lune
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From LatinCategory:English terms derived from Latin#LUNE lūna (“moon”).
Noun
lune (plural lunes)Category:English lemmas#LUNECategory:English nouns#LUNECategory:English countable nouns#LUNECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#LUNECategory:Pages with entries#LUNECategory:Pages with 15 entries#LUNE
- (obsoleteCategory:English terms with obsolete senses#LUNE) A fit of lunacy or madness; a period of frenzy; a crazy or unreasonable freak.
- c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene ii], page 54, column 1:
- Why woman, your husband is in his olde Lunes againe: […]Category:English terms with quotations#LUNE
- c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii], page 283, column 2:
- Theſe dangerous, vnſafe Lunes i'th' King, beſhrew them: / He muſt be told on't, and he ſhall […]Category:English terms with quotations#LUNE
- 1851 July–December, Thomas Snarlyle, “Bloomerism: A Latter-Day Fragment”, in Punch, volume XXI, page 217:
- A mad world this, my friends, a world in its lunes, petty and other; in lunes other than petty now for some time; in petty-lunes, pettilettes, or pantalettes, about these six weeks, ever since when this rampant androgynous Bloomerism first came over from Yankee land.Category:English terms with quotations#LUNE
Etymology 2
Category:English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#LUNECategory:English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *lewk-#LUNEFrom FrenchCategory:English terms derived from French#LUNE lune, from LatinCategory:English terms derived from Latin#LUNE luna.
Noun
lune (plural lunes)Category:English lemmas#LUNECategory:English nouns#LUNECategory:English countable nouns#LUNECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#LUNECategory:Pages with entries#LUNECategory:Pages with 15 entries#LUNE
- (geometryCategory:en:Geometry#LUNE) A concave figure formed by the intersection of the arcs of two circles on a plane, or on a sphere the intersection between two great semicircles.
- 1984, Thomas Pynchon, Slow Learner:
- What he worried about was any eventual convexity, a shrinking, it might be, of the planet itself to some palpable curvature of whatever he would be standing on, so that he would be left sticking out like a projected radius, unsheltered and reeling across the empty lunes of his tiny sphere.Category:English terms with quotations#LUNE
- Anything crescent-shaped.
Usage notes
The corresponding convex shape is sometimes called a lune, but is, strictly, a lens.
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 3
Alteration of lyon.
Noun
lune (plural lunes)Category:English lemmas#LUNECategory:English nouns#LUNECategory:English countable nouns#LUNECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#LUNECategory:Pages with entries#LUNECategory:Pages with 15 entries#LUNE
- (hawking) A leash for a hawk.
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “xvj”, in Le Morte Darthur, book VI:
- And thenne was he ware of a Faucon came fleynge ouer his hede toward an hyghe elme / and longe lunys aboute her feet / and she flewe vnto the elme to take her perche / the lunys ouer cast aboute a bough / And whanne she wold haue taken her flyghte / she henge by the legges fast / and syre launcelot sawe how he hengeCategory:Middle English terms with quotations#LUNECategory:Requests for translations of Middle English quotations#LUNE
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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See also
Anagrams
Category:en:Psychology#LUNECategory:en:Shapes#LUNECategory:en:Curves#LUNECategory:en:Circle#LUNEDanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /luːnə/, [ˈluːnə]Category:Danish terms with IPA pronunciation#LUNE
Etymology 1
From Middle Low GermanCategory:Danish terms derived from Middle Low German#LUNE lūne (“lunar phase, caprice”), from LatinCategory:Danish terms derived from Latin#LUNE lūna. Cognate with German Laune.
Noun
lune n (singular definite lunet, plural indefinite luner)Category:Danish lemmas#LUNECategory:Danish nouns#LUNECategory:Danish entries with incorrect language header#LUNECategory:Danish neuter nouns#LUNECategory:Pages with entries#LUNECategory:Pages with 15 entries#LUNE
Declension
Synonyms
- (mood): humør
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Old NorseCategory:Danish terms derived from Old Norse#LUNE lugna (“to calm”).
Verb
lune (imperative lun, infinitive at lune, present tense luner, past tense lunede, perfect tense lunetCategory:Danish links with redundant wikilinks#LUNECategory:Danish links with redundant alt parameters#LUNE)Category:Danish lemmas#LUNECategory:Danish verbs#LUNECategory:Danish entries with incorrect language header#LUNECategory:Pages with entries#LUNECategory:Pages with 15 entries#LUNE
- to warm
Conjugation
Synonyms
Etymology 3
See lun (“warm”).
Adjective
luneCategory:Danish non-lemma forms#LUNECategory:Danish adjective forms#LUNECategory:Danish entries with incorrect language header#LUNECategory:Pages with entries#LUNECategory:Pages with 15 entries#LUNE
References
French
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French lune, from Old French lune, from Latin lūna, from Proto-Italic *louksnā, from Proto-Indo-European *lówksneh₂, from *lewk- + *-sneh₂.
Category:French terms derived from Old French#LUNECategory:French terms derived from Proto-Italic#LUNECategory:French terms inherited from Old French#LUNECategory:French terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *lewk-#LUNECategory:French terms derived from Latin#LUNECategory:French terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#LUNECategory:French terms inherited from Middle French#LUNECategory:French terms inherited from Proto-Italic#LUNECategory:French terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European#LUNECategory:French terms derived from Middle French#LUNECategory:French terms inherited from Latin#LUNECategory:Pages with etymology trees#LUNECategory:French entries with etymology trees#LUNECategory:French entries with etymology texts#LUNEPronunciation
- IPA(key): /lyn/Category:French 1-syllable words#LUNECategory:French terms with IPA pronunciation#LUNE
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Category:French terms with audio pronunciation#LUNEAudio (France (Somain)): (file) - Rhymes: -ynCategory:Rhymes:French/yn#LUNECategory:Rhymes:French/yn/1 syllable#LUNE
Noun
lune f (plural lunes)Category:French lemmas#LUNECategory:French nouns#LUNECategory:French countable nouns#LUNECategory:French entries with incorrect language header#LUNECategory:French feminine nouns#LUNECategory:Pages with entries#LUNECategory:Pages with 15 entries#LUNE
- the Moon
- any natural satellite of a planet
- (literaryCategory:French literary terms#LUNE) a month, particularly a lunar month
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
Further reading
- “lune”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
Friulian
Etymology
From LatinCategory:Friulian terms inherited from Latin#LUNECategory:Friulian terms derived from Latin#LUNE lūna, from Proto-ItalicCategory:Friulian terms inherited from Proto-Italic#LUNECategory:Friulian terms derived from Proto-Italic#LUNE *louksnā, from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:Friulian terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European#LUNECategory:Friulian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#LUNE *lówksneh₂.
Noun
lune f (plural lunis)Category:Friulian lemmas#LUNECategory:Friulian nouns#LUNECategory:Friulian entries with incorrect language header#LUNECategory:Friulian feminine nouns#LUNECategory:Pages with entries#LUNECategory:Pages with 15 entries#LUNE
Italian
Pronunciation
Noun
lune fCategory:Italian non-lemma forms#LUNECategory:Italian noun forms#LUNECategory:Italian entries with incorrect language header#LUNECategory:Pages with entries#LUNECategory:Pages with 15 entries#LUNE
Anagrams
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old FrenchCategory:Middle English terms borrowed from Old French#LUNECategory:Middle English terms derived from Old French#LUNE lune (“moon”), from LatinCategory:Middle English terms derived from Latin#LUNE lūna.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Noun
luneCategory:Middle English lemmas#LUNECategory:Middle English nouns#LUNECategory:Middle English entries with incorrect language header#LUNECategory:Pages with entries#LUNECategory:Pages with 15 entries#LUNE (uncountableCategory:Middle English uncountable nouns#LUNE)
- (astronomyCategory:enm:Astronomy#LUNE, sometimes capitalised) The celestial body closest to the Earth, considered to be a planet in the Ptolemic system as well as the boundary between the Earth and the heavens.
- (rareCategory:Middle English terms with rare senses#LUNE, sometimes capitalised) A white, precious metal; silver.
- 1395, Chaucer, “Canon Yeoman's Prologue and Tale”, in Canterbury Tales:
- He vnderstood, and brymstoon by his brother, That out of Sol and Luna were ydrawe.Category:Middle English terms with quotations#LUNECategory:Requests for translations of Middle English quotations#LUNE
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Synonyms
Descendants
- English: Luna
References
- “luna, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 15 June 2018.
Etymology 2
Noun
luneCategory:Middle English alternative forms#LUNECategory:Middle English entries with incorrect language header#LUNECategory:Pages with entries#LUNECategory:Pages with 15 entries#LUNE
- alternative form of loyne (“leash”)
Middle French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French lune, from Latin lūna, from Proto-Italic *louksnā, from Proto-Indo-European *lówksneh₂, from *lewk- + *-sneh₂.
Category:Middle French terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#LUNECategory:Middle French terms derived from Old French#LUNECategory:Middle French terms derived from Latin#LUNECategory:Middle French terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *lewk-#LUNECategory:Middle French terms inherited from Latin#LUNECategory:Middle French terms derived from Proto-Italic#LUNECategory:Middle French terms inherited from Proto-Italic#LUNECategory:Middle French terms inherited from Old French#LUNECategory:Middle French terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European#LUNECategory:Pages with etymology trees#LUNECategory:Middle French entries with etymology trees#LUNECategory:Middle French entries with etymology texts#LUNENoun
lune f (plural lunes)Category:Middle French lemmas#LUNECategory:Middle French nouns#LUNECategory:Middle French entries with incorrect language header#LUNECategory:Middle French feminine nouns#LUNECategory:Pages with entries#LUNECategory:Pages with 15 entries#LUNECategory:Middle French countable nouns#LUNE
Descendants
References
- lune on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)
Neapolitan
Noun
luneCategory:Neapolitan non-lemma forms#LUNECategory:Neapolitan noun forms#LUNECategory:Neapolitan entries with incorrect language header#LUNECategory:Pages with entries#LUNECategory:Pages with 15 entries#LUNE
Norwegian Bokmål
Adjective
luneCategory:Norwegian Bokmål non-lemma forms#LUNECategory:Norwegian Bokmål adjective forms#LUNECategory:Norwegian Bokmål entries with incorrect language header#LUNECategory:Pages with entries#LUNECategory:Pages with 15 entries#LUNE
Norwegian Nynorsk
Adjective
luneCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk non-lemma forms#LUNECategory:Norwegian Nynorsk adjective forms#LUNECategory:Norwegian Nynorsk entries with incorrect language header#LUNECategory:Pages with entries#LUNECategory:Pages with 15 entries#LUNE
Old French
Etymology
Inherited from Latin lūna, from Proto-Italic *louksnā, from Proto-Indo-European *lówksneh₂, from *lewk- + *-sneh₂.
Category:Old French terms inherited from Proto-Italic#LUNECategory:Old French terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *lewk-#LUNECategory:Old French terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European#LUNECategory:Old French terms derived from Proto-Italic#LUNECategory:Old French terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#LUNECategory:Old French terms inherited from Latin#LUNECategory:Old French terms derived from Latin#LUNECategory:Pages with etymology trees#LUNECategory:Old French entries with etymology trees#LUNECategory:Old French entries with etymology texts#LUNEPronunciation
Noun
lune f (nominative singular lune)Category:Old French lemmas#LUNECategory:Old French proper nouns#LUNECategory:Old French entries with incorrect language header#LUNECategory:Old French feminine nouns#LUNECategory:Pages with entries#LUNECategory:Pages with 15 entries#LUNE
- the Moon
Descendants
Slovak
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /luɲe/, [ˈluɲe]Category:Slovak 2-syllable words#LUNECategory:Slovak terms with IPA pronunciation#LUNE
- Rhymes: -uɲeCategory:Rhymes:Slovak/uɲe#LUNECategory:Rhymes:Slovak/uɲe/2 syllables#LUNE
- Hyphenation: lu‧ne
Noun
lune fCategory:Slovak non-lemma forms#LUNECategory:Slovak noun forms#LUNECategory:Slovak entries with incorrect language header#LUNECategory:Pages with entries#LUNECategory:Pages with 15 entries#LUNE
Slovene
Pronunciation
Noun
lúneCategory:Slovene non-lemma forms#LUNECategory:Slovene noun forms#LUNECategory:Slovene entries with incorrect language header#LUNECategory:Pages with entries#LUNECategory:Pages with 15 entries#LUNE
- inflection of lúna:
Tarantino
Etymology
From LatinCategory:Tarantino terms inherited from Latin#LUNECategory:Tarantino terms derived from Latin#LUNE lūna, from Proto-ItalicCategory:Tarantino terms inherited from Proto-Italic#LUNECategory:Tarantino terms derived from Proto-Italic#LUNE *louksnā, from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:Tarantino terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European#LUNECategory:Tarantino terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#LUNE *lówksneh₂.
Noun
luneCategory:Tarantino lemmas#LUNECategory:Tarantino nouns#LUNECategory:Tarantino entries with incorrect language header#LUNECategory:Pages with entries#LUNECategory:Pages with 15 entries#LUNE
Walloon
Etymology
Inherited from Old French lune, from Latin lūna, from Proto-Italic *louksnā, from Proto-Indo-European *lówksneh₂, from *lewk- + *-sneh₂.
Category:Walloon terms derived from Old French#LUNECategory:Walloon terms inherited from Proto-Italic#LUNECategory:Walloon terms inherited from Latin#LUNECategory:Walloon terms inherited from Old French#LUNECategory:Walloon terms derived from Proto-Italic#LUNECategory:Walloon terms derived from Latin#LUNECategory:Walloon terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#LUNECategory:Walloon terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *lewk-#LUNECategory:Walloon terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European#LUNECategory:Pages with etymology trees#LUNECategory:Walloon entries with etymology trees#LUNECategory:Walloon entries with etymology texts#LUNEPronunciation
Noun
lune fCategory:Walloon lemmas#LUNECategory:Walloon nouns#LUNECategory:Walloon entries with incorrect language header#LUNECategory:Walloon feminine nouns#LUNECategory:Pages with entries#LUNECategory:Pages with 15 entries#LUNE