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English

Etymology

From Middle English mone, from Old English m?na (“moon”), from Proto-West Germanic *m?n?, from Proto-Germanic *m?nô (“moon”), from Proto-Indo-European *m?h?n?s (“moon, month”), probably from *meh?- (“to measure”). Cognate with Scots mone, mune, muin (“moon”), North Frisian muun (“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”), Icelandic máni (“moon”), Latin m?nsis (“month”). See also month, a related term within Indo-European.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /mu?n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /mun/
• Rhymes: -u?n

Proper noun

moon

2. (with "the", singular only) Alternative letter-case form of Moon; the Earth's only permanent natural satellite.

Noun

moon (plural moons)

2. (colloquial, by extension of Moon) Any natural satellite of a planet.

3. (literary) A month, particularly a lunar month.
   • 2002, Russell Allen, "Incantations of the Apprentice", on Symphony X, The Odyssey.

4. A crescent-like outwork in a fortification.

5. The eighteenth trump/major arcana card of the Tarot.
6. (cartomancy) The thirty-second Lenormand card.
7. (card games) In hearts, the action of taking all the point cards in one hand.

Synonyms

• (Earth's sole natural satellite): Moon
• (natural satellite of a planet): satellite, natural satellite
• (month): calendar month, lunar month, month
• See also Thesaurus:moon

Derived terms

Descendants

• Sranan Tongo: mun
• Tok Pisin: mun
• Torres Strait Creole: mun

Translations

See moon/translations § Noun.

Verb

moon (third-person singular simple present moons, present participle mooning, simple past and past participle mooned)

1. (transitive, colloquial) To display one's buttocks to, typically as a jest, insult, or protest.

2. (intransitive, US, colloquial) (usually followed by over or after) To fuss over something adoringly; to be infatuated with someone.

   Sarah mooned over Sam's photograph for months.

   You've been mooning after her forever; why not just ask her out?
3. To spend time idly, absent-mindedly.
4. (transitive) To expose to the rays of the Moon.
5. (transitive) To adorn with moons or crescents.
6. (cryptocurrency) Of a coin or token: to rise in price rapidly.

7. (card games) To shoot the moon.

Translations

See moon/translations § Verb.

Related terms

• month
• moonsick

See also

• lunar
• Moonie
• Selene

Further reading

• moon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• natural satellite on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Mono, OMON, mono, mono-, nomo-

Bavarian

Alternative forms

• mon, mònn

Etymology

From Middle High German man, from Old High German man, from Proto-Germanic *mann-. Cognate with German Mann, Dutch man, English man, Icelandic maður, Swedish man, Gothic ???????????????????? (manna).

Noun

moon

1. (Timau) man
2. (Timau) husband

References

• “moon” in Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mo?n/, [?mo??n]
• Rhymes: -o?n
• Syllabification: moon

Contraction

moon

1. (dialectal, southern Ostrobothnia) Contraction of mä oon (“I'm”).

Anagrams

• mono, mono-

Manx

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mu?n/

Alternative forms

• mooin, mooyn

Etymology 1

From Old Irish mún.

Noun

moon m (genitive singular mooin, no plural)

1. verbal noun of moon
2. urine

Synonyms

• feayl

Derived terms

• mooynlagh m (“sewage”)

Etymology 2

From Old Irish múnaid (“makes water, pisses”).

Verb

moon (past voon, future independent moonee, verbal noun moon or mooney, past participle moonit)

1. (transitive, intransitive) urinate, micturate, pee

Mutation

References

• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “mún”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “múnaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

North Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian man, from Proto-Germanic *mann-, probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mon-.

Noun

moon m

1. (Mooring) man

Teop

Noun

moon

1. woman

References

• Ulrike Mosel, The Teop sketch grammar

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Noun

kari (plural hi kari, plural wau kari)

1. octopus

Basque

Noun

kari

1. dative indefinite of ka
2. dative singular of ka

Brunei Malay

Etymology

From Tamil ??? (ka?i).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kari/
• Hyphenation: ka?ri

Noun

kari

1. curry

Czech

Alternative forms

• karí

Etymology

From Tamil ??? (ka?i)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kar?/

Noun

kari n

1. curry (mixture of ground spices)
2. curry (dish)

Indeclinable.

Further reading

• kari in Kartotéka Novo?eského lexikálního archivu
• kari in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Estonian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *karja. Cognate with Finnish karja.

Noun

kari (genitive karja, partitive karja)

1. cattle
2. herd, flock

Inflection

Derived terms

• karihiir (“shrew”)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Finnic *kari. Cognate with Finnish kari.

Noun

kari (genitive kari, partitive kari)

1. reef

Inflection

Etymology 3

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Noun

kari (genitive kari, partitive kari)

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Inflection

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Derived terms

• karistama

Fijian

Verb

kari

1. scrape

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kari, borrowed from late Proto-Norse [script needed] (*skarj(a)-) (compare English skerry, Swedish skär).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?ri/, [?k?ri]
• Rhymes: -?ri
• Syllabification: ka?ri

Noun

kari

1. rock (mass of stone projecting out of water)
2. skerry (small rocky island)
3. ground (bottom of a body of water whenever it produces a navigational hazard)

Declension

Synonyms

• (skerry): luoto

Related terms

• karikko
• karilla (“aground”)
• karille (“(into being) aground”)
• kariutua

Anagrams

• Irak, arki, raki

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?k?ri]
• Hyphenation: ka?ri
• Rhymes: -ri

Etymology 1

From kar (“faculty; arm”) +? -i (adjective-forming suffix).

Adjective

kari (not comparable)

1. faculty (of or relating to faculty)

2. of arm

Declension

Etymology 2

Shortened from karácsony (“Christmas”) +? -i (diminutive suffix).

Noun

kari (plural karik)

1. (informal) Christmas

   Synonym: karácsony

Declension

Further reading

• kari in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN

Indonesian

Etymology

From Tamil ??? (ka?i).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ka?ri

Noun

kari (first-person possessive kariku, second-person possessive karimu, third-person possessive karinya)

1. curry

Further reading

• “kari” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Japanese

Romanization

kari

1. R?maji transcription of ??
2. R?maji transcription of ??

Kaurna

Noun

kari

1. emu, Dromaius novaehollandiae

Kikuyu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kà?ì(?)/

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 1 with a monosyllabic stem, together with m?ri, ngo, and so on.

Noun

kari 12 (plural t?ri)

1. some species of the family Connaraceae
   1. Agelaea pentagyna (syn. A. heterophylla)

      Synonym: m?c?thi

   2. Rourea thomsonii

References

Laboya

Etymology

Compare Indonesian kerbau.

Noun

kari

1. water buffalo

References

• Rina, A. Dj.; Kabba, John Lado B. (2011) , “kari”, in Kamus Bahasa Lamboya, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat [Dictionary of Lamboya Language, West Sumba Regency], Waikabubak: Dinas Kebudayaan dan Pariwisata, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat, page 46

Latvian

Noun

kari m

1. nominative plural form of karš
2. vocative plural form of karš

Lindu

Noun

kari

1. dried meat; jerky

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From Tamil ??? (ka?i)

Noun

kari

1. curry

References

• Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From the name Kari.

Noun

kari f (definite singular karia, indefinite plural karier, definite plural kariene)

1. a crow (black bird of the genus Corvus)
2. (in compounds)
   1. used in calendar terms

      ?kari + ?-mess ? ?karimess

   2. used as a prefix, condescendingly to a woman

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

kari n

1. (non-standard since 2012) definite plural of kar

References

• “kari” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Pali

Alternative forms

Verb

kari

1. second/third-person singular aorist active of karoti (“to do”)

Seychellois Creole

Etymology

From Tamil ??? (ka?i)

Noun

kari

1. curry

References

• Danielle D’Offay et Guy Lionnet, Diksyonner Kreol - Franse / Dictionnaire Créole Seychellois - Français

Tagalog

Noun

kari

1. curry

Yawuru

Noun

kari

1. grog, alcohol

References

• Corinna Handschuh, A typology of marked-S languages