A lunar month is shorter than a calendar month.
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Lunar
//ˈl(j)uːnə//
Synonyms for "lunar" (87 found)
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Closest matches (18)
Strong matches (26)
Related words (43)
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2 entriesRelated terms
14 entriescoordinate
10 entriesderived
54 entriesShowing 16 of 54 words.
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3 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
14 entriesTranslations
71 translations across 45 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- σεληνῐᾰκός adj (of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon)
Arabic
2 entries- قمري adj (of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon)
- قَمَرِيّ adj (of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon)
Asturian
1 entries- llunar adj (of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon)
Belarusian
1 entries- месяцо́вы adj (of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon)
Bengali
2 entries- চান্দ্র adj (of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon)
- মাহতাবি adj (of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon)
Bulgarian
1 entries- лу́нен adj (of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon)
Catalan
1 entries- lunar adj (of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon)
Central Kurdish
2 entries- مانگی adj (of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon)
- ھەیڤی adj (of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon)
Czech
2 entries- lunární adj (of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon)
- měsíční adj (of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon)
Dutch
1 entries- lunair adj (of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon)
Esperanto
1 entries- luna adj (of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon)
Finnish
4 entries- hopea adj (of or pertaining to silver)
- kuu adj (of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon)
- kuu adj (of or pertaining to silver)
- kuu adj (of or pertaining to travel though space between the Earth and the Moon, or exploration and scientific investigation of the Moon)
French
2 entries- lunaire adj (of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon)
- sélénite adj (of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon)
Galician
1 entries- lunar adj (of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon)
German
1 entries- lunar adj (of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon)
Greek
1 entries- σεληνιακός adj (of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon)
Hebrew
1 entries- יְרֵחִי adj (of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon)
Hindi
1 entries- चंद्र adj (of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon)
Hungarian
1 entries- hold adj (of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon)
Ido
1 entries- lunala adj (of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon)
Iranian Persian
2 entries- قَمَری adj (of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon)
- مَهْشیدی adj (of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon)
Irish
1 entries- éascaí adj (of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon)
Italian
1 entries- lunare adj (of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon)
Latin
1 entries- lūnāris adj (of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon)
Macedonian
2 entries- месечев adj (of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon)
- месечински adj (of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon)
Malay
4 entries- bulan adj (of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon)
- cendera adj (of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon)
- kebulanan adj (of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon)
- qamari adj (of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon)
Maltese
1 entries- qamri adj (of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon)
Manx
1 entries- eayst adj (of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon)
Norman
1 entries- leunaithe adj (of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon)
Old English
1 entries- mōnlīċ adj (of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon)
Old Irish
1 entries- éscaide adj (of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon)
Polish
3 entries- księżycowy adj (of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon)
- lunarny adj (of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon)
- miesięczny adj (of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon)
Portuguese
1 entries- lunar adj (of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon)
Romanian
1 entries- lunar adj (of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon)
Russian
1 entries- лу́нный adj (of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon)
Sanskrit
1 entries- चान्द्र adj (of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- lùnāran adj (of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon)
- лу̀на̄ран adj (of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon)
Slovak
2 entries- lunárny adj (of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon)
- mesačný adj (of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon)
Slovene
1 entries- lunȃren adj (of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon)
Spanish
1 entries- lunar adj (of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon)
Telugu
3 entries- చంద్ర adj (of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon)
- రాజ adj (of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon)
- సౌమ్యము adj (of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon)
Ukrainian
2 entries- мі́сячний adj (of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon)
- місяце́вий adj (of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon)
Veps
1 entries- kudmaine adj (of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon)
Welsh
3 entries- lleuadol adj (of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon)
- lleuadol adj ((believed to be) influenced by the Moon or the moon of another planet)
- lloerig adj ((believed to be) influenced by the Moon or the moon of another planet)
Zazaki
2 entries- aşmani adj (of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon)
- qemeri adj (of, pertaining to, or resembling the Moon)
Sample sentences
32 total sentences available.
In China, they celebrate New Year by the lunar calendar.
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There will be a lunar eclipse tomorrow.
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A common misconception about Christopher Columbus is that he once impressed a tribe of natives by predicting the lunar eclipse. The truth of the matter is that he CAUSED it.
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