moon

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

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

Translations

lune

🌔

Mond

🌔

luna

🌔

luna

maan

🌔

lua

🌔

lluna

🌔

luna

🌔

φεγγάρι

ay

🌔

قمر

mois

σελήνη

Satellit

📡

Pronounced as (IPA)

/muːn/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: mone

Inherited from Old English: mōna

Cognate with Scots: mone

Cognate with Northern Frisian: muun

Cognate with Western Frisian: moanne

Cognate with Dutch: maan

Cognate with German: Mond

Cognate with Danish: måne

Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål: måne

Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk: måne

Cognate with Swedish: måne

Cognate with Icelandic: máni

Cognate with 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.

Sentences

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

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

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