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Meaning of "lune" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD LUNE

From Latin lūna moon.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF LUNE

lune  [luːn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LUNE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Lune is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES LUNE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Lune

Lune or Luna is a poetic name for Earth's Moon. Lune is French for Moon. Luna is Latin for Moon. It may also refer to: Rivers ▪ River Lune in Lancashire and Cumbria, England ▪ River Lune, Durham in England ▪ Lune a 43 km-long tributary of the Weser in Germany Place names ▪ Lune Forest in Cumbria, England ▪ Lune River, Tasmania, Australia, a town near the mouth of the river of the same name Mathematics ▪ Lune ▪ Lune of Hippocrates, in geometry a plane region bounded by arcs of circles and amenable to quadrature Literature ▪ Lune, a fixed-form variant of haiku in English Sport ▪ In real tennis, a point scoring opening in a jeu quarré court Fictional places and characters ▪ Lhûn or River Lune in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium ▪ Gulf of Lune, where the latter flowed ▪ King Lune a fictional character in The Horse and His Boy in The Chronicles of Narnia ▪ Balron Lune a fictional character in Saint Seiya ▪ Misha Arsellec Lune, a fictional character from Ar tonelico: Melody of Elemia...

Definition of lune in the English dictionary

The first definition of lune in the dictionary is a section of the surface of a sphere enclosed between two semicircles that intersect at opposite points on the sphere. Other definition of lune is a crescent-shaped figure formed on a plane surface by the intersection of the arcs of two circles. Lune is also something shaped like a crescent.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LUNE


afternoon
ˌɑːftəˈnuːn
balloon
bəˈluːn
Cameroon
ˌkæməˈruːn
cartoon
kɑːˈtuːn
commune
kəˈmjuːn
dune
djuːn
honeymoon
ˈhʌnɪˌmuːn
hoon
huːn
immune
ɪˈmjuːn
June
dʒuːn
Kun
kuːn
lagoon
ləˈɡuːn
maroon
məˈruːn
moon
muːn
noon
nuːn
soon
suːn
spoon
spuːn
toon
tuːn
tribune
ˈtrɪbjuːn
tune
tjuːn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LUNE

luncheon voucher
luncheonette
luncher
lunchmeat
lunchpail
lunchroom
lunchtime
Lund
Lundy
Lundy´s Lane
lunet
lunette
lung
lung cancer
lung specialist
lung transplant
Lung-chi
lungan
lunge
lungee

WORDS THAT END LIKE LUNE

aune
autoimmune
autotune
Beaune
detune
fine-tune
fortune
kune
lacune
lagune
misfortune
Neptune
opportune
picayune
prune
Pune
retune
rune
sand dune
wheel of fortune

Synonyms and antonyms of lune in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «lune» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LUNE

Find out the translation of lune to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of lune from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «lune» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

半月形
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

lune
570 millions of speakers

English

lune
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

लुने
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تاسا
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

луночка
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

lune
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

Lune
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

lune
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Lune
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

lune
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

弓形
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Lune
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hình trăng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பிறையின்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लोण
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

hilâl şekli
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

lune
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

lune
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

луночку
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

lune
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

lune
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

lune
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

lune
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

lune
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of lune

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LUNE»

The term «lune» is very widely used and occupies the 16.182 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LUNE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «lune» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «lune» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about lune

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LUNE»

Discover the use of lune in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to lune and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Claire de Lune
At Claire Benoit’s sixteenth birthday party, all anyone can talk about are the recent werewolf attacks that have ravaged her town.
Christine Johnson, 2010
2
Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune: A Play
THE STORY: The setting is a walk-up apartment on Manhattan's West Side where, as the curtain rises, Frankie (a waitress) and Johnny (a short-order cook who works in the same restaurant) are discovered in bed.
Terrence McNally, 1988
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Nocturne: A Claire de Lune Novel
After the events of the summer, Claire wants to only worry about finding the perfect dress for the Autumn Ball, but her worst nightmares come true when someone learns that she is a werewolf, placing everyone she knows at risk.
Christine Johnson, 2012
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Understanding Organizations
This book will be the ideal companion to courses on organizations across the social sciences, and has insights to offer all students of organized life, whether one is interested in entering the corporate world, starting an arts organization ...
Howard Lune, 2010
5
Clair de Lune Serenade
Time to take a moonlight serenade through the garden. As you smell each rose listen to your heart as they reveal their love to you.
Dr. Claus, 2010
6
The Lune Valley and Howgills - A Walking Guide
This guide offers a wide range of walks from the north-eastern corner of the Howgills to the edge of the Irish Sea below Lancaster, exploring empty hilltops, open moorland, secluded valley and ancient woodlands.
Dennis Kelsall, Jan Kelsall, 2012
7
Bunny Lune
When Bunny Lune receives a letter from his friend telling him about the Japanese moon festival, Bunny cannot stop dreaming about visiting the moon himself.
Kae Nishimura, 2007
8
Clair De Lune: From Suite Bergamasque
The original, unedited, unsimplified version of one of Debussy's most popular piano works. This ethereal, flowing section of "Suite Bergamasque" is diatonic and displays a conventional harmonic vocabulary in D-flat major.
‎2000
9
Clair de Lune
Soon the brave little mouse introduces Clair-de-Lune to a hidden world inside, and yet somehow beyond, her building—a world that slowly begins to open her heart. Maybe one day her dreams will come true, too. From the Hardcover edition.
Cassandra Golds, 2009
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Clair De Lune
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process.
Michael Strange, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LUNE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term lune is used in the context of the following news items.
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Review: 2015 Eaux Claires Festival — Day 1 | City Pages
Later in the afternoon on the Lake Eaux Lune (read: main) stage, British folk-rock sister act the Staves kept Eaux Claires a family affair with a ... «City Pages, Jul 15»
2
Police launch hunt for alleged sex attacker - Lancashire Evening Post
The incident happened between 7.30pm-9.30pm on Tuesday 30 June on grassland behind Lancaster Cricket Club on Lune Road. The girl is ... «Lancashire Evening Post, Jul 15»
3
Mammoth 36th Montreal jazz round-up with Lovano, Cullum …
A highlight was the nimble tango of 'Alberto', which Desmarais describes thusly in notes to her 2012 CD Couleurs de Lune (Analekta): “This ... «Jazzwise magazine, Jul 15»
4
City Theatre Company's LOVE! VALOUR! COMPASSION Opens 7/31
McNally has produced a string of successes as The Lisbon Traviata, Frankie and Johnny in the Clare de Lune, Kiss of the Spider Woman, ... «Broadway World, Jul 15»
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This Week in Lincolnville: A Family Favorite | PenBay Pilot
She hummed to herself for a while, but made us sing with her Clair de la Lune and the Lambdi song (Jesus Tender Shepherd) before she ... «PenBayPilot.com, Jul 15»
6
Lancaster Beekeepers lead community projects to keep district bee …
... the approach to Hornby by Strands Farm and on the Millennium Cycleway behind the Catholic Church at Caton and a small site in the Crook o' Lune car park. «The Westmorland Gazette, Jul 15»
7
American Theater Co & Araca Group Partner for New Play Workshop
... New York's The Araca Group, Broadway producers of Disgraced, Urinetown, Frankie and Johnny in the Claire de Lune, The Wedding Singer, ... «Broadway World, Jul 15»
8
Proposed tower would disfigure Montreal's iconic Maison Alcan …
Cirque founder Guy Laliberté retains the Maison Alcan through his real-estate company Lune rouge immobilier, she said. Ménard said she was ... «Montreal Gazette, Jul 15»
9
Buying local or from a supermarker: which is cheaper?
Moreover, veg2u.co will deliver your veggies to your front door free of charge in the Lancaster, Morecambe, Carnforth and Lune Valley Districts. «The Visitor, Jul 15»
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'Chasing Circles: Parx Racing steps up when other tracks cancel …
Lune de Caro was the second from the bottom on the ratings list for this race. Thus, the Jonathan Sheppard-trainee got in at 142 pounds. «NJ.com, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Lune [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/lune>. Apr 2024 ».
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