Meaning

7 senses
  1. (broadly, informal)Any natural satellite of a planet.

    The stargazer observed the moons of Jupiter for over a year.

    That's no moon, you idiot... it's a space station!

    Mond, Mond, mond

    луна́luná, ме́сяцmésjac, спу́тникspútnik

    мі́сяцьmísjacʹ, супу́тникsupútnyk, сателі́тsatelít

    any natural satellite of a planet

  2. (literary)A month, particularly a lunar month.

    They stayed with their aunt and uncle for many moons.

    Monat, Mond

    ме́сяцmésjac

    мíсяцьmísjats'

  3. A representation of the moon, usually as a crescent or as a circle with a face; a crescent-shaped shape, symbol, or object.

    The wizard costume was decorated with stars and moons.

    any object resembling a moon

  4. A crescent-like outwork in a fortification.

    The moons surrounding the city walls were built in the sixteenth century.

  5. The eighteenth trump/major arcana card of the tarot.

  6. The thirty-second Lenormand card.

  7. In hearts, the action of taking all the point cards in one hand.

Examples

1036 sentences
  1. The moon was bright last night.

    Минулої ночі місяць світив яскраво. — ascolto

    ruЛуна была яркой прошлой ночью. — corvard

  2. There's no life on the moon.

    На Місяці немає життя. — deniko

    ruНа Луне нет жизни. — Wadimiy

    deEs gibt kein Leben auf dem Mond. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. The moon was full last night.

    Минулої ночі був повний місяць. — Anjy

    ruПрошлой ночью было полнолуние. — odexed

    deGestern Nacht war Vollmond. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. I looked up at the moon.

    Я подивився вгору на місяць. — deniko

  5. I saw the moon above the roof.

    Я побачив місяць понад дахом. — shanghainese

    ruЯ увидела луну над крышей. — shanghainese

    deIch habe den Mond über dem Dach gesehen. — MUIRIEL

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 3
the natural satellite of planet Earth:
any substantially sized natural satellite of a planet:
month:
Русский
By meaning 2
the natural satellite of planet Earth:
any substantially sized natural satellite of a planet:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
the natural satellite of planet Earth:
any substantially sized natural satellite of a planet:
month:

Origin

From Middle English mone, from Old English mōna (“moon”), from Proto-West Germanic *mānō,

From Middle English mone, from Old English mōna (“moon”), from Proto-West Germanic *mānō, from Proto-Germanic *mēnô (“moon”), from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s (“moon; month”), probably from *meh₁- (“to measure”).

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Forms

plural: moons
Singularmoon
Pluralmoons

regular

Synonyms

12 synonyms
natural satellite of a planet:satelliteB1
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Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

231 related words

Collocations

7 patterns
  • on the moon
  • the moon is
  • full moon
  • a full moon
  • at the moon
  • than the moon
  • to the moon

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
moon — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto