sublunary

Meaning

Adj

1. (historical, literary, not-comparable) Situated beneath the moon; specifically, between the moon and the earth.
2. (broadly, literary, not-comparable) In or of this world (as opposed to heaven, etc.); earthly, terrestrial.
3. (broadly, literary, not-comparable) Of or relating to the material world (as opposed to clerical, sacred, or spiritual); ephemeral, temporal, worldly.
4. (figuratively, literary, not-comparable) Inferior, subordinate.

Noun

1. (in-plural, literary) A person or thing which is of the (material) world.
2. (in-plural, literary) A less important person; an inferior, a subordinate.

Opposite of

superlunary, superlunar, translunar, translunary, celestial, ethereal, heavenly, otherworldly, unworldly

Synonyms

sublunar

terrestrial

cislunar

temporal

earthly

worldly

tellurian

telluric

pragmatic

terrene

planetary

unconsecrated

mundane

secular

Translations

قمري فرعي

unkompliziert

⬆️

wirklichkeitsnah

terrestre

sublunare

ondermaans

gerçekçi

gerçekleştirilebilir

Pronounced as (IPA)

/sʌbˈluːnəɹi/

Etymology

PIE word
*upó
The adjective is a learned borrowing from Late Latin sublūnāris (“sublunar, sublunary”) + English -ary (suffix meaning of or pertaining to forming adjectives). Sublūnāris is derived from Latin sub- (prefix meaning ‘below, beneath, under’) + lūnāris (“of or pertaining to the moon, lunar”) (from lūna (“moon”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“bright; to see; to shine”)) + -āris (suffix forming adjectives denoting a pertaining to or relationship)). By surface analysis, sub- + lunary.
The noun is derived from the adjective.