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Synonyms for moon

Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : moon
Phonetic Transcription : mun

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Définition of moon

Origin :
  • Old English mona, from Proto-Germanic *menon- (cf. Old Saxon and Old High German mano, Old Frisian mona, Old Norse mani, Danish maane, Dutch maan, German Mond, Gothic mena "moon"), from PIE *me(n)ses- "moon, month" (cf. Sanskrit masah "moon, month;" Avestan ma, Persian mah, Armenian mis "month;" Greek mene "moon," men "month;" Latin mensis "month;" Old Church Slavonic meseci, Lithuanian menesis "moon, month;" Old Irish mi, Welsh mis, Breton miz "month"), probably from root *me- "to measure," in reference to the moon's phases as the measure of time.
  • A masculine noun in Old English. In Greek, Italic, Celtic, Armenian the cognate words now mean only "month." Greek selene (Lesbian selanna) is from selas "light, brightness (of heavenly bodies)." Old Norse also had tungl "moon," ("replacing mani in prose" - Buck), evidently an older Germanic word for "heavenly body," cognate with Gothic tuggl, Old English tungol "heavenly body, constellation," of unknown origin or connection. Hence Old Norse tunglfylling "lunation," tunglœrr "lunatic" (adj.).
  • Extended 1665 to satellites of other planets. To shoot the moon "leave without paying rent" is British slang from c.1823; card-playing sense perhaps influenced by gambler's shoot the works (1922) "go for broke" in shooting dice. The moon race and the U.S. space program of the 1960s inspired a number of coinages, including, from those skeptical of the benefits to be gained, moondoggle (cf. boondoggle). The man in the moon is mentioned since early 14c.; he carries a bundle of thorn-twigs and is accompanied by a dog. Some Japanese, however, see a rice-cake-making rabbit in the moon.
  • noun earth' s satellite
  • verb dream about; desire
Example sentences :
  • I haven't the least desire to sit alone and moon and meditate.
  • Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower
  • The bowman looked down at his feet and then up at the moon, "Parbleu!"
  • Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • He had discarded his hat, and lay back on his elbows, ostensibly to look at the moon.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • We see the same idea also in the rising and setting sun and moon.
  • Extract from : « Scientific American Supplement, No. 433, April 19, 1884 » by Various
  • I think he was glad when we set out for my own village in the Moon of the Sap Running.
  • Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
  • Belus formed also the stars, and the sun, and the moon, and the five planets.
  • Extract from : « The Babylonian Legends of the Creation » by British Museum
  • Above his head are the three symbols of the Moon, the Sun, and the planet Venus.
  • Extract from : « The Babylonian Legends of the Creation » by British Museum
  • It seemed to them as if the brightness of the moon had been increased, and was as resplendent as that of the sun.
  • Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola
  • Overhead is the starry sky, bathed in the pale radiance of the moon.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill
  • But she looked away t' the moon, an' somehow that righted her.
  • Extract from : « Quaint Courtships » by Various

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