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The Moon (quarter Moon)

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The Moon (full)

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From Old English mōna from Proto-Germanic *mænon- from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s (“‘moon, month’”) from *mē-² (“‘to measure’”)

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(UK, US) IPA: /muːn/
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Rhymes: -uːn

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Singular
Moon

Plural
Moons

Moon (plural Moons)

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.</span>
- 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.</span>

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(Earth's largest natural satellite): Moon
(natural satellite of a planet): satellite
(month): calendar month, lunar month, month
See also Wikisaurus:moon

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largest natural satellite of planet Earth

Acholi: [[dwee#Patrono:Ach|dwee]]
Afrikaans: maan af(af)
Albanian: hënë sq(sq) f.
Alemannic: Mond als(als) m.
Amuzgo: chi'
Arabic: قمر ar(ar) (qámar) m.
Aramaic:
Hebrew: [[סהרא#Patrono:Arc|סהרא]] (sahrā’) c.
Syriac: [[ܣܗܪܐ#Patrono:Arc|Patrono:Syrc]] (sahrā’) c.
Armenian: լուսին hy(hy) (lusin)
Asturian: lluna ast(ast) f.
Aymara: phaxsi ay(ay)
Azeri: ay az(az)
Basque: ilargi eu(eu)
Belarusian: Месяц be(be) m.
Bengali: চাঁদ bn(bn) (tʃām̐da)
Bosnian: mjesec bs(bs) m.
Breton: loar br(br)
Bulgarian: луна bg(bg) f.
Catalan: lluna ca(ca) f.
Cebuano: [[bulan#Patrono:Ceb|bulan]]
Chinese: trad. 月亮, simpl. 月亮 (yuèliàng)
Classical: 月
Mandarin: 月球 cmn(cmn)
Min Nan: go̍eh-niû nan(nan)
Cornish: loor kw(kw)
Corsican: luna co(co) f.
Cree: ᑎᐱᔅᑳᐅᐲᓯᒻ cr(cr)
Crimean Tatar: ay
Croatian: mjesec hr(hr) m.
Czech: měsíc cs(cs)
Danish: månen da(da)
Dutch: maan nl(nl) f. and m.
Dutch Low Saxon: [[maone#Patrono:Nds-nl|maone]]
Erzya: [[ков#Patrono:Myv|ков]]
Esperanto: luno eo(eo)
Estonian: kuu et(et)
Extremaduran: [[luna#Patrono:Ext|luna]]
Faroese: mánin fo(fo)
Finnish: Kuu fi(fi)
Franco-Provençal: [[lena#Patrono:Frp|lena]]
French: lune fr(fr) f.
Friulian: [[lune#Patrono:Fur|lune]]
Galician: lúa gl(gl) f.
Georgian: მთვარე ka(ka) (mt‘vare)
German: Mond de(de) m.
Kölsch: [[Moond#Patrono:Ksh|Moond]] m.
Greek: σελήνη el(el) f., φεγγάρι el(el) (fengári) n.
Gujarati: ચંદ્ર gu(gu)
Haitian Creole: lalin
Hebrew: ירח he(he) (yare'aĥ) m., לבנה he(he) f.
Hindi: चन्द्रमा hi(hi)
Hungarian: hold hu(hu)
Icelandic: tungl is(is)
Ido: luno io(io)
Ilocano: [[bulan#Patrono:Ilo|bulan]]
Indonesian: bulan id(id)
Interlingua: luna ia(ia)
Inuktitut: ᑕᖅᑭᖅ iu(iu) (taqqiq)
Irish: an Ghealach ga(ga)
Italian: luna it(it) f.
Japanese: 月 ja(ja) (つき, tsuki)
Javanese: bulan jv(jv)
Kannada: ಚಂದ್ರ kn(kn) (caṅdra)
Kapampangan: [[bulan#Patrono:Pam|bulan]]
Kazakh: ай kk(kk)
Khmer: លោកខែ (lōk kai), ព្រះច័ន្ទ (bprēiəh jən)
Korean: 달 ko(ko) (dal)
Kunza: ckamur
Kurdish: heyv ku(ku), hîv ku(ku)
Lao: ດວງຈັນ lo(lo)
Latin: lūna la(la) f.
Latvian: mēness lv(lv)

Ligurian: [[lunn-a#Patrono:Lij|lunn-a]]
Limburgish: luna li(li)
Lingala: sánzá ln(ln)
Lithuanian: mėnulis lt(lt)
Lombard: [[lüna#Patrono:Lmo|lüna]] f.
Low Saxon: maand nds(nds)
Luhya: kumwesi
Luxembourgish: Äerdmound lb(lb) m.
Macedonian: месечина mk(mk) (mesečina) f.
Malay: bulan ms(ms), purnama ms(ms)
Malayalam: ചന്ദ്രന്‍ ml(ml)
Maltese: qamar mt(mt) m.
Manx: eayst gv(gv)
Marathi: चंद्र mr(mr)
Mongolian: сар mn(mn)
Nahuatl: mētztli nah(nah)
Navajo: ooljééʼ
Neapolitan: luna
Nepali: चन्द्रमा ne(ne)
Newari: [[तिमिला#Patrono:New|तिमिला]]
Norman: [[leune#Patrono:Nrm|leune]]
Norwegian: månen no(no) m.
Novial: lune
Occitan: luna oc(oc) f.
Ojibwe: dibik-giizis
Old Church Slavonic: [[мѣсѧць#Patrono:Cu|Patrono:Cyrs]] (měsęcĭ) m.
Old English: mōna ang(ang) m.
Ossetian: [[мæй#Patrono:Os|мæй]] (mæj)
Persian: ماه fa(fa) (mâh), مه fa(fa) (mâh)
Polish: księżyc pl(pl) m.
Portuguese: lua pt(pt) f.
Punjabi: ਚੰਦਰਮਾ pa(pa)
Quechua: killa qu(qu)
Romani: chhon
Romanian: lună ro(ro) f.
Russian: луна ru(ru) (luná) f.
Samogitian: [[mienolis#Patrono:Bat-smg|mienolis]]
Scottish Gaelic: gealach gd(gd)
Serbian: месец sr(sr) m.
Sicilian: luna scn(scn) f.
Silesian: [[mjeśůnček#Patrono:Szl|mjeśůnček]] m.
Sinhala: චන්ද්‍රයා si(si)
Slovak: mesiac sk(sk) m.
Slovene: luna sl(sl) f.
Sotho: kgwedi st(st)
Spanish: luna es(es) f.
Swahili: mwezi sw(sw)
Swedish: måne sv(sv) c.
Tagalog: buwan tl(tl)
Tajik: моҳ tg(tg)
Tamil: நிலா ta(ta)
Taos: p’óna
Tatar: ай tt(tt)
Telugu: చంద్రుడు te(te) (chandrudu)
Thai: ดวงจันทร์ th(th) (duang jan)
Tok Pisin: mun tpi(tpi)
Turkish: ay tr(tr)
Twi: ɔbosome tw(tw)
Ukrainian: місяць uk(uk)
Upper Sorbian: měsačk hsb(hsb) m.
Urdu: چاند ur(ur) (čānd)
Uzbek: oy uz(uz)
Venetian: łuna f.
Vietnamese: mặt trăng vi(vi)
Volapük: mun vo(vo)
Walloon: lune wa(wa) f.
Welsh: lleuad cy(cy)
West Frisian: moanne fy(fy)
Yakut: [[ый#Patrono:Sah|ый]]
Yiddish: לבנה yi(yi) (levoneh) f.
Yoruba: òsùpá yo(yo)
Yucatec Maya: luunaa
Zhuang: ronghndwen za(za)

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

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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

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Infinitive
to Moon

Third person singular
Moons

Simple past
Mooned

Past participle
Mooned

Present participle
Mooning

to Moon (third-person singular simple present Moons, present participle Mooning, simple past and past participle Mooned)

(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.