lunar

See also: Lunar

English

Etymology

From Middle French lunaire, from Latin lūnāris.

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈluː.nə/
  • (US) enPR: lo͞o'nər, IPA(key): /ˈlu.nɚ/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -uːnə(r)

Adjective

lunar (not comparable)

  1. Of, or pertaining to, a moon; moonly.
    lunar observations; a lunar eclipse
  2. Of, or pertaining to, Luna, the moon of Terra; Lunar.
  3. Crescent-shaped, lunate.
  4. Resembling Luna or another moon; orbed.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Dryden to this entry?)
  5. Influenced by a moon or moons, as in growth, character, or properties.
    lunar herbs
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Francis Bacon to this entry?)
  6. (alchemy) Of, or pertaining to, silver.

Synonyms

Derived terms
Terms derived from lunar

Translations
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Noun

lunar (plural lunars)

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

Synonyms

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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

Catalan

Pronunciation

Adjective

lunar (masculine and feminine plural lunars)

  1. lunar

Chavacano

Etymology

From Spanish lunar (“mole”).

Noun

lunar

  1. (anatomy) mole

Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lūnāris. Compare the inherited luar.

Adjective

lunar m or f (plural lunares)

  1. lunar

Noun

lunar m (plural lunares)

  1. mole, birthmark

German

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /luˈnaːɐ̯/
  • Audio(file)

Adjective

lunar (not comparable)

  1. lunar

Declension
Declension of lunar
number & gender singular plural
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

Portuguese

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

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin lūnāris. Cognate of luar.

Adjective

lunar (plural lunares, comparable)

  1. lunar

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish lunar, from Latin lūnāris.

Noun

lunar m (plural lunares)

  1. mole, birthmark

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin lūnāris.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /luˈnaɾ/
  • Hyphenation: lu‧nar

Adjective

lunar (plural lunares)

  1. lunar

Noun

lunar m (plural lunares)

  1. mole, birthmark
  2. polka dot
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