moonlight

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

The light reflected from the Moon.

Verb

1. To work on the side (at a secondary job), often in the evening or during the night.
2. (broadly) To engage in an activity other than what one is known for.
3. (broadly) To perform a secondary function substantially different from its supposed primary function, as in protein moonlighting.
4. (British, dated) To carry out undeclared work.

Conceptos

luz de la luna

claro de luna

luna

🌔

Sinónimos

moonshine

moonbeam

moon

🌔

Moon

🌔

moonbeams

gloaming

moonlit

moonstone

nocturnal

shine

twilight

shine brightly

golden waves

calendula

moon’s rays

effulgence

firelight

full moon

🌕

gleam

Traducciones

clair de lune

Mondlicht

Mondschein

chiaro di luna

luar

ay ışığı

φεγγαρόφωτο

σεληνόφωτο

mehtap

luce lunare

lume di luna

maanlicht

ضوء القمر

claire de lune

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈmunˌlaɪt/

Etimología (Inglés)

Heredado de inglés medio: monelight

Heredado de inglés antiguo: mōnan lēoht

Cognado con escocés: munelicht

Cognado con frisón occidental: moanneljocht

Cognado con neerlandés: maanlicht

Cognado con alemán: Mondlicht

In summary

From Middle English monelight, from Old English mōnan lēoht (“moonlight”, literally “moon's light, light of the moon”). Equivalent to moon + light. Cognate with Scots munelicht ~ muinlicht, West Frisian moanneljocht, Dutch maanlicht, German Mondlicht.