moon

See also: Moon, mo-on, mòòn, and Möön

moon - English

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /muːn/
  • (General American) IPA: /mun/

Proper noun

moon

  1. (with "the", singular only) Alternative letter-case form of Moon (the Earth's only permanent natural satellite).

Noun

moon (plural moons)

  1. (colloquial, by extension of Moon) Any natural satellite of a planet.
    • The stargazer observed the moons of Jupiter for over a year.
    • That's no moon, you idiot... it's a space station!
  2. (literary) A month, particularly a lunar month.
    • They stayed with their aunt and uncle for many moons.
  3. A representation of the moon, usually as a crescent or as a circle with a face; a crescent-shaped shape, symbol, or object.
    • The wizard costume was decorated with stars and moons.
  4. A crescent-like outwork in a fortification.
    • The moons surrounding the city walls were built in the sixteenth century.
  5. The eighteenth trump/major arcana card of the Tarot.
  6. (cartomancy) The thirty-second Lenormand card.
  7. (card games) In hearts, the action of taking all the point cards in one hand.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Sranan Tongo: mun
  • Tok Pisin: mun
  • Torres Strait Creole: mun

Translations

Verb

moon (third-person singular simple present moons, present participle mooning, simple past and past participle mooned)

  1. (transitive, colloquial) To display one's buttocks to, typically as a jest, insult, or protest.
    • The hooligans mooned the riot police.
    • Coordinate terms: flash, streak
    • It was ill-advised of Sam to moon the photographer during the shoot.
  2. (intransitive, colloquial) To gaze at lovingly or in adoration.
  3. (intransitive, colloquial) (usually followed by over or after) To fuss over something adoringly; to be infatuated with someone.
    • Sarah mooned over Sam's photograph for months.
    • You've been mooning after her forever; why not just ask her out?
  4. To spend time idly, absent-mindedly.
  5. (transitive) To expose to the rays of the Moon.
  6. (transitive) To adorn with moons or crescents.
  7. (cryptocurrencies, of a coin or token) To rise in price rapidly or suddenly.
    • It is impractical if a currency moons and plummets often.
  8. (card games) To shoot the moon.

Translations

Anagrams

moon - Bavarian

Alternative forms

Noun

moon

  1. (Timau) man
  2. (Timau) husband

moon - Finnish

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈmoːn/, [ˈmo̞ːn]
  • Syllabification: moon

Contraction

moon

  1. (dialectal, southern Ostrobothnia) Contraction of oon (I'm).

Anagrams

moon - Manx

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /muːn/

Alternative forms

  • mooin, mooyn

Noun

moon m (genitive singular mooin, no plural)

  1. verbal noun of moon
  2. urine

Synonyms

  • feayl

Derived terms

  • mooynlagh m (sewage)

Verb

moon (past voon, future independent moonee, verbal noun moon or mooney, past participle moonit)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) urinate, micturate, pee

Mutation

Manx mutation
RadicalLenitionEclipsis
moonvoonunchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

moon - North Frisian

Noun

moon m

  1. (Mooring) man

moon - Teop

Noun

moon

  1. woman
Meaning and Definition of moon
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