Once more than half of the disc of the Moon is illuminated, it has a shape we call gibbous.
Source: tatoeba (3961240)
Gibbous
//ˈɡɪbəs//
Synonyms for "gibbous" (44 found)
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Adjective(3 words)
Adjective(2 words)
Related words (22)
Adjective(3 words)
Adjective(5 words)
Noun(1 words)
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2 entriescoordinate
1 entriesderived
7 entrieshas context
1 entriesrelated to
6 entriessimilar
3 entriesTranslations
37 translations across 18 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- издут adj (characterized by convexity; protuberant)
- изпъкнал adj (characterized by convexity; protuberant)
Catalan
1 entries- gibós adj (phase of moon or planet)
Czech
1 entries- vypouklý adj (characterized by convexity; protuberant)
Dutch
2 entries- bolrond adj (characterized by convexity; protuberant)
- convex adj (characterized by convexity; protuberant)
Finnish
2 entries- kupera adj (characterized by convexity; protuberant)
- kupera adj (phase of moon or planet)
French
2 entries- gibbeux adj (characterized by convexity; protuberant)
- gibbeux adj (phase of moon or planet)
Georgian
3 entries- ამობურცული adj (characterized by convexity; protuberant)
- ამოზნექილი adj (characterized by convexity; protuberant)
- გამობურცული adj (characterized by convexity; protuberant)
German
2 entries- dreiviertel adj (phase of moon or planet)
- gewölbt adj (characterized by convexity; protuberant)
Greek
2 entries- αμφίκυρτος adj (characterized by convexity; protuberant)
- αμφίκυρτος adj (phase of moon or planet)
Hungarian
4 entries- dagadó adj (phase of moon or planet)
- domború adj (characterized by convexity; protuberant)
- dudorodó adj (characterized by convexity; protuberant)
- duzzadt adj (characterized by convexity; protuberant)
Italian
1 entries- gibboso adj (phase of moon or planet)
Navajo
1 entries- nitʼą́ą́ hanádzá adj (phase of moon or planet)
Old English
2 entries- hoferede adj (characterized by convexity; protuberant)
- ġehofored adj (characterized by convexity; protuberant)
Portuguese
2 entries- giboso adj (characterized by convexity; protuberant)
- giboso adj (phase of moon or planet)
Russian
3 entries- выпуклый adj (characterized by convexity; protuberant)
- выступающий adj (characterized by convexity; protuberant)
- освещённый более, чем на половину adj (phase of moon or planet)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- crotach adj (phase of moon or planet)
Spanish
2 entries- gibado adj (characterized by convexity; protuberant)
- giboso adj (phase of moon or planet)
Swedish
1 entries- oval adj (phase of moon or planet)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
The gibbous moon appears to grow fatter each night until we see the full sunlit face of the Moon. We call this phase the full moon.
Source: tatoeba (3961245)
From the bed, I can clearly see the waning gibbous moon through the window.
Source: tatoeba (12480869)
In fact, what these gibbous human shapes specially represented was ready money—money insistently ready [...]
Source: wiktionary
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