lunaire — meaning in English

English meaning

• lunacy noun Madness or insanity, especially of a kind once believed to come and go with the phases of the moon.
• lunar adj Relating to, or associated with, the moon.

Senses

lunaire is used for these senses in English:

• Lunarian (science fiction) An inhabitant of Earth's Moon (Luna): either an indigenous one or a human one.
• lunacy Something deeply misguided.
• lunar (astronomy) Of or pertaining to travel through space between the Earth and the Moon, or exploration and scientific investigation of the Moon.

lunacy — full definition

1. noun Madness or insanity, especially of a kind once believed to come and go with the phases of the moon.
2. noun Something reckless or deeply misguided, without necessarily involving actual mental illness.

lunar — full definition

1. adj Relating to, or associated with, the moon.
2. adj Shaped like a crescent moon.
3. noun A small bone in the wrist, shaped like a half-moon.

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