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moonrise

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

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  • General-American: /ˈmunˌɹaɪz/
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noun

Meaning 1

The time of day or night when the moon begins to rise over the horizon.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • 1909, Edith Wharton, “The Mortal Lease” V, in Artemis to Actaeon and Other Verse, New York: Scribner’s, p. 41, Do I not know, some wingèd things from far Are borne along illimitable night To dance their lives out in a single flight Between the moonrise and the setting star?

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: moonup

Antonyms: moonset

History

Etymology

From moon + rise.

Across languages

Translations

30 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: شَفَق (šafaq) — the time of day or night when the moon begins to rise over the horizon
  • Arabic: غَسَق (ḡasaq) — the time of day or night when the moon begins to rise over the horizon
  • Arabic: عَتَمَة (ʕatama) — the time of day or night when the moon begins to rise over the horizon
  • Bengali: চন্দ্রোদয় (condrōdoẏ) — the time of day or night when the moon begins to rise over the horizon
  • Bulgarian: изгрев на Луната (izgrev na Lunata) — the time of day or night when the moon begins to rise over the horizon
  • Chinese Cantonese: 月出 (jyut6 ceot1) — the time of day or night when the moon begins to rise over the horizon
  • Chinese Mandarin: 月出 (yuèchū) — the time of day or night when the moon begins to rise over the horizon
  • Danish: måneopgang — the time of day or night when the moon begins to rise over the horizon
  • Dutch: maansopgang — the time of day or night when the moon begins to rise over the horizon
  • Dutch: maansopkomst — the time of day or night when the moon begins to rise over the horizon
  • Finnish: kuunnousu — the time of day or night when the moon begins to rise over the horizon
  • French: lever de lune — the time of day or night when the moon begins to rise over the horizon
  • Georgian: მთვარის ამოსვლა (mtvaris amosvla) — the time of day or night when the moon begins to rise over the horizon
  • German: Mondaufgang — the time of day or night when the moon begins to rise over the horizon
  • Hindi: चंद्रोदय (candroday) — the time of day or night when the moon begins to rise over the horizon
  • Irish: éirí gealaí (na) — the time of day or night when the moon begins to rise over the horizon
  • Italian: sorgere della luna — the time of day or night when the moon begins to rise over the horizon
  • Korean: 월출 (wolchul) — the time of day or night when the moon begins to rise over the horizon
  • Norwegian Bokmål: måneoppgang — the time of day or night when the moon begins to rise over the horizon
  • Old English: mōnan upgang — the time of day or night when the moon begins to rise over the horizon
  • Polish: wschód księżyca — the time of day or night when the moon begins to rise over the horizon
  • Portuguese: nascer da lua — the time of day or night when the moon begins to rise over the horizon
  • Romanian: răsărit de lună — the time of day or night when the moon begins to rise over the horizon
  • Russian: восхо́д луны́ (vosxód luný) — the time of day or night when the moon begins to rise over the horizon
  • Serbo-Croatian: izlazak meseca — the time of day or night when the moon begins to rise over the horizon
  • Spanish: subida de la luna — the time of day or night when the moon begins to rise over the horizon
  • Spanish: salida de la luna — the time of day or night when the moon begins to rise over the horizon
  • Swedish: månuppgång — the time of day or night when the moon begins to rise over the horizon
  • Tamil: உதய நிலா (utaya nilā) — the time of day or night when the moon begins to rise over the horizon
  • Telugu: చంద్రోదయము (candrōdayamu) — the time of day or night when the moon begins to rise over the horizon