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Is lunula a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word lunula is a Scrabble US word. The word lunula is worth 6 points in Scrabble:

L1U1N1U1L1A1

Is lunula a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word lunula is a Scrabble UK word and has 6 points:

L1U1N1U1L1A1

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Yes. The word lunula is a Words With Friends word. The word lunula is worth 11 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

L2U2N2U2L2A1

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6-letter words (1 found)

LUNULA,

5-letter words (1 found)

NULLA,

4-letter words (7 found)

LUAU,LULU,LUNA,NULL,ULAN,ULNA,UNAU,

3-letter words (4 found)

ALL,ALU,LUN,ULU,

2-letter words (6 found)

AL,AN,LA,NA,NU,UN,

You can make 19 words from lunula according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of lunula

lunula

Alternative forms

  • lunule

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lūnula.

Noun

lunula (plural lunulae or (archaic) lunulæ)

  1. (anatomy) Something shaped like a crescent or half-moon; especially the pale area at the base of the fingernail.
  2. (Ancient Rome, historical) A crescent moon-shaped pendant worn by girls in Ancient Rome.

Derived terms

  • lunular
  • lunulate

Translations

See also

  • eponychium

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lūnula.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlunulɑ/, [ˈlunulɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -unulɑ
  • Syllabification(key): lu‧nu‧la

Noun

lunula

  1. (anatomy) lunula (pale area at the base of a fingernail)

Declension

Synonyms

  • puolikuu

Anagrams

  • laulun

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lūnula.

Noun

lunula f (plural lunule)

  1. lunette, half-moon, lunula

Latin

Etymology

lūna (“moon”) +‎ -ula

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈluː.nu.la/, [ˈɫ̪uːnʊɫ̪ä]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈlu.nu.la/, [ˈluːnulä]

Noun

lūnula f (genitive lūnulae); first declension

  1. an ornament in the form of a little moon

Declension

First-declension noun.

Descendants

  • English: lunule, lunula
  • French: lunule
  • Italian: lunula
  • Spanish: lúnula

References

  • “lunula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • lunula 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)
  • lunula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin lūnula.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /luˈnu.la/
  • Rhymes: -ula
  • Syllabification: lu‧nu‧la

Noun

lunula f

  1. (Ancient Rome, historical) lunula (crescent moon-shaped pendant worn by girls in Ancient Rome)
  2. (Christianity, chiefly Catholicism and Anglicanism) lunette, luna (crescent-shaped receptacle, often glass, for holding the consecrated host upright when exposed in the monstrance)
    Synonyms: melchizedech, melchizedek

Declension

Further reading

  • lunula in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Source: wiktionary.org