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moon¹

  • /muːn/ UK
  • /mun/ US
  • /mʉn/ Northern Ireland, Scotland

Rhymes with -uːn

Where it comes from

From Middle English mone, from Old English mōna (“moon”), from Proto-West Germanic *mānō, from Proto-Germanic *mēnô (“moon”), from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s (“moon; month”), probably from *meh₁- (“to measure”).

Cognates

Cognate with Scots muin, mune (“moon”), Yola mona, moone (“moon”), North Frisian moune, muun (“moon”), Saterland Frisian Moune (“moon”), West Frisian moanne (“moon”), Alemannic German Maan, manä, manòd, mànund, meini, moanu, Mond (“moon”), Bavarian mone (“moon”), Central Franconian Mond (“moon”), Cimbrian ma, maano, må (“moon”), Dutch maan, maen (“moon”), German Mond (“moon”), Limburgish maon, maond, moan, mond, Moën, Mǫnt, Mǫe̩nt, Mǫǫnt (“moon”), Luxembourgish Mound (“moon”), Mòcheno mu' (“moon”), Vilamovian mönd, mönt (“moon”), West Flemish moane (“moon”), Yiddish מאָנט (mont, “moon”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish måne (“moon”), Faroese and Icelandic máni (“moon”), Norn måni (“moon”), Crimean Gothic mine (“moon”), Gothic 𐌼𐌴𐌽𐌰 (mēna, “the Moon”); also Cornish and Welsh mis (“month”), Irish mí (“month”), Manx mee (“month”), Scottish Gaelic mìos (“moon; month”), Latin mēnsis (“month”), Umbrian 𐌌𐌄𐌍𐌆𐌍𐌄 (menzne, “Moon”), Greek μήνας (mínas, “month”), Albanian muaj (“month”), Latvian mēnesis (“month”), mēness (“moon”), Lithuanian mėnuo (“moon; month”), Belarusian and Russian ме́сяц (mésjac, “moon; month”), Bulgarian and Macedonian ме́сец (mésec, “moon; month”), Czech měsíc (“moon; month”), Polish miesiąc, mięsiąc, mniesiąc, niesiąc (“moon; month”), Serbo-Croatian ме̏се̄ц, мје̏се̄ц, mȅsēc, mjȅsēc (“moon; month”), Slovak mesiac (“moon; month”), Slovene mesec (“moon; month”), Ukrainian мі́сяць (mísjacʹ, “moon; month”), Armenian ամիս (amis, “month”), Avestan 𐬨𐬃𐬢𐬵 (mā̊ŋh, “month”), 𐬨𐬂𐬢𐬵𐬀 (måŋha, “moon”), Bactrian μαο (mao), μαυο (mauo, “month”), Central Kurdish and Southern Kurdish مانگ (mang, “moon; month”), Northern Kurdish meh (“month”), Ossetian мӕй (mæj, “moon; month”), Pashto مياشت (myâšt, “month”), Persian مه (mah), ماه (māh / mâh, “moon; month”), Tajik моҳ (moh, “moon; month”), Tocharian A mañ (“moon; month”), Tocharian B meñe (“moon; month”), Sanskrit मस् (mas), मास् (mās, “moon; month”). See also month, a related term within Indo-European.

The usage of "moon" to refer to the act reflected its use as a metaphor for the buttocks since 1743. It was popularised from American student slang in the 1960s.

proper noun moone

  1. singular, singular only, with definite article Alternative letter-case form of Moon (“the Earth's only permanent natural satellite”). Immediatly after the tribulacions off thoſe dayes / ſhall the ſun be derkeneth: and the mone ſhall not geve her light / and the ſtarrꝭ ſhall fall from heven / and the powers of hevẽ ſhall move

noun moons · moone

  1. broadly, informal, of Moon Any natural satellite of a planet. The stargazer observed the moons of Jupiter for over a year.

    Similar: Moon, satellite

  2. The light received from the Moon; moonlight. ‘Thank God we’ll have hit a bit of moon,’ Arthur Ashby remarked, glancing at the half-moon that had appeared through a break in the scudding dark clouds.
  3. literary A month, particularly a lunar month. They stayed with their aunt and uncle for many moons.

    Similar: calendar month, lunar month, month

  4. A representation of the moon, usually as a crescent or as a circle with a face; a crescent-shaped shape, symbol, or object. The wizard costume was decorated with stars and moons.
  5. A crescent-like outwork in a fortification. The moons surrounding the city walls were built in the sixteenth century.
  6. The eighteenth trump/major arcana card of the tarot.
  7. The thirty-second Lenormand card.
  8. In hearts, the action of taking all the point cards in one hand.

Similar: ☽, ☾, moon · Opposite: moonlet

verb moons · mooning · mooned · moone

  1. colloquial, transitive To display one's buttocks to, typically as a jest, insult, or protest. The hooligans mooned the riot police.
  2. colloquial, intransitive To gaze at lovingly or in adoration. Bradly stood bewitched, mooning at the moon. Betimes he bent in a grotesque posture and looked at it between his legs, which was to rid his mind of preconceived colour values by seeing them upside down.
  3. colloquial, intransitive, usually, followed by over or after To fuss over something adoringly; to be infatuated with someone. Sarah mooned over Sam's photograph for months.
  4. To spend time idly, absent-mindedly. We were only three on board. The poor old skipper mooned in the cabin.
  5. transitive To expose to the rays of the Moon.
  6. transitive To adorn with moons or crescents.
  7. of a coin or token To rise in price rapidly or suddenly. (from to the moon) It is impractical if a currency moons and plummets often.
  8. To shoot the moon.

Moon²

  • /muːn/ UK
  • /mun/ US

Rhymes with -uːn

Where it comes from

[Alt: Bright face of the Moon]

From Middle English Mone, mone, from Old English mōna, from Proto-West Germanic *mānō, from Proto-Germanic *mēnô, from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s (“moon, month”), from *meh₁- (“to measure”). Doublet of Máni.

proper noun Moon · the Moon · Moons · moon · moone

  1. The Earth's moon; the sole natural satellite of the Earth, represented in astronomy and astrology by ☾. I kind of have two Moons up there. I look at the Moon just like everybody else who's never been there. But every once in a while I do think of the second Moon, the one that I recall from up close and, yeah, it is kind of hard to believe that I was actually up there.

    Similar: Cynthia, Luna, Selene, mul:☾, mul:☽

  2. A personification of the moon. Women's rhythm of life, her monthly renewal with her patroness the Moon, is the most important thing in her existence.
  3. The 54th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.

Similar: Moon, moon, Luna

Moon³

Where it comes from

* A variant of Mohan, from Irish.

* A habitational name of Norman origin from Moyon in La Manche. Compare Mounce.

* An Americanized form of German Mohn or a similar surname.

* A variant of Mun, from Korean.

* A variant Romanization of Chinese 文 (Wén), 萬 /万 (Wàn), and 滿 /满 (Mǎn).

* Possibly from Cantonese 滿 /满 (mun⁵, “full; complete”).

proper noun

  1. A surname.
  2. An unincorporated community in Morgan County, Kentucky.
  3. A township in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
  4. A ghost town in Pennington County, South Dakota.
  5. An unincorporated community in Mathews County, Virginia.
  6. An unincorporated community in the town of Mosinee, Marathon County, Wisconsin.

Similar: Moon, moon, Luna

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: lunar month, moonlight, synodic month, lunation, daydream, moonshine, moon around, moon on, satellite, lunar, eclipse, stars, crescent, sun, month, heaven

noun

Similar: ☽, ☾, moon · Opposite: moonlet

proper noun

Similar: Moon, moon, Luna

proper noun

Similar: Moon, moon, Luna

Translations

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noun the natural satellite of planet Earth

Españolluna
한국어달 dal, 태음 taeeum
日本語月 tsuki
中文月亮 yuèliàng, 月球 yuèqiú, 月 yuè, 太陰 /太阴 tàiyīn
हिन्दीचांद cānd, चन्द्रमा candramā, मयंक mayaṅk, मृगांक mŕgāṅk, शशांक śaśāṅk, चंद्र candra
Kiswahilimwezi
Portuguêslua
Françaislune
DeutschMond
Italianoluna
Ελληνικάσελήνη selíni, φεγγάρι fengári
Românălună
Русскийлуна́ luná, ме́сяц mésjac
Tiếng Việtmặt trăng, trăng
العربيةقَمَر qamar
עבריתיָרֵחַ yaréakh, לְבָנָה l'vaná

noun any substantially sized natural satellite of a planet

Españolsatélite, luna
한국어위성 wiseong
日本語衛星 eisei
中文衛星 /卫星 wèixīng
हिन्दीचाँद cā̃d, चन्द्रमा candramā, उपग्रह upagrah
Kiswahilimwezi
Portuguêssatélite, lua
Françaislune
DeutschMond, Trabant, Satellit
Italianosatellite, luna
Ελληνικάφεγγάρι fengári, δορυφόρος doryfóros
Românălună
Русскийспу́тник spútnik, луна́ luná, сателли́т satellít
العربيةقَمَر qamar
עבריתיָרֵחַ yaréakh

noun month

Españolmes
한국어달 dal, 월 wol
日本語月 tsuki
中文月 yuè
हिन्दीमास mās, माह māh
Kiswahilimwezi
Portuguêslua, mês
Françaislune, mois
DeutschMonat, Mond
Italianomese, luna
Ελληνικάσεληνιακός μήνας seliniakós mínas, φεγγάρι fengári
Românălună
Русскийме́сяц mésjac
Tiếng Việttháng
עבריתיֶרַח yérakh, חודש \ חֹדֶשׁ khódesh

verb to display one's buttocks to

Españolhacer un calvo
Françaismontrer sa lune
Deutschden nackten Hintern zeigen
Русскийпока́зывать го́лую за́дницу pokázyvatʹ góluju zádnicu

name sole natural satellite of the Earth

EspañolLuna
한국어달 dal, 월 wol, 문 Mun
日本語月 tsukí, ムーン Mūn
中文月亮 yuèliàng, 月 yuè, 月球 yuèqiú, 天燈 /天灯 Tiāndēng
हिन्दीचन्द्रमा candramā, चंद्रमा candramā, चांद cānd, चंद्र candra
Kiswahilimwezi
PortuguêsLua
Françaislune, Lune
DeutschMond, Erdtrabant, Erdsatellit
ItalianoLuna
Ελληνικάσελήνη selíni, φεγγάρι fengári
Românălună
РусскийЛуна́ Luná, луна́ luná, ме́сяц mésjac
Tiếng Việtmặt trăng, Mặt trăng
العربيةقَمَر qamar
עבריתיָרֵחַ yaréakh, לְבָנָה l'vaná

name 54th sura of the Qur'an

РусскийАль-Ка́мар Alʹ-Kámar
العربيةسُورَةُ الْقَمَر sūratu l-qamar

name surname

한국어문 Mun
日本語文 Mun, 門 Mun, ムン Mun

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"moon." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/moon. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{moon_2026,
  title = {moon},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/moon},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}