moon

English Online Dictionary. What means moon‎? What does moon mean?

English

Etymology

From Middle English mone, from Old English mōna (“moon”), from Proto-West Germanic *mānō, from Proto-Germanic *mēnô (“moon”), from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s (“moon, month”), probably from *meh₁- (“to measure”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /muːn/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /mun/
• Rhymes: -uːn

Proper noun

moon

2. (with "the", singular only) Alternative letter-case form of Moon (“the Earth's only permanent natural satellite”).

Noun

moon (plural moons)

2. (informal, by extension of Moon) Any natural satellite of a planet.
3. (literary) A month, particularly a lunar month.
   • 2002, Russell Allen, "Incantations of the Apprentice", on Symphony X, The Odyssey.

4. A representation of the moon, usually as a crescent or as a circle with a face; a crescent-shaped shape, symbol, or object.

5. A crescent-like outwork in a fortification.

6. The eighteenth trump/major arcana card of the tarot.
7. (cartomancy) The thirty-second Lenormand card.
8. (card games) In hearts, the action of taking all the point cards in one hand.

Usage notes

• Used attributively in a variety of collocations and compounds to indicate something foreign or difficult to understand: moon language, moonspeak, moon runes, moon logic, etc.

Synonyms

• (Earth's sole natural satellite): Moon
• (natural satellite of a planet): satellite
• (month): calendar month, lunar month, month
• See also Thesaurus:moon

Derived terms

Descendants

• Sranan Tongo: mun
• Tok Pisin: mun
• Torres Strait Creole: mun

Translations

Verb

moon (third-person singular simple present moons, present participle mooning, simple past and past participle mooned)

1. (transitive, colloquial) To display one's buttocks to, typically as a jest, insult, or protest.

   Coordinate terms: flash, streak

2. (intransitive, colloquial) To gaze at lovingly or in adoration.
3. (intransitive, colloquial) (usually followed by over or after) To fuss over something adoringly; to be infatuated with someone.
4. To spend time idly, absent-mindedly.
5. (transitive) To expose to the rays of the Moon.
6. (transitive) To adorn with moons or crescents.
7. (cryptocurrencies, of a coin or token) To rise in price rapidly or suddenly.
8. (card games) To shoot the moon.

Translations

Related terms

• month
• moonsick

See also

• lunar
• Moonie
• Selene

Further reading

• moon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• natural satellite on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Mono, OMON, mono, mono-, nomo-

Bavarian

Alternative forms

• mon, mònn

Etymology

From Middle High German man, from Old High German man, from Proto-Germanic *mann-. Cognate with German Mann, Dutch man, English man, Icelandic maður, Swedish man, Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌽𐌰 (manna).

Noun

moon

1. (Timau) man
2. (Timau) husband

References

• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Chinese

Etymology

Deliberate misspelling of mon. Originated from a post on HKGolden circa 2005.

Pronunciation

Noun

moon

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, Internet slang, neologism) synonym of mon (Classifier: 隻／只 c)

Verb

moon

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, Internet slang, neologism) synonym of mon

Cornish

Etymology 1

From Middle Cornish mon, from Old Cornish muin, from Proto-Brythonic *muɨn (“mild, gentle”), from Proto-Celtic *meinos (“tender, soft”). Cognate with Breton moan and Welsh mwyn (“mild, gentle”).

Adjective

moon

1. slender, slim, thin

   Synonym: tanow

Etymology 2

From Proto-Brythonic *muɨn (“ore, metal”), from Proto-Celtic *meinis (“ore, metal”). Cognate with English mine (via Gaulish and Old French), Irish mian (“ore”), and Welsh mwyn (“ore, mineral”).

Noun

moon m (plural monyon)

1. mineral

Mutation

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmoːn/, [ˈmo̞ːn]
• Rhymes: -oːn
• Syllabification^(key): moon
• Hyphenation^(key): moon

Contraction

moon

1. (dialectal, South Ostrobothnia) contraction of mä oon (“I'm”)

Anagrams

• mono, mono-

North Frisian

Alternative forms

• maan (Föhr-Amrum)
• Man (Sylt)

Etymology

From Old Frisian man, from Proto-West Germanic *mann, from Proto-Germanic *mann-.

Pronunciation

• (Mooring) IPA^(key): [mʊn]

Noun

moon m (plural mååns or (after numerals) moon) (Mooring)

1. man (adult male human)
2. husband

Usage notes

• For the plural, kjarls is often preferred; see there.

Teop

Noun

moon

1. woman

References

• Ulrike Mosel, The Teop sketch grammar