English Explanatory Dictionary

lune

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A fit of lunacy or madness; a period of frenzy; a crazy or unreasonable freak.
noun
  1. A concave figure formed by the intersection of the arcs of two circles on a plane, or on a sphere the intersection between two great semicircles.
  2. Anything crescent-shaped.
noun
  1. A leash for a hawk.
name
  1. A river in Cumbria and Lancashire, England, which passes Lancaster.

Pronunciation

/luːn/ /lɪu̯n/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-lune.wav

Word forms

lune lunes

Etymology

From Latin lūna (“moon”).

Related words

lunar lunatic lunacy loon Monday

Derived words

demi-lune lune of Hippocrates semilune spherical lune Lune River
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