honeymoon

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• /ˈhʌn.iˌmuːn/
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From earlier hony moone, originally denoting the period of time following a wedding, equivalent to honey + moon. The original reference was to affection waning like the moon, but later the sense became "the first month, or moon after marriage", which tends to be the sweetest. Compare Middle Low German suckermânt (“honeymoon”, literally “sugar-month”), German Low German Hönnigweken (“honeymoon”, literally “honey-weeks”). The German Honigmond (literally “honey-moon”) is a calque of French lune de miel, itself a calque of the English term.

136 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: شَهْر عَسَل (šahr ʕasal) — period of time immediately following a marriage
• Armenian: մեղրամիս (meġramis) — period of time immediately following a marriage
• Asturian: Lluna de miel — period of time immediately following a marriage
• Azerbaijani: evliliyin ilk ayı — period of time immediately following a marriage
• Basque: eztei-bidaia — period of time immediately following a marriage
• Belarusian: мядо́вы ме́сяц (mjadóvy mjésjac) — period of time immediately following a marriage
• Bulgarian: ме́ден ме́сец (méden mésec) — period of time immediately following a marriage
• Catalan: lluna de mel — period of time immediately following a marriage
• Chinese Mandarin: 蜜月 (mìyuè) — period of time immediately following a marriage
• Czech: líbánky — period of time immediately following a marriage
• Danish: hvedebrødsdage — period of time immediately following a marriage
• Dutch: wittebroodsweken — period of time immediately following a marriage
• Esperanto: miela monato — period of time immediately following a marriage
• Esperanto: mielmonato — period of time immediately following a marriage
• Estonian: mesinädalad — period of time immediately following a marriage
• Faroese: fyrsta hjúnalagstíðin — period of time immediately following a marriage
• Faroese: hunangsmánaður — period of time immediately following a marriage
• Finnish: kuherruskuukausi — period of time immediately following a marriage
• French: lune de miel — period of time immediately following a marriage
• Galician: lúa de mel — period of time immediately following a marriage
• Georgian: თაფლობისთვე (taplobistve) — period of time immediately following a marriage
• German: Flitterwochen — period of time immediately following a marriage
• Greek: μήνας του μέλιτος (mínas tou mélitos) — period of time immediately following a marriage
• Hungarian: mézeshetek — period of time immediately following a marriage
• Icelandic: hveitibrauðsdagar — period of time immediately following a marriage
• Ido: mieltempo — period of time immediately following a marriage
• Indonesian: bulan madu — period of time immediately following a marriage
• Irish: mí na meala — period of time immediately following a marriage
• Italian: luna di miele — period of time immediately following a marriage
• Japanese: 蜜月 (mitsugetsu) — period of time immediately following a marriage
• Japanese: ハネムーン (hanemūn) — period of time immediately following a marriage
• Japanese: 新婚 (shinkon) — period of time immediately following a marriage
• Kazakh: бал айы (bal aiy) — period of time immediately following a marriage
• Korean: 밀월 (mirwol) — period of time immediately following a marriage
• Korean: 신혼 (sinhon) — period of time immediately following a marriage
• Korean: 허니문 (heonimun) — period of time immediately following a marriage
• Latvian: medus mēnesis — period of time immediately following a marriage
• Macedonian: меден месец (meden mesec) — period of time immediately following a marriage
• Malay: bulan madu — period of time immediately following a marriage
• Malay: بولن مادو (bulan madu) — period of time immediately following a marriage
• Maltese: qamar il-għasel — period of time immediately following a marriage
• Māori: hanimunu — period of time immediately following a marriage
• Mongolian: бал сар (bal sar) — period of time immediately following a marriage
• Norman: leune dé myi — period of time immediately following a marriage
• Norwegian Bokmål: hvetebrødsdager — period of time immediately following a marriage
• Persian: ماه عسل (mâh-e 'asal) — period of time immediately following a marriage
• Polish: miesiąc miodowy — period of time immediately following a marriage
• Portuguese: lua de mel — period of time immediately following a marriage
• Romanian: lună de miere — period of time immediately following a marriage
• Russian: медо́вый ме́сяц (medóvyj mésjac) — period of time immediately following a marriage
• Scottish Gaelic: mìos nam pòg — period of time immediately following a marriage
• Serbo-Croatian: медени месец — period of time immediately following a marriage
• Serbo-Croatian: медени мјесец — period of time immediately following a marriage
• Serbo-Croatian: medeni mesec — period of time immediately following a marriage
• Serbo-Croatian: medeni mjesec — period of time immediately following a marriage
• Slovak: medové týždne — period of time immediately following a marriage
• Slovene: medeni mesec — period of time immediately following a marriage
• Slovene: medeni tedni — period of time immediately following a marriage
• Spanish: luna de miel — period of time immediately following a marriage
• Spanish: luna melera — period of time immediately following a marriage
• Spanish: luna mielera — period of time immediately following a marriage
• Swedish: smekmånad — period of time immediately following a marriage
• Tagalog: pulot-gata — period of time immediately following a marriage
• Tamil: தேனிலவு (tēṉilavu) — period of time immediately following a marriage
• Turkish: balayı — period of time immediately following a marriage
• Turkish: cicimayı — period of time immediately following a marriage
• Ukrainian: медо́вий мі́сяць (medóvyj mísjacʹ) — period of time immediately following a marriage
• Vietnamese: tuần trăng mật — period of time immediately following a marriage
• Volapük: primagloravigs — period of time immediately following a marriage
• Volapük: primagloramuls — period of time immediately following a marriage
• Volapük: matedatäv — period of time immediately following a marriage
• Welsh: mis mêl — period of time immediately following a marriage
• Armenian: մեղրամիս (meġramis) — trip taken by a newly married couple
• Azerbaijani: bal ayı — trip taken by a newly married couple
• Basque: ezkon bidaia — trip taken by a newly married couple
• Belarusian: вясе́льнае падаро́жжа (vjasjélʹnaje padaróžža) — trip taken by a newly married couple
• Belarusian: мядо́вы ме́сяц (mjadóvy mjésjac) — trip taken by a newly married couple
• Chinese Mandarin: 蜜月旅行 (mìyuè lǚxíng) — trip taken by a newly married couple
• Czech: svatební cesta — trip taken by a newly married couple
• Danish: bryllupsrejse — trip taken by a newly married couple
• Dutch: huwelijksreis — trip taken by a newly married couple
• Esperanto: mielmonato — trip taken by a newly married couple
• Esperanto: nuptovojaĝo — trip taken by a newly married couple
• Estonian: pulmareis — trip taken by a newly married couple
• Faroese: brúdleypsferð — trip taken by a newly married couple
• Finnish: häämatka — trip taken by a newly married couple
• French: voyage de noces — trip taken by a newly married couple
• German: Hochzeitsreise — trip taken by a newly married couple
• German: Flitterwochen — trip taken by a newly married couple
• Greek: μήνας του μέλιτος (mínas tou mélitos) — trip taken by a newly married couple
• Hebrew: יֶרַח דְּבַשׁ (yérakh dvash) — trip taken by a newly married couple
• Hungarian: nászút — trip taken by a newly married couple
• Icelandic: brúðkaupsferð — trip taken by a newly married couple
• Ido: mieltempo — trip taken by a newly married couple
• Indonesian: bulan madu — trip taken by a newly married couple
• Irish: mí na meala — trip taken by a newly married couple
• Italian: viaggio di nozze — trip taken by a newly married couple
• Japanese: 新婚旅行 (shinkon ryokō) — trip taken by a newly married couple
• Japanese: ハネムーン (hanemūn) — trip taken by a newly married couple
• Kazakh: бал айы (bal aiy) — trip taken by a newly married couple
• Korean: 신혼여행 (sinhonyeohaeng) — trip taken by a newly married couple
• Korean: 신혼려행 (sinhollyeohaeng) — trip taken by a newly married couple
• Macedonian: свадбено патување (svadbeno patuvanje) — trip taken by a newly married couple
• Malayalam: മധുവിധു (madhuvidhu) — trip taken by a newly married couple
• Norwegian Bokmål: bryllupsreise — trip taken by a newly married couple
• Norwegian Nynorsk: bryllaupsreis — trip taken by a newly married couple
• Norwegian Nynorsk: bryllaupsreise — trip taken by a newly married couple
• Polish: miesiąc miodowy — trip taken by a newly married couple
• Polish: podróż poślubna — trip taken by a newly married couple
• Portuguese: lua de mel — trip taken by a newly married couple
• Russian: сва́дебное путеше́ствие (svádebnoje putešéstvije) — trip taken by a newly married couple
• Russian: медо́вый ме́сяц (medóvyj mésjac) — trip taken by a newly married couple
• Scottish Gaelic: mìos nam pòg — trip taken by a newly married couple
• Serbo-Croatian: брачно путовање — trip taken by a newly married couple
• Serbo-Croatian: bračno putovanje — trip taken by a newly married couple
• Slovak: svadobná cesta — trip taken by a newly married couple
• Spanish: viaje de novios — trip taken by a newly married couple
• Spanish: luna de miel — trip taken by a newly married couple
• Swedish: bröllopsresa — trip taken by a newly married couple
• Tamil: தேனிலவு (tēṉilavu) — trip taken by a newly married couple
• Turkish: balayı — trip taken by a newly married couple
• Ukrainian: весі́льна по́дорож (vesílʹna pódorož) — trip taken by a newly married couple
• Ukrainian: медо́вий мі́сяць (medóvyj mísjacʹ) — trip taken by a newly married couple
• Welsh: mis mêl — trip taken by a newly married couple
• Armenian: մեղրամիս (meġramis) — period of unusually good feelings
• Dutch: wittebroodsweken — period of unusually good feelings
• Estonian: mesinädalad — period of unusually good feelings
• Finnish: kuherruskuukausi — period of unusually good feelings
• German: Flitterwochen — period of unusually good feelings
• Hungarian: mézeshetek — period of unusually good feelings
• Russian: медо́вый ме́сяц (medóvyj mésjac) — period of unusually good feelings
• German: flittern — to travel on a honeymoon
• Greek: μήνας του μέλιτος (mínas tou mélitos) — to travel on a honeymoon
• Malay: berbulan madu — to travel on a honeymoon
• Māori: hanimunu — to travel on a honeymoon
• Turkish: balayına gitmek — to travel on a honeymoon