moon

CEFRA1

/muːn/

noun · name

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  1. 01

    noun

    The bright natural object that moves around Earth at night.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A month, particularly a lunar month.

Examples

  • Astronauts have brought back specimens of rock from the moon.

  • Do you think mankind will someday colonize the Moon?

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

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Parts of speech
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Also pronounced

  • /mun/
  • /mʉn/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Any natural satellite of a planet.

  2. A representation of the moon, usually as a crescent or as a circle with a face; a crescent-shaped shape, symbol, or object.

name

Extra meaning

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Moon (“the Earth's only permanent natural satellite”).

More examples

In context

  • Tomorrow, he will land on the moon.

  • That's no moon, you idiot... it's a space station!

  • The stargazer observed the moons of Jupiter for over a year.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English mon, mona, mone, monæ, moone, moyn, moyne, 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, Mǫǫ...