different between orbed vs lunar

English

Etymology

orb +? -ed

Adjective

orbed (comparative more orbed, superlative most orbed)

1. Having the form of an orb; round; spherical.

Anagrams

• Brode, bored, brode, robed

English

Etymology

From Middle English lunar (“shaped like the crescent moon”), from Latin l?n?ris (“of or pertaining to the moon, lunar”) (possibly through Middle French lunaire (modern French lunaire (“lunar”)), from l?na (“the Moon; crescent shape”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“bright; to shine”)) + -is (suffix forming adjectives).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?l(j)u?n?/
• (General American) enPR: lo?o'n?r, IPA^(key): /?lun?/
• Rhymes: -u?n?(r)
• Hyphenation: lun?ar

Adjective

lunar (not comparable)

1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon (that is, Luna, the Earth's moon); Lunar.

   Synonyms: lunarlike, (obsolete) lunary, moonish, moonlike, moonly, selenic
2. Shaped like a crescent moon; lunate.
3. (chiefly historical) (Believed to be) influenced by the Moon, as in character, growth, or properties.
4. (alchemy, chemistry, historical) Of or pertaining to silver (which was symbolically associated with the Moon by alchemists).
5. (astronomy) Of or pertaining to travel through space between the Earth and the Moon, or exploration and scientific investigation of the Moon.

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Noun

lunar (plural lunars)

1. (anatomy) The middle bone of the proximal series of the carpus in the wrist, which is shaped like a half-moon.

   Synonyms: intermedium, lunar bone, semilunar
2. (nautical, navigation) An observation of a lunar distance (“the angle between the Moon and another celestial body”), especially for establishing the longitude of a ship at sea.

Derived terms

• (anatomy): scapholunar

References

Further reading

• Moon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• lunar (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• ulnar, urnal

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin l?n?ris.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /lu?na/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /lu?na?/

Adjective

lunar (masculine and feminine plural lunars)

1. lunar

Related terms

• lluna

Further reading

• “lunar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “lunar” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “lunar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “lunar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Chavacano

Etymology

From Spanish lunar (“mole”).

Noun

lunar

1. (anatomy) mole

Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin l?n?ris. Compare the inherited luar.

Adjective

lunar m or f (plural lunares)

1. lunar

Noun

lunar m (plural lunares)

1. mole, birthmark

Further reading

• “lunar” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lu?na???/

Adjective

lunar (not comparable)

1. lunar

   Synonym: lunarisch

Declension

Derived terms

• Lunarorbit
• semilunar
• translunar
• zirkumlunar

Further reading

• “lunar” in Duden online

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /lu?na?/
• Hyphenation: lu?nar

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin l?n?ris. Cognate of inherited luar.

Adjective

lunar (plural lunares, comparable)

1. lunar

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish lunar, from Latin l?n?ris.

Noun

lunar m (plural lunares)

1. mole, birthmark

Further reading

• “lunar” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Romanian

Etymology

From French lunaire, from Latin lunaris.

Adjective

lunar m or n (feminine singular lunar?, masculine plural lunari, feminine and neuter plural lunare)

1. lunar

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin l?n?ris.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lu?na?/, [lu?na?]
• Hyphenation: lu?nar

Adjective

lunar (plural lunares)

1. lunar

Derived terms

Noun

lunar m (plural lunares)

1. mole, birthmark
2. polka dot

Related terms

• luna

Further reading

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