English Explanatory Dictionary

lunar

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon (that is, Luna, the Earth's moon).
  2. Shaped like a crescent moon; lunate.
  3. Extremely high.
  4. (Believed to be) influenced by the Moon, as in character, growth, or properties.
  5. Of or pertaining to silver (which was symbolically associated with the Moon by alchemists).
  6. Of or pertaining to travel through space between the Earth and the Moon, or exploration and scientific investigation of the Moon.
noun
  1. The middle bone of the proximal series of the carpus in the wrist, which is shaped like a half-moon.
  2. An observation of a lunar distance (“the angle between the Moon and another celestial body”), especially for establishing the longitude of a ship at sea.
adj
  1. Alternative letter-case form of lunar (“pertaining to Luna, the moon of Terra”).

Pronunciation

/ˈl(j)uːnə/ lo͞o'nər /ˈlunɚ/ En-us-lunar.ogg

Word forms

lunar lunars

Etymology

From Middle English lunar (“shaped like the crescent moon”), from Latin lūnāris (“of or pertaining to the moon, lunar”) (possibly through Middle French lunaire (modern French lunaire (“lunar”)), from lūna (“the Moon; crescent shape”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“bright; to shine”)) + -is (suffix forming adjectives).

Synonyms

lunarlike lunary moonish moonlike moonly moony selenian selenic intermedium lunar bone semilunar

Antonyms

solar

Related words

apolune loon lunacy lunambulism lunanaut Lunarian lunatic lunation lune lunette lunisolar perilune sublunary superlunary Lunar

Derived words

antilunar circalunar circumlunar cislunar cis-lunar Coordinated Lunar Time interlunar lunar calendar lunar cataclysm lunar caustic lunar colony lunarcore lunarcrete lunar cycle lunar deity lunar distance lunar eclipse lunar hay fever lunarite lunar lander lunar letter lunar lifeboat lunarlike lunar mansion lunar module lunar month lunarnaut Lunar New Year lunar node lunar observation lunar occultation lunar orbit lunar phase lunar rainbow lunar rotation lunar rover lunarscape lunar theory lunar year lunate nonlunar protolunar semilunar solilunar sol-lunar solunar sublunar superlunar supralunar trans-lunar injection translunar trans-lunar unlunar scapholunar
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