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A moon (usually the Moon, that is, Earth's moon) when it appears smaller each night as it progresses from a full moon to a new moon: a moon in any of the diminishing lunar phases.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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From waning + moon. Compare Middle English waynynge of the mone, wanynge of þe mone (literally “waning of the moon”).
Across languages
Translations
25 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Burmese:
လဆုတ်
(la.hcut)
— moon as it progresses from full moon to a new moon
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Catalan:
lluna minvant
— moon as it progresses from full moon to a new moon
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Danish:
aftagende måne
— moon as it progresses from full moon to a new moon
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Dutch:
afnemende maan
— moon as it progresses from full moon to a new moon
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Dutch:
wanende maan
— moon as it progresses from full moon to a new moon
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Finnish:
vähenevä kuu
— moon as it progresses from full moon to a new moon
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Finnish:
alakuu
— moon as it progresses from full moon to a new moon
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French:
lune décroissante
— moon as it progresses from full moon to a new moon
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Galician:
lúa minguante
— moon as it progresses from full moon to a new moon
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Galician:
minguante
— moon as it progresses from full moon to a new moon
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Galician:
devalo
— moon as it progresses from full moon to a new moon
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Galician:
lúa vella
— moon as it progresses from full moon to a new moon
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Galician:
cuarto minguante
— moon as it progresses from full moon to a new moon
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Georgian:
კლებადი მთვარე
(ḳlebadi mtvare)
— moon as it progresses from full moon to a new moon
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German:
abnehmender Mond
— moon as it progresses from full moon to a new moon
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Italian:
luna calante
— moon as it progresses from full moon to a new moon
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Latin:
luna decrescens
— moon as it progresses from full moon to a new moon
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Latin:
luna senescens
— moon as it progresses from full moon to a new moon
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Macedonian:
погибел
(pogibel)
— moon as it progresses from full moon to a new moon
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Persian:
هلال کاهنده
(helâl-e kâhande)
— moon as it progresses from full moon to a new moon
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Portuguese:
lua minguante
— moon as it progresses from full moon to a new moon
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Russian:
убывающая луна
(ubyvajuščaja luna)
— moon as it progresses from full moon to a new moon
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Spanish:
luna menguante
— moon as it progresses from full moon to a new moon
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Swedish:
avtagande måne
— moon as it progresses from full moon to a new moon
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Tamil:
தேய்பிறை
(tēypiṟai)
— moon as it progresses from full moon to a new moon
