lunar

See also: Lunar

English

Etymology

From Middle French lunaire, from Latin lūnāris.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈluː.nə/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈlu.nɚ/
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -uːnə(r)

Adjective

lunar (not comparable)

Of, or pertaining to, a moon; moonly.
lunar observations; a lunar eclipse
Of, or pertaining to, Luna, the moon of Terra; Lunar.
Crescent-shaped, lunate.
Resembling Luna or another moon; orbed.
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Influenced by a moon or moons, as in growth, character, or properties.
lunar herbs

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(alchemy) Of, or pertaining to, silver.

Synonyms

(Of, or pertaining to, a moon): moonly, selenic

Derived terms

Terms derived from lunar

lunar observation
lunar orbit
lunar year
lunate

Translations

of, or pertaining to, the moon

Arabic: قَمَرِيّ‎‎ (qamariyy)
Czech: lunární (cs), měsíční (cs)
Dutch: lunair (nl)
Esperanto: luna (eo)
French: lunaire (fr)
German: lunar (de)
Hebrew: יְרֵחִי‎‎ (y'rekhi)
Ido: lunala (io)
Irish: éascaí
Old Irish: éscaide, éscamail

Italian: lunare (it)
Malay: bulan (ms), kebulanan, cendera, qamari
Norman: leunaithe
Persian: قمری‎‎ (fa) (qamari), مهشیدی‎‎ (mahšidi)
Polish: please add this translation if you can
Portuguese: lunar (pt) m, f
Romanian: lunar (ro) m, lunară f
Russian: лу́нный (ru) (lúnnyj)
Spanish: lunar (es) m, f

crescent shaped, lunate

of, or pertaining to, silver

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German: ^{(please verify)} Mond-

Noun

lunar (plural lunars)

(astronomy) A lunar distance.
(anatomy) The middle bone of the proximal series of the carpus.

Synonyms

(bone): intermedium, semilunar

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for lunar in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

ulnar, urnal

Catalan

Pronunciation

(Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /luˈna/

(Valencian) IPA^(key): /luˈnaɾ/

Adjective

lunar (masculine and feminine plural lunars)

lunar

Chavacano

Etymology

From Spanish lunar (“mole”).

Noun

lunar

(anatomy) mole

Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lūnāris. Compare the inherited luar.

Adjective

lunar m, f (plural lunares)

lunar

Noun

lunar m (plural lunares)

mole, birthmark

German

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /luˈnaːɐ̯/
Audio (file)

Adjective

lunar (not comparable)

lunar

Declension

Declension of lunar

number & gender		singular			plural
number & gender		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		er ist lunar	sie ist lunar	es ist lunar	sie sind lunar
strong declension (without article)	nominative	lunarer	lunare	lunares	lunare
	genitive	lunaren	lunarer	lunaren	lunarer
	dative	lunarem	lunarer	lunarem	lunaren
	accusative	lunaren	lunare	lunares	lunare
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der lunare	die lunare	das lunare	die lunaren
	genitive	des lunaren	der lunaren	des lunaren	der lunaren
	dative	dem lunaren	der lunaren	dem lunaren	den lunaren
	accusative	den lunaren	die lunare	das lunare	die lunaren
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein lunarer	eine lunare	ein lunares	(keine) lunaren
	genitive	eines lunaren	einer lunaren	eines lunaren	(keiner) lunaren
	dative	einem lunaren	einer lunaren	einem lunaren	(keinen) lunaren
	accusative	einen lunaren	eine lunare	ein lunares	(keine) lunaren

Synonyms

lunarisch

Derived terms

Lunarorbit
semilunar
translunar
zirkumlunar

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /luˈnaɾ/
Hyphenation: lu‧nar

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin lūnāris. Cognate of luar.

Adjective

lunar (plural lunares, comparable)

lunar

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish lunar, from Latin lūnāris.

Noun

lunar m (plural lunares)

mole, birthmark

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin lūnāris.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /luˈnaɾ/
Hyphenation: lu‧nar

Adjective

lunar (plural lunares)

lunar

Noun

lunar m (plural lunares)

mole, birthmark

Related terms

luna

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