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luna

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin lūna (“moon; month; crescent”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈluːnə/
• Homophones: lunar, looner (non-rhotic)
• Rhymes: -uːnə

Noun

luna (plural lunas)

1. (entomology) A luna moth: a member of species Actias luna.
   • 1969, Sterling North, “An Introduction to Butterflies and Moths”, in Boys’ Life, May 1969 issue, Boy Scouts of America, page 64:

     On the previous evening we had discovered with delight a luna with the fabulous moons, one on each pale green wing.

   • 2010, Sally Roth (contributor), in Judy Pray (compiler), Garden Wisdom & Know-How: Everything You Need to Know to Plant, Grow, and Harvest, Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, Inc., →ISBN, page 348:

     Spray BT on your young oak to protect against gypsy moths, and you wipe out future lunas, cecropias, and everything else on the leaves, along with the pests.

2. (Christianity, chiefly Catholicism and Anglicanism) A lunette: a crescent-shaped receptacle, often glass, for holding the (consecrated) host (the bread of communion) upright when exposed in the monstrance. [from 19th c.]
   • 1907 May, “Dominicanus”, “The Rosary and the Blessed Sacrament”, in the Dominican Friars, The Rosary Magazine, Volume 30, Number 5, page 494:

     The Bread of Angels is first taken from the tabernacle, where it rests in the luna, and placed upon the altar, covered with a corporal. After genuflecting, the priest puts the luna containing the Blessed Sacrament on its throne—the monstrance—and elevates it […]

Synonyms

• (glass holder): lunette, lunula

Related terms

• luna cornea

Etymology 2

From Hawaiian luna (“leader; supervisor”).

Noun

luna (plural luna or lunas)

1. (Hawaii) A foreman on a plantation.

Usage notes

• This noun, though inflected as an English word (singular luna, plural lunas), is frequently italicized as a loanword.

References

Anagrams

• Alun, An-lu, Anlu, Lu'an, auln, luan, ulan, ulna, unal

Aragonese

Etymology

From Latin lūna, from Proto-Italic *louksnā, from Proto-Indo-European *lówksneh₂.

Noun

luna f (plural lunas)

1. moon

References

• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) “luna”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

Cebuano

Etymology

cf. Malay duma

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: lu‧nâ

Noun

luna

1. one's proper place under the sun

2. room, accommodation

Verb

luna

1. pahi~ - to put things in order

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish luna (“moon”).

Noun

luna

1. moon

Corsican

Etymology

From Latin lūna, from Proto-Italic *louksnā, from Proto-Indo-European *lówksneh₂.

Noun

luna f

1. moon

References

• “luna” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech luna, from Proto-Slavic *lunà, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *láukšnāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *lówksneh₂. Cognates include Latin lūna, Ancient Greek λύχνος (lúkhnos), Old Prussian lauxnos and Middle Irish luan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈluna]

Noun

luna f

1. (poetic) moon

   Synonym: měsíc

Declension

Related terms

Further reading

• “luna”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “luna”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “luna”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Esperanto

Etymology

From luno (“moon”) +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈluna/
• Rhymes: -una
• Hyphenation: lun‧a

Adjective

luna (accusative singular lunan, plural lunaj, accusative plural lunajn)

1. (astronomy) lunar

Fala

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese lũa, from Latin lūna, from Proto-Italic *louksnā, from Proto-Indo-European *lówksneh₂.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈluna/
• Rhymes: -una
• Syllabification: lu‧na

Noun

luna f (plural lunas)

1. moon

References

• Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎^[3], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

Franco-Provençal

Noun

luna (ORB, broad)

1. alternative form of lena (“moon”)

References

• lune in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
• luna in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

Interlingua

Noun

luna (plural lunas)

1. moon

Italian

Etymology

From Luna, from Latin lūna, from Old Latin losna, from Proto-Italic *louksnā, from Proto-Indo-European *lówksneh₂, derived from the root *lewk- (“bright”). Cognates include Armenian լուսին (lusin), Spanish luna, Portuguese lua, Romanian lună, Russian луна́ (luná).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlu.na/
• Homophone: Luna
• Rhymes: -una
• Hyphenation: lù‧na

Noun

luna f (plural lune)

1. (colloquial, astronomy, by extension of Luna) a natural satellite

   Synonym: satellite naturale

2. (archaic, literary) a month, moon
3. (archaic, figurative, by extension) a time of the year
4. (alchemy) silver
5. (heraldry) a full moon (as opposed to a crescent)

Derived terms

Related terms

Anagrams

• ulna

Ladino

Etymology

From Latin lūna, from Proto-Italic *louksnā, from Proto-Indo-European *lówksneh₂.

Noun

luna f (plural lunas)

1. moon

References

• Joseph Nehama, Jesús Cantera (1977) Dictionnaire du Judéo-Espagnol (in French), Madrid: CSIC, →ISBN, page 332

Latin

Alternative forms

• Lūna (for the sense "the Moon" and the goddess)
• losna (Praenestine)
• ☽, ☾ (alchemy)

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *louksnā, from Proto-Indo-European *lówksneh₂, which is derived from Proto-Indo-European *lewk-. By surface analysis, lūx +‎ -na.

Cognates include Proto-Slavic *luna.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɫuː.na]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈluː.na]

Noun

lūna f (genitive lūnae); first declension

1. (astronomy) a moon
2. (figuratively) moonlight, moon shine
3. (figuratively) a month
4. (figuratively) a night
5. a crescent shape
6. (alchemy, chemistry) silver

Declension

First-declension noun.

Derived terms

Descendants

See also

• noctilūca

References

• “luna”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “luna”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "luna", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[6], London: Macmillan and Co.
• “luna”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “luna”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
• “luna”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• “luna”, in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976), The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press

Lindu

Noun

luna

1. pillow

Lombard

Etymology

From Latin lūna, from Old Latin losna.

Noun

luna f

1. (Old Lombard) the moon

Descendants

• Lombard: lüna, löna

Middle English

Noun

luna

1. alternative form of lune

Neapolitan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin lūna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈluna/
  • (Naples) IPA^(key): [ˈluːnɐ]
  • (Central Apulia) IPA^(key): [ˈluːnə ⁓ ˈlownə ⁓ ˈləʉnə]
  • (Eastern Abruzzo) IPA^(key): [ˈluːnə ⁓ ˈlownə ⁓ ˈlʊːnə] IPA^(key): [ˈlyːnə ⁓ ˈliːnə]

Noun

luna f (plural lune)

1. moon

References

• AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 361: “la luna” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it

Occitan

Alternative forms

• lua
• luno (Provence)

Etymology

From Old Occitan luna, from Latin lūna, from Proto-Italic *louksnā, from Proto-Indo-European *lówksneh₂.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlyno]

Noun

luna f (plural lunas)

1. moon

Old Czech

Alternative forms

• łuna (alternative writing)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lunà, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *láukšnāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *lówksneh₂.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈɫuna/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈluna/

Noun

luna f (poetic)

1. moon

   Synonym: měsiec

2. glow; light beam

Declension

Descendants

• Czech: luna

References

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “luna”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

Papiamentu

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish luna (“moon”).

Noun

luna

1. moon
2. month

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin lūna. Doublet of łuna and Roksana.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlu.na/
• Rhymes: -una
• Syllabification: lu‧na
• Homophone: Luna

Noun

luna f

1. (archaic, poetic) moon

   Synonyms: księżyc, miesiąc

Declension

Related terms

Further reading

• luna in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlu.na/
• Rhymes: -una
• Hyphenation: lu‧na

Noun

luna

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of lună: the moon, the month

Sardinian

Etymology

From Latin lūna, from Proto-Italic *louksnā, from Proto-Indo-European *lówksneh₂.

Noun

luna f (plural lunas)

1. moon

References

• “luna”, in Ditzionàriu in línia de sa limba e de sa cultura sarda [Online Dictionary of the Sardinian Language and Culture] (in Sardinian, Italian, and English), Autonomous Region of Sardinia [Sardinian: Regione Autonoma della Sardegna]

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *luna, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *láukšnāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *lówksneh₂.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lǔːna/

Noun

lúna f (Cyrillic spelling лу́на)

1. moon

   Synonym: mesec/misec/mjesec

Declension

References

• “luna”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Sicilian

Etymology

From Latin lūna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈluna/
• Hyphenation: lù‧na

Noun

luna f (plural luni)

1. moon

Derived terms

• luniddì
• lunariari

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lunà.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈluna]
• Hyphenation: lu‧na

Noun

luna f (genitive singular luny, nominative plural luny, genitive plural lún, declension pattern of žena)

1. (archaic, poetic) moon

   Synonym: mesiac

Declension

Derived terms

• lunárny

Further reading

• “luna”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *lunà, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *láukšnāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *lówksneh₂.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lùːna/

Noun

lúna f

1. moon

   Synonym: mésec

Declension

See also

• Lúna

Further reading

• “luna”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “luna”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin lūna, from Proto-Italic *louksnā, from Proto-Indo-European *lówksneh₂, which is derived from Proto-Indo-European *lewk-. Cognate with Galician lúa, Portuguese lua, Catalan lluna, French lune, Italian luna, Occitan luna and Romanian lună.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈluna/ [ˈlu.na]
• Rhymes: -una
• Syllabification: lu‧na

Noun

luna f (plural lunas)

1. moon

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

• Papiamentu: luna

Further reading

• “luna”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Anagrams

• nula

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