Meaning
7 senses(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
(literary)A month, particularly a lunar month.
They stayed with their aunt and uncle for many moons.
Monat, Mond
ме́сяцmésjac
мíсяцьmísjats'
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
A crescent-like outwork in a fortification.
The moons surrounding the city walls were built in the sixteenth century.
The eighteenth trump/major arcana card of the tarot.
The thirty-second Lenormand card.
In hearts, the action of taking all the point cards in one hand.
Examples
1036 sentencesThe moon was bright last night.
Минулої ночі місяць світив яскраво. — ascolto
ruЛуна была яркой прошлой ночью. — corvard
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
The moon was full last night.
Минулої ночі був повний місяць. — Anjy
ruПрошлой ночью было полнолуние. — odexed
deGestern Nacht war Vollmond. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
I looked up at the moon.
Я подивився вгору на місяць. — deniko
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
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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: moonsSynonyms
12 synonyms- United States religious leader (born in Korea) who founded the Unification Church in 1954; was found guilty of conspiracy to evade taxes (born in 1920):Sun Myung Moon
- the period between successive new moons (29.531 days):lunar monthlunationsynodic month
- the light of the Moon:moonlightmoonshine
Antonyms
1 antonymsWord family
231 related wordsCollocations
7 patterns- on the moon
- the moon is
- full moon
- a full moon
- at the moon
- than the moon
- to the moon