moon

Signification

Name

Alternative letter-case form of Moon (“the Earth's only permanent natural satellite”).

Noun

1. (informal) Any natural satellite of a planet.
2. A month, particularly a lunar month.
3. A representation of the moon, usually as a crescent or as a circle with a face; a crescent-shaped shape, symbol, or object.
4. A crescent-like outwork in a fortification.
5. The eighteenth trump/major arcana card of the Tarot.
6. The thirty-second Lenormand card.
7. In hearts, the action of taking all the point cards in one hand.

Verb

1. (colloquial) To display one's buttocks to, typically as a jest, insult, or protest.
2. (colloquial) To gaze at lovingly or in adoration.
3. (colloquial) (usually followed by over or after) To fuss over something adoringly; to be infatuated with someone.
4. To spend time idly, absent-mindedly.
5. To expose to the rays of the Moon.
6. To adorn with moons or crescents.
7. To rise in price rapidly or suddenly.
8. To shoot the moon.

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/muːn/

Étymologie

From Middle English mone, from Old English mōna (“moon”), from Proto-West Germanic *mānō, from Proto-Germanic *mēnô (“moon”), from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s (“moon, month”), probably from *meh₁- (“to measure”).
cognates and doublets
Cognate with Scots mone, mune, muin (“moon”), North Frisian muun (“moon”), West Frisian moanne (“moon”), Dutch maan (“moon”), German Mond (“moon”), Danish måne (“moon”), Norwegian Bokmål måne (“moon”), Norwegian Nynorsk måne (“moon”), Swedish måne (“moon”), Icelandic máni (“moon”), Latin mēnsis (“month”). See also month, a related term within Indo-European.

Phrases

Not until the moon was high did the alchemist ride into view .

Ce n'est que lorsque la Lune était élevée, l'alchimiste a fait la vue.