moon

Signification (Anglais)

Name

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

Noun

1. (broadly, informal) Any natural satellite of a planet.
2. (literary) 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, transitive) To display one's buttocks to, typically as a jest, insult, or protest.
2. (colloquial, intransitive) To gaze at lovingly or in adoration.
3. (colloquial, intransitive) (usually followed by over or after) To fuss over something adoringly; to be infatuated with someone.
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. To rise in price rapidly or suddenly.
8. To shoot the moon.

Concepts

lune

🌔

mois

lunaison

Lune

satellite

📡

rêvasser

montrer sa lune

vagabonder

la lune

mois lunaire

se languir

argent

montrer

cycle lunaire

pleine lune

🌕

rêver

😴💭

montrer le cul à

phase de la lune

Synonymes

month

Moon

🌔

satellite

📡

moonlight

lunar month

lunar

sun

🌞

full moon

🌕

lunation

Luna

fantasize

synodic month

daydream

moon around

moonshine

moon on

dream

😴💭

loaf

loiter

lounge

lunar cycle

Mars

maunder

Mercury

moonlit

mouth

new

🆕

nightshirt

pearl

prowl

Saturn

sky

stargaze

Venus

yearn

dream about

lunule

minor planet

moonbeams

lunar world

moon when it’s round

menstruation

epithet of the sun

light giving

making light

moon phases

silvery disc

natural satellite

moon-

moon-light

Traductions

Mond

🌔

luna

🌔

luna

maan

🌔

lua

🌔

lluna

🌔

luna

🌔

φεγγάρι

ay

🌔

قمر

σελήνη

Satellit

📡

Trabant

satélite

📡

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/muːn/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: mone

Hérité de ancien anglais: mōna

Appartenant à écossais: mone

Appartenant à frison septentrional: muun

Appartenant à frison occidental: moanne

Appartenant à néerlandais: maan

Appartenant à allemand: Mond

Appartenant à danois: måne

Appartenant à norvégien bokmål: måne

Appartenant à norvégien nynorsk: måne

Appartenant à suédois: måne

Appartenant à islandais: máni

Appartenant à latin: mēnsis

In summary

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”), Saterland Frisian Moune (“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”), Faroese máni (“moon”), Icelandic máni (“moon”), Latin mēnsis (“month”). See also month, a related term within Indo-European.
The usage of "moon" to refer to the act reflected its use as a metaphor for the buttocks since 1743. It was popularised from American student slang in the 1960s.

Phrases

They began to ride out over the sands , with the moon lighting their way .

Ils ont commencé à rouler sur les sables, la lune éclairant leur chemin.

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.

After the " bowl " empties , it dries out and rights itself , creating the " dry moon ".