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ulnar
English
Etymology
ulna +? -ar
Adjective
ulnar (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to the ulna, or the elbow
Derived terms
- ulnar nerve
Anagrams
- Lunar, lunar, urnal
Spanish
Adjective
ulnar (plural ulnares)
- ulnar
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lunar
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)
- Of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon (that is, Luna, the Earth's moon); Lunar.
- Synonyms: lunarlike, (obsolete) lunary, moonish, moonlike, moonly, selenic
- Shaped like a crescent moon; lunate.
- (chiefly historical) (Believed to be) influenced by the Moon, as in character, growth, or properties.
- (alchemy, chemistry, historical) Of or pertaining to silver (which was symbolically associated with the Moon by alchemists).
- (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)
- (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
- (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)
- 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
- (anatomy) mole
Galician
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin l?n?ris. Compare the inherited luar.
Adjective
lunar m or f (plural lunares)
- lunar
Noun
lunar m (plural lunares)
- mole, birthmark
Further reading
- “lunar” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lu?na???/
Adjective
lunar (not comparable)
- 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)
- lunar
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Spanish lunar, from Latin l?n?ris.
Noun
lunar m (plural lunares)
- 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)
- lunar
Declension
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin l?n?ris.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lu?na?/, [lu?na?]
- Hyphenation: lu?nar
Adjective
lunar (plural lunares)
- lunar
Derived terms
Noun
lunar m (plural lunares)
- mole, birthmark
- polka dot
Related terms
- luna
Further reading
- “lunar” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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