lunar

English

Etymology

From Latin lūnāris.

Pronunciation

Adjective

lunar (not comparable)

Of, or pertaining to, the Moon; moonly.
Crescent shaped, lunate.
Of, or pertaining to, silver.

Translations

of, or pertaining to, the moon

Czech: lunární (cs), měsíční (cs)
Esperanto: luna (eo)
French: lunaire (fr)
German: lunar (de)
Ido: lunala (io)
Italian: lunare (it)

Jèrriais: leunaithe
Portuguese: lunar (pt) m and f
Romanian: lunar (ro) m, lunară (ro) f
Russian: лунный (ru) (lúnnyj)
Spanish: lunar (es) m and f

crescent shaped, lunate

of, or pertaining to, silver

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German: Mond- (de)

Derived terms

lunacy
lunate
lunar caustic
lunar cycle
lunar distance
lunar module
lunar month
lunar node
lunar observation
lunar orbit
lunar year

Noun

lunar (plural lunars)

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

Synonyms

(bone): intermedium, semilunar

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.