moonless en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s Proto-Germanic *mēnô Proto-West Germanic *mānō Old English mōna Middle English mone English moon Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English moonless From moon + -less.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) During which no phase of the Moon is visible to provide light, whether because of cloud cover or because of a new moon.
And they played softly in the Aeolian mode a music that was like the wailing of wind through bare branches on a moonless night, and the Red Foliot leaned forth from his high seat and recited this lamentation: […]
1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC, page 31:
- (informal, not-comparable, of a planet) Having no natural satellite.
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Translations (16)
sv månlös (during which the Moon is not visible) · el ασέληνος (during which the Moon is not visible) · la illūnis (during which the Moon is not visible) · uk безмі́сячний (during which the Moon is not visible) · ka უმთვარო (during which the Moon is not visible) · pl bezksiężycowy (having no natural satellite) · de mondlos (during which the Moon is not visible) · eo senluna (having no natural satellite) · fr sans lune (during which the Moon is not visible) · pl bezksiężycowy (during which the Moon is not visible) · kk айсыз (during which the Moon is not visible) · ru безлу́нный (during which the Moon is not visible) · grc ἀσέληνος (during which the Moon is not visible) · fi kuuton (during which the Moon is not visible) · it illune (during which the Moon is not visible) · eo senluna (during which the Moon is not visible)