Meaning

6 senses

  1. (not comparable)Of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon (that is, Luna, the Earth's moon).

    lunar observations a lunar eclipse

    lunar

    лу́нныйlúnnyj

    мі́сячнийmísjačnyj, місяце́вийmisjacévyj

  2. (not comparable)Shaped like a crescent moon; lunate.

  3. (not comparable)Extremely high.

  4. (historical, not comparable)(Believed to be) influenced by the Moon, as in character, growth, or properties.

  5. (not comparable)Of or pertaining to travel through space between the Earth and the Moon, or exploration and scientific investigation of the Moon.

  6. (not comparable, obsolete)Of or pertaining to silver (which was symbolically associated with the Moon by alchemists).

    of or relating to or associated with the moon

Examples

48 sentences

  1. There will be a lunar eclipse tomorrow.

    ruЗавтра будет лунное затмение. — Arkadeko

    deMorgen wird es eine Mondfinsternis geben. — Hans_Adler

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  2. Did you see the lunar eclipse yesterday?

    ruТы вчера лунное затмение видел? — sharptoothed

    deHast du die Mondfinsternis gestern gesehen? — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  3. A lunar month is shorter than a calendar month.

    ruЛунный месяц короче календарного. — sharptoothed

    deEin Mondmonat ist kürzer als ein Kalendermonat. — samueldora

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  4. There are usually between two and five lunar eclipses each year.

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  5. Now, I believe in lunar colonization.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon:
Русский
By meaning 1
of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon:

Origin

From Middle English lunar (“shaped like the crescent moon”), from Latin lūnāris (“of or pe

From Middle English lunar (“shaped like the crescent moon”), from Latin lūnāris (“of or pertaining to the moon, lunar”) (possibly through Middle French lunaire (modern French lunaire (“lunar”)), from lūna (“the Moon; crescent shape”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“bright; to shine”)) + -is (suffix forming adjectives).

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Synonyms

8 synonyms
lunarlikelunarymoonishmoonlikemoonlymoonyselenianselenic

Word family

59 related words
Relatedapoluneloonlunacylunambulismlunanautlunaticlunationlunelunettelunisolarperilunesublunarysuperlunary
Derivedantilunarcircalunarcircumlunarcislunarinterlunarlunar calendarlunar cataclysmlunar causticlunar colonylunarcorelunarcretelunar cyclelunar deitylunar distancelunar eclipselunaritelunar landerlunar letterlunar lifeboatlunarlikelunar mansionlunar modulelunar monthlunarnaut

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
lumpenproletariatlumpylunalunacylunaticlunchA1

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