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blue moon

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noun blue moons

  1. countable, uncountable The third full moon in a season that contains four rather than the usual three full moons.
  2. countable, uncountable The second of two full moons that occur in the same calendar month (a definition created by mistake in the 20th century).
  3. countable, rare The moon tinted towards blue as it appears in the sky, caused by dust or smoke in the atmosphere.
  4. broadly, countable, idiomatic A long time.
  5. uncountable A bright blue, sweet-flavored ice cream that is popular in the Midwestern U.S. and is a component of Superman ice cream.

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noun full moon

Españolluna azul
한국어블루문 beullumun
日本語ブルームーン burū mūn
Portuguêslua azul
Françaislune bleue
Italianoluna blu
Русскийголуба́я луна́ golubája luná
Tiếng Việttrăng xanh

noun ice cream

한국어블루문 beullumun
日本語ブルームーン burū mūn
DeutschSchlumpfeis
Tiếng Việttrăng xanh

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@misc{blue_moon_2026,
  title = {blue moon},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/blue%20moon},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}