moonlight

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈmuːnlaɪt/
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• General-American: mo͞on'līt
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• General-American: /ˈmunˌlaɪt/
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• CMU ARPABET: M UW1 N L AY2 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meh1-? Proto-Indo-European *mḗh1n̥s Proto-Germanic *mēnô Proto-West Germanic *mānō Old English mōna Middle English mone Proto-Indo-European *lewk-der. Proto-Germanic *leuhtaz Proto-West Germanic *leuht Old English lēoht Middle English light Middle English moonelight English moonlight The noun is derived from Middle English moonelight, monelight, mone lyght (“light of the moon; (heraldry) pattern of moons on the field of a heraldic banner”), from mon, mone (“moon”) (from Old English mōna (“moon”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh1n̥s (“moon; month”)) + light (“light”) (from Old English lēoht (“light”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“bright; to see; to shine”)). By surface analysis, moon + light. The verb is derived from the noun. Verb sense 1.1 (“to secretly leave premises without paying the rent”) is a back-formation from moonlight flit, while verb sense 1.2 (“to make a night-time attack on a tenant farmer”) is probably a back-formation from moonlighter. cognates * Dutch maanlicht * German Mondlicht * Scots muinlicht, munelicht * West Frisian moanneljocht

186 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: maanskyn — light reflected from the Moon
• Chungli Ao: itaya — light reflected from the Moon
• Arabic: ضَوْء قَمَر (ḍawʔ qamar) — light reflected from the Moon
• Arabic: ضوء القمر (ḍōʔ al-gamar) — light reflected from the Moon
• Arabic: نور القمر (nūr al-gamar) — light reflected from the Moon
• Assamese: জোনাক (zünak) — light reflected from the Moon
• Azerbaijani: mahtab — light reflected from the Moon
• Basque: ilargite — light reflected from the Moon
• Belarusian: месяцо́вае святло́ (mjesjacóvaje svjatló) — light reflected from the Moon
• Belarusian: месяцо́вае сьвятло́ (mjesjacóvaje sʹvjatló) — light reflected from the Moon
• Bengali: চাঁদের আলো (cãder alō) — light reflected from the Moon
• Bengali: মাহতাব (mahotab) — light reflected from the Moon
• Eastern Bontoc: sorag — light reflected from the Moon
• Bulgarian: лу́нна светлина́ (lúnna svetliná) — light reflected from the Moon
• Burmese: လသာခြင်း (la.sahkrang:) — light reflected from the Moon
• Catalan: llum de lluna — light reflected from the Moon
• Chechen: беттса (bettsa) — light reflected from the Moon
• Chinese Mandarin: 月光 (yuèguāng) — light reflected from the Moon
• Chinese Mandarin: 月色 (yuèsè) — light reflected from the Moon
• Cornish: lorgan — light reflected from the Moon
• Czech: měsíční svit — light reflected from the Moon
• Danish: måneskin — light reflected from the Moon
• Dutch: maanlicht — light reflected from the Moon
• Dutch: maneschijn — light reflected from the Moon
• Dzongkha: ཟླ་འོད (zla 'od) — light reflected from the Moon
• Elfdalian: tunggelliuos — light reflected from the Moon
• Esperanto: lunbrilo — light reflected from the Moon
• Esperanto: lunlumo — light reflected from the Moon
• Estonian: kuuvalgus — light reflected from the Moon
• Estonian: kuupaiste — light reflected from the Moon
• Faroese: mánalýsi — light reflected from the Moon
• Finnish: kuunvalo — light reflected from the Moon
• Finnish: kuutamo — light reflected from the Moon
• French: clair de lune — light reflected from the Moon
• Friulian: clâr di lune — light reflected from the Moon
• Galician: luar — light reflected from the Moon
• Georgian: მთვარის შუქი (mtvaris šuki) — light reflected from the Moon
• German: Mondlicht — light reflected from the Moon
• German: Mondenschein — light reflected from the Moon
• German: Mondschein — light reflected from the Moon
• Greek: σεληνόφως (selinófos) — light reflected from the Moon
• Gujarati: ચાંદની (cā̃dnī) — light reflected from the Moon
• Hindi: चाँदनी (cā̃dnī) — light reflected from the Moon
• Hindi: चंद्रिका (candrikā) — light reflected from the Moon
• Hindi: चन्द्रिका (candrikā) — light reflected from the Moon
• Hindi: ज्योत्स्ना (jyotsnā) — light reflected from the Moon
• Hindi: कौमुदी (kaumudī) — light reflected from the Moon
• Hindi: चंद्रप्रभा (candraprabhā) — light reflected from the Moon
• Hindi: शशिप्रभा (śaśiprabhā) — light reflected from the Moon
• Hindi: महताब (mahtāb) — light reflected from the Moon
• Hungarian: holdfény — light reflected from the Moon
• Hungarian: holdvilág — light reflected from the Moon
• Icelandic: tunglskin — light reflected from the Moon
• Ilocano: raniag ti bulan — light reflected from the Moon
• Indonesian: cahaya bulan — light reflected from the Moon
• Ingrian: kuuvalo — light reflected from the Moon
• Irish: solas na gealaí — light reflected from the Moon
• Italian: chiaro di luna — light reflected from the Moon
• Japanese: 月光 (gekkō) — light reflected from the Moon
• Japanese: 月色 (gesshoku) — light reflected from the Moon
• Japanese: 月明かり (tsukiakari) — light reflected from the Moon
• Japanese: 月の光 (tsuki no hikari) — light reflected from the Moon
• Kannada: ಬೆಳದಿಂಗಳು (beḷadiṅgaḷu) — light reflected from the Moon
• Kannada: ಚಂದ್ರಿಕೆ (candrike) — light reflected from the Moon
• Kannada: ಜ್ಯೋತ್ಸ್ನಾ (jyōtsnā) — light reflected from the Moon
• Kannada: ಕೌಮುದಿ (kaumudi) — light reflected from the Moon
• S'gaw Karen: လါကပီၤ (lah ka paw̄) — light reflected from the Moon
• Kazakh: айдың жарығы (aidyñ jaryğy) — light reflected from the Moon
• Kashmiri: پرٛاگاش (prāgāś) — light reflected from the Moon
• Khmer: ចន្ទាភា (cɑɑntiəphiə) — light reflected from the Moon
• Khmer: ចន្ទ្ររស្មី (can khae) — light reflected from the Moon
• Khmer: ចន្ទរង្សី (can rĕəngsəy) — light reflected from the Moon
• Khmer: ចន្ទា (cɑɑcɑntiə) — light reflected from the Moon
• Khmer: ពន្លឺខែ (pɔɔpŭənlɨɨ khae) — light reflected from the Moon
• Korean: 달빛 (dalbit) — light reflected from the Moon
• Korean: 월광 (wolgwang) — light reflected from the Moon
• Korean: 월색 (wolsaek) — light reflected from the Moon
• Central Kurdish: مانگەشەو (mangeşew) — light reflected from the Moon
• Southern Kurdish: مانگەشەو (mangeşew) — light reflected from the Moon
• Kwanyama: omuedi class 3 — light reflected from the Moon
• Lao: ຈັນທະໂລກ (chan tha lōk) — light reflected from the Moon
• Lao: ແສງຈັນ (sǣng chan) — light reflected from the Moon
• Lao: ແສງເດືອນ (sǣng dư̄an) — light reflected from the Moon
• Latin: lūx — light reflected from the Moon
• Latvian: mēness gaisma f du — light reflected from the Moon
• Lithuanian: mėnesiena — light reflected from the Moon
• Macedonian: месечева светлина (mesečeva svetlina) — light reflected from the Moon
• Malay: cahaya bulan — light reflected from the Moon
• Māori: ahoroa — light reflected from the Moon
• Māori: atarau — light reflected from the Moon
• Middle English: monelight — light reflected from the Moon
• Middle English: mone lyght — light reflected from the Moon
• Middle English: moonelight — light reflected from the Moon
• Classical Nahuatl: mētztōnalli — light reflected from the Moon
• Classical Nahuatl: mētztōnallōtl — light reflected from the Moon
• Navajo: ooljééʼ — light reflected from the Moon
• Navajo: ooljééʼ bee adinídíín — light reflected from the Moon
• Norwegian Bokmål: måneskinn — light reflected from the Moon
• Norwegian Nynorsk: måneskin — light reflected from the Moon
• Okinawan: 月ぬ光 — light reflected from the Moon
• Old Galician-Portuguese: lũar — light reflected from the Moon
• Old Norse: tunglskin — light reflected from the Moon
• Ossetian: мӕйрухс (mæjruxs) — light reflected from the Moon
• Iranian Persian: مَهْشید (mahšid) — light reflected from the Moon
• Iranian Persian: مَهْتاب (mahtâb) — light reflected from the Moon
• Polish: światło księżyca — light reflected from the Moon
• Portuguese: luar — light reflected from the Moon
• Romanian: clar de lună — light reflected from the Moon
• Romanian: lumină de lună — light reflected from the Moon
• Russian: лу́нное сия́ние (lúnnoje sijánije) — light reflected from the Moon
• Russian: лу́нный свет (lúnnyj svet) — light reflected from the Moon
• Sanskrit: चन्द्रिका (candrikā) — light reflected from the Moon
• Scots: munelicht — light reflected from the Moon
• Serbo-Croatian: ме̏сечина — light reflected from the Moon
• Serbo-Croatian: мје̏сечина — light reflected from the Moon
• Serbo-Croatian: mȅsečina — light reflected from the Moon
• Serbo-Croatian: mjȅsečina — light reflected from the Moon
• Slovak: mesačné svetlo — light reflected from the Moon
• Spanish: claro de luna — light reflected from the Moon
• Spanish: lunada — light reflected from the Moon
• Spanish: luz de luna — light reflected from the Moon
• Swedish: månsken — light reflected from the Moon
• Swedish: månljus — light reflected from the Moon
• Swedish: tungelsken — light reflected from the Moon
• Tagalog: liwanag ng buwan — light reflected from the Moon
• Tajik: маҳтоб (mahtob) — light reflected from the Moon
• Tamil: நிலவொளி (nilavoḷi) — light reflected from the Moon
• Tamil: வெண்ணிலவு (veṇṇilavu) — light reflected from the Moon
• Tarifit: taziri — light reflected from the Moon
• Telugu: చంద్రిక (candrika) — light reflected from the Moon
• Telugu: కౌముది (kaumudi) — light reflected from the Moon
• Telugu: వెన్నెల (vennela) — light reflected from the Moon
• Thai: แสงจันทร์ (sɛ̌ɛng-jan) — light reflected from the Moon
• Turkish: ay ışığı — light reflected from the Moon
• Turkish: mehtap — light reflected from the Moon
• Ukrainian: мі́сячне світло́ (mísjačne svitló) — light reflected from the Moon
• Urdu: چان٘دْنی (cā̃dnī) — light reflected from the Moon
• Urdu: مَہْتاب (mahtāb) — light reflected from the Moon
• Vietnamese: ánh trăng — light reflected from the Moon
• Welsh: golau lleuad — light reflected from the Moon
• Welsh: lloergan — light reflected from the Moon
• Woiwurrung: meene-an-toon — light reflected from the Moon
• Yao (Africa): lwesi class 11 — light reflected from the Moon
• Estonian: kuusära — (attributive) illuminated by the light from the moon
• Estonian: kuu valgus — (attributive) illuminated by the light from the moon
• Finnish: kuun valaisema — (attributive) illuminated by the light from the moon
• Finnish: kuutamoinen — (attributive) illuminated by the light from the moon
• Galician: aluarado — (attributive) illuminated by the light from the moon
• Galician: lueiro — (attributive) illuminated by the light from the moon
• Polish: światło księżyca — (attributive) illuminated by the light from the moon
• Scots: munelicht — (attributive) illuminated by the light from the moon
• Finnish: kuunharmaa — silvery colour of the light reflected by the Moon
• Finnish: kadota maksamatta vuokraa — (intransitive) to do a moonlight flit: to secretly leave premises without paying the rent
• Bulgarian: рабо́тя на две места́ (rabótja na dve mestá) — (intransitive) to do work for pay which is in addition to a main job
• Chinese Cantonese: 秘撈 /秘捞 (bei3 lou1) — (intransitive) to do work for pay which is in addition to a main job
• Dutch: zwartwerken — (intransitive) to do work for pay which is in addition to a main job
• Estonian: eraotsa tegema — (intransitive) to do work for pay which is in addition to a main job
• Estonian: haltuurat tegema (sovietism) — (intransitive) to do work for pay which is in addition to a main job
• Estonian: kõrvalt tegema — (intransitive) to do work for pay which is in addition to a main job
• Finnish: tehdä keikkaa — (intransitive) to do work for pay which is in addition to a main job
• Finnish: tehdä sivutyötä — (intransitive) to do work for pay which is in addition to a main job
• French: avoir une double casquette — (intransitive) to do work for pay which is in addition to a main job
• French: cumuler — (intransitive) to do work for pay which is in addition to a main job
• French: travailler au noir — (intransitive) to do work for pay which is in addition to a main job
• German: eine Nebenbeschäftigung ausüben — (intransitive) to do work for pay which is in addition to a main job
• German: nebenher noch schwarz arbeiten — (intransitive) to do work for pay which is in addition to a main job
• German: schwarzarbeiten — (intransitive) to do work for pay which is in addition to a main job
• Irish: obair faoi choim a dhéanamh — (intransitive) to do work for pay which is in addition to a main job
• Italian: lavorare in nero — (intransitive) to do work for pay which is in addition to a main job
• Polish: dorabiać sobie — (intransitive) to do work for pay which is in addition to a main job
• Polish: dorobić sobie — (intransitive) to do work for pay which is in addition to a main job
• Portuguese: fazer bico — (intransitive) to do work for pay which is in addition to a main job
• Russian: подраба́тывать (podrabátyvatʹ) — (intransitive) to do work for pay which is in addition to a main job
• Russian: шаба́шничать (šabášničatʹ) — (intransitive) to do work for pay which is in addition to a main job
• Russian: халту́рить (xaltúritʹ) — (intransitive) to do work for pay which is in addition to a main job
• Spanish: dobletear — (intransitive) to do work for pay which is in addition to a main job
• Spanish: pluriemplearse — (intransitive) to do work for pay which is in addition to a main job
• Spanish: estar pluriempleado — (intransitive) to do work for pay which is in addition to a main job
• Spanish: ser pluriempleado — (intransitive) to do work for pay which is in addition to a main job
• Spanish: hacer chambismo — (intransitive) to do work for pay which is in addition to a main job
• Swedish: extraknäcka — (intransitive) to do work for pay which is in addition to a main job
• Ukrainian: ма́ти підробі́ток (máty pidrobítok) — (intransitive) to do work for pay which is in addition to a main job
• Ukrainian: підробля́ти (pidrobljáty) — (intransitive) to do work for pay which is in addition to a main job
• Vietnamese: ăn mảnh — (intransitive) to do work for pay which is in addition to a main job
• Finnish: tehdä sivukeikkaa — (intransitive) to engage in an activity other than what one is known for
• Finnish: toimia toissijaisesti — (intransitive) of a thing: to perform a secondary function substantially different from a supposed primary function