moonlight

CEFRB1

/ˈmuːnlaɪt/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The light that comes from the moon.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    Synonym of moonshine (“illegally produced or smuggled spirits”).

Examples

  • The couple walked holding hands in the moonlight.

  • The moonlight reflected on the lake.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
1

Also pronounced

  • /ˈmunˌlaɪt/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The silvery colour of the light reflected by the Moon.

  2. The light reflected from the Moon, which seems to emanate from it.

  3. Chiefly in to do a moonlight: short for moonlight flit (“an act of secretly leaving premises without paying the rent, supposedly at night by the light of the Moon; hence, any act of escaping at night”).

More examples

In context

  • Some proteins have a primary function of acting as enzymes, but moonlight by carrying out secondary roles such as signal transduction or transcriptional regulation.

  • The moonlight shone brightly.

  • Meronym: moonbeam

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

* Dutch maanlicht * German Mondlicht * Scots muinlicht, munelicht * West Frisian moanneljocht