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moonbow

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˈmuːnbəʊ/
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noun

Meaning 1

A rainbow formed by moonlight diffracted by water droplets in the air, usually fainter than a daytime rainbow and with fewer distinguishable colours.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: climatology, meteorology, natural-sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From moon + bow, by analogy with rainbow.

Across languages

Translations

26 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: լուսնային ծիածան (lusnayin ciacan) — Meteorological phenomenon
  • Asturian: arcu iris llunar — Meteorological phenomenon
  • Azerbaijani: gecə göyqurşağı — Meteorological phenomenon
  • Basque: ilargi ostadar — Meteorological phenomenon
  • Bulgarian: лунна дъга (lunna dǎga) — Meteorological phenomenon
  • Chinese Mandarin: 月虹 (yuèhóng) — Meteorological phenomenon
  • Esperanto: luna ĉielarko — Meteorological phenomenon
  • Estonian: kuuvikerkaar — Meteorological phenomenon
  • Estonian: kuukaar — Meteorological phenomenon
  • Finnish: kuusateenkaari — Meteorological phenomenon
  • French: arc-en-ciel lunaire — Meteorological phenomenon
  • Georgian: მთვარის ცისარტყელა (mtvaris cisarṭq̇ela) — Meteorological phenomenon
  • German: Mondregenbogen — Meteorological phenomenon
  • Italian: arcobaleno lunare — Meteorological phenomenon
  • Japanese: 月虹 (gekkō) — Meteorological phenomenon
  • Korean: 달무지개 (dalmujigae) — Meteorological phenomenon
  • Luxembourgish: Moundreebou — Meteorological phenomenon
  • Māori: Hinekōrako — Meteorological phenomenon
  • Norwegian Bokmål: månebue — Meteorological phenomenon
  • Norwegian Bokmål: regnbue av måneskinn — Meteorological phenomenon
  • Polish: tęcza księżycowa — Meteorological phenomenon
  • Russian: лу́нная ра́дуга (lúnnaja ráduga) — Meteorological phenomenon
  • Spanish: arco lunar — Meteorological phenomenon
  • Spanish: arcoíris lunar — Meteorological phenomenon
  • Swedish: månregnbåge — Meteorological phenomenon
  • Ukrainian: місячна веселка (misjačna veselka) — Meteorological phenomenon