lunar

Meaning

Adj

1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon (that is, Luna, the Earth's moon).
2. Shaped like a crescent moon; lunate.
3. Extremely high.
4. (Believed to be) influenced by the Moon, as in character, growth, or properties.
5. Of or pertaining to silver (which was symbolically associated with the Moon by alchemists).
6. Of or pertaining to travel through space between the Earth and the Moon, or exploration and scientific investigation of the Moon.

Noun

1. The middle bone of the proximal series of the carpus in the wrist, which is shaped like a half-moon.
2. An observation of a lunar distance (“the angle between the Moon and another celestial body”), especially for establishing the longitude of a ship at sea.

Synonyms

moon

🌔

relating to the moon

crescent

crescent-shaped

epileptic

female

lunate

negative

semilunar

silver-bearing

lunatum

lunate bone

os lunatum

semilunar bone

argentiferous

lunare

concavo-convex

Hyphenated as

lun‧ar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈl(j)uːnə/

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).