noun
Meaning 1
A ray or shaft of moonlight.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Holonym: moonlight
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: beam, ray, shaft
Standard Lemma guide
moonbeam
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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US: mo͞on'bēm
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US: /ˈmun.bim/
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US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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CMU ARPABET: M UW1 N B IY2 M Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
Any of various Australasian lycaenid butterflies of the genus Philiris.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: lycaenid, butterfly, insect, invertebrate, animal, creature
noun
Meaning 3
Someone who tends to be dreamy and prone to unrealistic romanticism.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
A goal or aspiration that appears attractive but is ultimately insubstantial.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
a ray of moonlight
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: moon ray, moon-ray
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: beam, beam of light, light beam, ray, ray of light, shaft, shaft of light, irradiation
History
Etymology
Compound of moon + beam.
Across languages
Translations
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 月光 (yuèguāng) — shaft of moonlight
- Esperanto: lunradio — shaft of moonlight
- Finnish: kuunsäde — shaft of moonlight
- German: Mondstrahl — shaft of moonlight
- Hungarian: holdsugár — shaft of moonlight
- Japanese: 月光 — shaft of moonlight
- Korean: 달의 광선 (darui gwangseon) — shaft of moonlight
- Polish: promień księżyca — shaft of moonlight
- Russian: лу́нный луч (lúnnyj luč) — shaft of moonlight
- Russian: полоса́ лу́нного све́та (polosá lúnnovo svéta) — shaft of moonlight
- Tagalog: sinag ng buwan — shaft of moonlight