lună

See also: luna, Luna, lunã, łuna, and łúna

Megleno-Romanian

Etymology 1

From Latin lūna.

Noun

lună f

1. moon

Etymology 2

From a Vulgar Latin root *abellona, from Latin abellāna. Compare Romanian alună, Aromanian alunã.

Noun

lună f

1. hazelnut, nut

Romanian

Alternative forms

• лунэ (lună) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling

Etymology

Inherited from Latin lūna, from Old Latin losna, from Proto-Italic *louksnā, from Proto-Indo-European *lówksneh₂, from Proto-Indo-European *lewk-. Compare Aromanian lunã.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlu.nə/

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• Rhymes: -unə
• Hyphenation: lu‧nă

Noun

lună f (plural luni)

1. (astronomy) moon
2. month

Declension

Declension of lună

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	lună	luna		luni	lunile
genitive-dative	luni	lunii		luni	lunilor
vocative	lună, luno			lunilor

Related terms

• lunar
• lunatic

See also

• soare

Further reading

• “lună”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025