gibbous

English

Etymology

From Middle English, from Latin gibbus (“humped, hunched”), probably cognate with cubō (“bend oneself, lie down”), Italian gobba (“humpback”), Greek κύφος (kyphos, “humpback, bent”), κύβος (kybos, “cube, vertebra”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɡɪbəs/
• Rhymes: -ɪbəs

Adjective

gibbous (comparative more gibbous, superlative most gibbous)

1. Characterized by convexity; protuberant.
2. (astronomy) Phase of moon or planet between first quarter and full or between full and last quarter.
3. Humpbacked.

Derived terms

• gibbous moon

Translations

characterized by convexity; protuberant

phase of moon or planet

• French: gibbeux (fr) m, gibbeuse (fr) f
• Navajo: nitʼą́ą́ hanádzá

• Scottish Gaelic: crotach (gd)

humpbacked — see humpbacked