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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

English

Etymology

From Latin.

Noun

regio (plural regiones)

1. (astronomy, geology) In planetary geology, any of the large areas of a planet or moon that are strongly differentiated in colour or albedo.

Translations

Anagrams

• orgie

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin regio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?re?.?i.o?/
• Hyphenation: re?gio
• Rhymes: -e??io?

Noun

regio f (plural regio's or regionen, diminutive regiootje n)

1. region

Synonyms

• gebied

Derived terms

• woonregio

Related terms

• regionaal

Descendants

• ? Indonesian: regio

Anagrams

• groei

Indonesian

Etymology

Either directly borrowed or through Dutch regio, from Latin regio. Doublet of region.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?re?io?]
• Hyphenation: ré?gio

Noun

regio (first-person possessive regioku, second-person possessive regiomu, third-person possessive regionya)

1. (anatomy) region: a place in or a part of the body in any way indicated.

Related terms

Further reading

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

Italian

Etymology

From Latin r?gius.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?r?.d??o/
• Hyphenation: rè?gio
• Rhymes: -?d?o

Adjective

regio (feminine regia, masculine plural regi, feminine plural regie)

1. royal

   Synonyms: reale, regale

Anagrams

• erigo
• orgie

Further reading

• regio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Etymology

From reg? +? -i?.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?re.?i.o?/, [?r??io?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?re.d??i.o/, [?r??d??i?]

Noun

regi? f (genitive regi?nis); third declension

1. direction, line
2. boundary line, boundary
3. region, district, province
4. ground
5. (figuratively) sphere, department

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Derived terms

• cuius regi?, eius religi?
• ? regi?ne
• regi?n?lis
• regi?n?liter
• regi?n?tim

Descendants

• Italian: rione
• Old French: royon, reiun, rëon
• Old Occitan: reion
• Rhaeto-Romance:
  • Ladin: raion
• Sicilian: rijuni (obsolete)
• Venetian: rejon

Borrowings

References

• regio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• regio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• regio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• regio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
• regio in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• regio in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700?^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• regio in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• regio in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin r?gius.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?rexjo/, [?re.xjo]

Adjective

regio (feminine regia, masculine plural regios, feminine plural regias)

1. royal

   Synonym: real

2. (Argentina, Chile, Ecuador, Nicaragua, El Salvador) stupendous

   Synonyms: bacán, bárbaro, chévere, estupendo, excelente, guay

3. (Mexico) Monterreyan, born in Monterrey, short form of regiomontano

   Synonym: regiomontano

Derived terms

• agua regia

Related terms

• real
• reino
• rey

Further reading

• “regio” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.