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PRONUNCIATION OF MOONCALVES

mooncalves  [ˈmuːnkɑːvz] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MOONCALVES

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Mooncalves 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 MOONCALVES MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Mooncalf

A mooncalf is the abortive fetus of a cow or other farm animal. The term was occasionally applied to an abortive human fetus. The term derives from the formerly widespread superstition, present in many European folk traditions, that such malformed creatures were the product of the sinister influence of the Moon on fetal development.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MOONCALVES


beeves
biːvz
behooves
bɪˈhuːvz
calves
kɑːvz
eaves
iːvz
greaves
ɡriːvz
halves
hɑːvz
Hargreaves
ˈhɑːɡriːvz
headscarves
ˈhedˌskɑːvz
heaves
hiːvz
hooves
huːvz
interleaves
ˈɪntəˌliːvz
leaves
liːvz
Maldives
ˈmɔːlˈdiːvz
nerves
nɜːvz
reserves
rɪˈzɜːvz
scarves
skɑːvz
sheaves
ʃiːvz
thieves
θiːvz
wharves
wɔːvz

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MOONCALVES

moon rat
moon rock
moon walk
moon-blind
moon-eyed
moon-faced
moonbeam
moonboots
moonbow
mooncalf
moonchild
moonchildren
mooncraft
moondust
mooned
mooner
mooneye
moonface
moonfish
moonflower

WORDS THAT END LIKE MOONCALVES

aardwolves
by halves
by yourselves
elves
go halves
Ilves
ourselves
pelves
selves
shelves
strandwolves
themselves
throw to the wolves
werewolves
wolves
yourselves

Synonyms and antonyms of mooncalves in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «mooncalves» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MOONCALVES

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

Translator English - Chinese

mooncalves
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

mooncalves
570 millions of speakers

English

mooncalves
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

mooncalves
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

mooncalves
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

mooncalves
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

mooncalves
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

mooncalves
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

mooncalves
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mooncalves
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Mondkälber
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

mooncalves
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

mooncalves
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mooncalves
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

mooncalves
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

mooncalves
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

चंद्रकोल्व्ह
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

mooncalves
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

mooncalves
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

mooncalves
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

mooncalves
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

mooncalves
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

mooncalves
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

mooncalves
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

mooncalves
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

mooncalves
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of mooncalves

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MOONCALVES»

The term «mooncalves» is normally little used and occupies the 146.025 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MOONCALVES» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MOONCALVES»

Discover the use of mooncalves in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to mooncalves and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Breakage: Poems
MOONCALVES. A local beauty known to the police, She was invited in but allowed home Unmolested. A credit to their force, They were. She declined a ride and made her own Meticulous way back across the sea. The officers were glad to  ...
Glyn Maxwell, 2001
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The H.G. Wells Anthology: A Collection of 149 Novels, ...
A Collection of 149 Novels, Novellas, Short Stories and Essays H.G. Wells. By contrast with the mooncalves he seemed a trivial being, a mere ant, scarcely five feet high. He was wearing garments of some leathery substance, so that no portion ...
H.G. Wells, 2013
3
Classic Moon Stories, Vol. 3
Thenoise of the mooncalves wouldat times bea vast flat calflike sound, attimesit rose toan amazed and wrathy bellowing,and againit would become a clogged bestial sound,as though these unseen creatures hadsought to eatand bellow at the ...
Jules Verne, H. G. Wells, Lucian, 2014
4
The First Men in the Moon
Rising onebehind the other were long slopesand fieldsof trampled brown where the mooncalves had pastured, and far away inthe full blaze of the sunadrove of them basked slumberously, scattered shapes, each with a blotof shadow against it ...
H. G. Wells, 2013
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H.G. Wells
The voyage through space, the astronauts' weightlessness, the spectacular flowering of the lunar vegetation, the pursuit and flight through the labyrinthine caves beneath the moon, the bellowing of the "gruntulous" mooncalves and the battle ...
Robert Crossley, 1986
6
Theoretical Philosophy, 1755-1770
However, since I have warned them from the very start, I disclaim all responsibility, and I hope that the mooncalves, to which their fertile imagination may give birth as a result of this circumstance, will not be laid on my doorstep. Incidentally ...
Immanuel Kant, David Walford, Ralf Meerbote, 1992
7
27 Children Books- Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Tom Sawyer ...
A tinker shrieked out a suggestion— "Foofoo the First,King of the Mooncalves!" The title'took,' atonce,every throat responded, andaroaring shout went up, of— " Long live Foofoo the First, King of the Mooncalves!" followed by hootings,catcalls,  ...
J. M. Barrie, Louisa May Alcott, Mark Twain
8
The Prince and the Pauper: Complete with Original ...
... boy, 'tis not wise, nor well.Humour thy fancy, if thou must, but choose some other title.” A tinker shrieked out a suggestion— “Foofoothe First,Kingof the Mooncalves!” The title“took,” at once, everythroat responded, and a roaring shout went up ...
Mark Twain, 2014
9
The Prince and the Pauper (Illustrated):
Mark Twain. "Drop it, boy, 'tis not wise, nor well. Humour thy fancy, if thou must, but choose some other title." A tinker shrieked out a suggestion "Foofoo the First, Kingof the Mooncalves!" The title 'took,' at once, every throat responded, and a ...
Mark Twain, 2014
10
The Prince and the Pauper
... said,firmly, but withanaccent of good nature— "Drop it,boy, 'tisnot wise, nor well . Humourthyfancy, if thou must, but choose some other title." A tinker shrieked out a suggestion— "Foofoo the First,Kingof the Mooncalves!" The title'took,' at once ...
Mark Twain, 2014

8 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MOONCALVES»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term mooncalves is used in the context of the following news items.
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Read an Excerpt From Robert Christgau's Memoir 'Going Into the City'
Because while most popular musicians who take themselves too seriously are mooncalves, now and again one will home in on something ... «RollingStone.com, Feb 15»
2
Parents will sell their kids for free WiFi
During that period some 250 mooncalves used the network, handed it their personal data, email content and, when a clause was put in place, ... «Inquirer, Sep 14»
3
Field and DEET: Much Ado at Wisconsin's American Players Theatre
... sprites and mooncalves); Measure for Measure with pretty much everything that goes on in it, from beginning to end—Much Ado is charming, ... «Chicago Reader, Jul 14»
4
The Myth of Shakespeare
But the successors of Hamlet are Werther, Adolphe, Childe Harold, Max Beerbohm and the mooncalves. The Tempest is the paradise of ... «The New Republic, Apr 14»
5
Sounds of the City
Most of these mooncalves can be identified by singular names: Wilt, Magic, Shaq, Dirk, LeBron. Less rare, but even more frightening, are the ... «Grantland, Nov 11»
6
The First Men in the Moon in 3-D
You have giant worms called mooncalves, a race of ant-men-like beings called Selenites, the environment, the low gravity (zero gravity ... «Albany Times Union, Jan 10»
7
From Princess Di to the man who invented mini-roundabouts ...fifty …
Who are the halfwits, the mooncalves, the clotpolls whose touches and yanks on the national tiller steered us onto the rocks? It's time to name ... «Daily Mail, Oct 08»
8
Guadalupe Mayor Rebecca Jimenez gets a ticket; nativist nutbars …
... that this sandbox called Maricopa County is doomed to evolutionary stasis when I read the rantings of these mentally retarded mooncalves. «Phoenix New Times, May 08»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Mooncalves [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/mooncalves>. May 2024 ».
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