lunar

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈl(j)uːnə/
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• General-American: lo͞o'nər
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• General-American: /ˈlunɚ/
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• rhymes with -uːnə(ɹ)
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• CMU ARPABET: L UW1 N ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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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).

Equivalent to Luna + -ar.

71 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: قَمَرِيّ (qamariyy) — of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon
• Arabic: قمري (qamri) — of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon
• Asturian: llunar — of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon
• Belarusian: месяцо́вы (mjesjacóvy) — of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon
• Bengali: চান্দ্র (candro) — of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon
• Bengali: মাহতাবি (mahtabi) — of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon
• Bulgarian: лу́нен (lúnen) — of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon
• Catalan: lunar — of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon
• Czech: lunární — of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon
• Czech: měsíční — of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon
• Dutch: lunair — of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon
• Esperanto: luna — of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon
• Finnish: kuu- — of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon
• Finnish: lunaarinen — of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon
• French: lunaire — of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon
• French: sélénite — of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon
• Galician: lunar — of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon
• German: lunar — of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon
• Greek: σεληνιακός (seliniakós) — of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon
• Ancient Greek: σεληνῐᾰκός (selēnĭăkós) — of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon
• Hebrew: יְרֵחִי (y'rekhi) — of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon
• Hindi: चंद्र (candra) — of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon
• Hungarian: hold- — of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon
• Ido: lunala — of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon
• Irish: éascaí — of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon
• Old Irish: éscaide — of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon
• Italian: lunare — of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon
• Central Kurdish: مانگی (mangî) — of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon
• Central Kurdish: ھەیڤی (heyvî) — of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon
• Latin: lūnāris — of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon
• Macedonian: месечев (mesečev) — of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon
• Macedonian: месечински (mesečinski) — of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon
• Malay: bulan — of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon
• Malay: cendera — of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon
• Malay: kebulanan — of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon
• Malay: qamari — of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon
• Maltese: qamri — of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon
• Manx: eayst — of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon
• Norman: leunaithe — of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon
• Old English: mōnlīċ — of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon
• Iranian Persian: قَمَری (ġamari) — of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon
• Iranian Persian: مَهْشیدی (mahšidi) — of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon
• Polish: księżycowy — of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon
• Polish: miesięczny — of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon
• Polish: lunarny — of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon
• Portuguese: lunar — of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon
• Romanian: lunar — of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon
• Russian: лу́нный (lúnnyj) — of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon
• Sanskrit: चान्द्र (cāndra) — of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon
• Serbo-Croatian: лу̀на̄ран — of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon
• Serbo-Croatian: lùnāran — of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon
• Slovak: lunárny — of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon
• Slovak: mesačný — of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon
• Slovene: lunȃren — of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon
• Spanish: lunar — of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon
• Telugu: చంద్ర (candra) — of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon
• Telugu: రాజ (rāja) — of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon
• Telugu: సౌమ్యము (saumyamu) — of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon
• Ukrainian: мі́сячний (mísjačnyj) — of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon
• Ukrainian: місяце́вий (misjacévyj) — of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon
• Veps: kudmaine — of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon
• Welsh: lleuadol — of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon
• Zazaki: aşmani — of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon
• Zazaki: qemeri — of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon
• Finnish: lunaarinen — (believed to be) influenced by the Moon or the moon of another planet
• Welsh: lleuadol — (believed to be) influenced by the Moon or the moon of another planet
• Welsh: lloerig — (believed to be) influenced by the Moon or the moon of another planet
• Finnish: kuunsirpin muotoinen — shaped like a crescent moon
• Finnish: hopea- — of or pertaining to silver
• Finnish: kuu- — of or pertaining to silver
• Finnish: kuu- — of or pertaining to travel though space between the Earth and the Moon, or exploration and scientific investigation of the Moon