: moona sv (sv)
to fuss over adoringly
Finnish: haikailla fi (fi)
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