sublunary

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• Received-Pronunciation: /sʌbˈluːnəɹi/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /sʌbˈluːnɹi/
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• Received-Pronunciation, archaic: /ˈsʌbl(j)uːnəɹɪ/
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• General-American: /sʌbˈlunəɹi/
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PIE word *upó The adjective is a learned borrowing from Late Latin sublūnāris (“sublunar, sublunary”) + English -ary (suffix meaning of or pertaining to forming adjectives). Sublūnāris is derived from Latin sub- (prefix meaning ‘below, beneath, under’) + lūnāris (“of or pertaining to the moon, lunar”) (from lūna (“moon”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“bright; to see; to shine”)) + -āris (suffix forming adjectives denoting a pertaining to or relationship)). By surface analysis, sub- + lunary. The noun is derived from the adjective.

9 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Dutch: sublunarisch — situated beneath the moon; specifically, between the moon and the earth
• Finnish: kuunalinen — situated beneath the moon; specifically, between the moon and the earth
• French: sublunaire — situated beneath the moon; specifically, between the moon and the earth
• German: sublunarisch — situated beneath the moon; specifically, between the moon and the earth
• Italian: sublunare — situated beneath the moon; specifically, between the moon and the earth
• Latin: sublūnāris — situated beneath the moon; specifically, between the moon and the earth
• Romanian: sublunar — situated beneath the moon; specifically, between the moon and the earth
• Spanish: sublunar — situated beneath the moon; specifically, between the moon and the earth
• Finnish: maallinen — person or thing which is of the (material) world