English Explanatory Dictionary

full moon

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The phase of the moon when it is in opposition to the sun and its full disc is therefore visible.
  2. The moon when it is in opposition to the sun.
noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of full moon.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

full moon full moons fullmoon

Etymology

From Middle English ful mone, from Old English full mōna, equivalent to full + moon.

Synonyms

plenilune

Antonyms

new moon

Related words

lunar phase lycanthropy plenilunar plenilunary 🌕

Translations

Afrikaans: volmaan Arabic: بَدْر Arabic: بدر Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܟܸܣܐܵܐ Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܒܲܕܪܝܼ Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܣܲܗܪܵܐ ܡܸܠܝܵܐ Armenian: լիալուսին Basque: ilargibete Bengali: পূর্ণিমা রাত Bengali: শবে বদর Bengali: পূর্ণিমা চাঁদ Bengali: বদর Bulgarian: пълнолу́ние Bulgarian: пъ́лна луна́ Burmese: လပြည့် Burmese: ပုဏ္ဏမာ Catalan: lluna plena Catalan: pleniluni Cebuano: daktol Chamorro: gualåfon Chickasaw: hashi'at aloota Chickasaw: hashi'at lhibokta Chinese Mandarin: 滿月 /满月 Chinese Mandarin: 望月 Czech: úplněk Danish: fuldmåne Dutch: volle maan Esperanto: plenluno Estonian: täiskuu Finnish: täysikuu French: pleine lune Galician: lúa chea Georgian: სავსემთვარეობა Georgian: ბადრი Georgian: სავსე მთვარე German: Vollmond Greek: πανσέληνος Ancient Greek: πανσέληνος Haitian Creole: plèn lin Hebrew: ירח מלא Hindi: बद्र Hindi: पूर्णँचन्द्र Hindi: पूर्णिमा Hindi: पूर्णमासी Hungarian: holdtölte Hungarian: telihold Icelandic: fullt tungl Ilocano: kabus Indonesian: bulan purnama Indonesian: badar Irish: lánré Irish: iomlán gealaí Irish: gealach lán Irish: lán na ré Italian: luna piena Italian: plenilunio Italian: opposizione Japanese: 満月 Japanese: 望月 Kankanaey: tekeng Korean: 보름달 Korean: 만월 Korean: 망월 Lakota: wímimá Latgalian: pylnats Latin: plēnilūnium Latin: lūna plēna
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