lune
Middle English
/ˈliu̯n(ə)/
noun
Definitions
- (astronomy) The celestial body closest to the Earth, considered to be a planet in the system as well as the boundary between the Earth and the heavens.
- (rare) A white, precious metal; silver.
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French lune (moon) derived from Latin lūna (moon, Moon, month, crescent).
Origin
Latin
lūna
Gloss
moon, Moon, month, crescent
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
月
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Luna English
- luna English
- lunanaut English
- illunis Latin
- interlunium Latin
- luna Latin
- lunaris Latin
- lunaticus Latin
- lunula Latin
- lūna Latin
- lūnāticus Latin
- Laune German
- luna Italian
- luim Dutch, Flemish
- lune French
- Luna Spanish, Castilian
- luna Spanish, Castilian
- *lewk- Proto-Indo-European
- *lewksnā Proto-Indo-European
- ルナ Japanese
- lune Old French
- lună Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- Lunaria Translingual
- leune Norman
- lũa Old Portuguese
- lūne Middle Low German
- lunã Aromanian
- lua Occitan
- *louksnā Proto-Italic
- glina Romansh
- lluna Asturian
- lune Friulian
- luna Old Occitan
- luna Sicilian
- łuna Venetian
- Lun Breton
- lùnn-a Ligurian
- lünn-a Ligurian
- loina Dalmatian
- lune Walloon
- leugne Bourguignon
- luna Neapolitan
- losna Old Latin
- luna Aragonese
- lurĕ Istro-Romanian