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US /ˈlunɚ/ UK /ˈl(j)uːnə/
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Meanings

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    adj

    Shaped like a crescent moon; lunate.

    Her tears purſu'd her words, and while ſhe ſpoke / The Goddeſs nodded, and her altar ſhook: / The temple doors, as with a blaſt of wind, / Were heard to clap; the lunar horns that bind / The brows of Iſis caſt a blaze around; / The trembling timbrel made a murm'ring ſound.

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Thesaurus

Synonyms
2 adj · of, pertaining to, or... lunarlikelunarymoonishmoonlikemoonlymoonyselenianselenic
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Word family
Derived forms antilunarcircalunarcircumlunarcis-lunarcislunarinterlunarlunarcorelunarcretelunaritelunarlikelunarnautlunarscape
Related forms apoluneloonlunacylunambulismlunanautlunarianlunaticlunationlunelunettelunisolarperilune

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Etymology

From Middle English lunar (“shaped like the crescent moon”), from Latin lūnāris (“of or pertaining to the moon, lunar”) (possibly through Middle French lunaire (modern French lunaire (“lunar”)), from lūna (“the Moon; crescent shape”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“bright; to shine”)) + -is (suffix forming adjectives).

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