lunar

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adj.
  1. Of, involving, caused by, or affecting the moon.
  2. Measured by the revolution of the moon.
  3. Of or relating to silver.

[Middle English, crescent-shaped, from Old French lunaire, from Latin lūnāris, of the moon, from lūna, moon.]


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Of or pertaining to the Moon.

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IN BRIEF: Pertaining to the moon.

pronunciation The lunar eclipse began at moonrise and ended at about nine o'clock.

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noun, dated

to take a lunar To take a look. (1906 — 50).
J. Guthrie Charles took a lunar (1950).

[From earlier sense, observation of the moon.]


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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - måne-
n. - måneobservation

Nederlands (Dutch)
betrekking hebbend op de maan, gemeten volgens de maan, zilverhoudend, (halve)maanvormig, maankleurig, door de maan beheerst

Français (French)
adj. - lunaire, de lune, (fig) lunaire
n. - observation de la lune (pour la navigation, la cartographie, etc)

Deutsch (German)
adj. - Mond-
n. - Mondstand, (ugs.) Blick, Mondbein

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - σεληνιακός
n. - κοίταγμα, ματιά

Italiano (Italian)
lunare

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - lunar
n. - distância (f) ou observação (f) da lua

Русский (Russian)
лунный, предназначенный для освоения Луны, мертвенно-бледный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - lunar, argénteo
n. - observación de la luna

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - mån-
n. - observation av månen för t ex navigation

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
阴历的, 微亮的, 月的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 陰曆的, 微亮的, 月的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 달의 , 태음의, 달 비슷한, 푸르스름한, 은을 포함한
n. - 달 관측

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 月の, 月に似た, 青ざめた, 銀の
n. - 見ること

idioms:

  • lunar eclipse    月食

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) قمري, هلالي, فضي (الاسم) شئ له شكل القمر أو الهلال, شئ له لون الفضه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮של הלבנה, ירחי, דמוי-סהר, מכיל כסף (מתכת), חלש, חיוור (אור)‬
n. - ‮תצפית בירח למטרות שייט או מיפוי‬


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