luneta

Polish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *lewk-

Proto-Indo-European *-sneh₂

Proto-Indo-European *lówksneh₂

Proto-Italic *louksnā

Latin lūna

Old French lune

Middle French lune

French lune

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Italic *-tosder.?

Late Latin -ittus

Old French -et

Middle French -et

French -etder.

French -ette

French lunettebor.

Polish luneta

Borrowed from French lunette.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /luˈnɛ.ta/

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• Rhymes: -ɛta
• Syllabification: lu‧ne‧ta

Noun

luneta f (diminutive lunetka)

1. (optics) spyglass (portable telescope)
2. (architecture) lunette (crescent-shaped recess or void in the space above a window or door)

Declension

Declension of luneta

	singular	plural
nominative	luneta	lunety
genitive	lunety	lunet
dative	lunecie	lunetom
accusative	lunetę	lunety
instrumental	lunetą	lunetami
locative	lunecie	lunetach
vocative	luneto	lunety

Derived terms

adjective

• lunetowy

Further reading

• “luneta”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “luneta”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *lewk-

Proto-Indo-European *-sneh₂

Proto-Indo-European *lówksneh₂

Proto-Italic *louksnā

Latin lūna

Old French lune

Middle French lune

French lune

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Italic *-tosder.?

Late Latin -ittus

Old French -et

Middle French -et

French -etder.

French -ette

French lunettebor.

Portuguese luneta

Borrowed from French lunette.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /luˈne.tɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /luˈne.tɐ/

• Rhymes: -etɐ
• Hyphenation: lu‧ne‧ta

Noun

luneta f (plural lunetas)

1. spyglass (portable telescope)
2. (in the plural, informal) glasses

   Synonym: óculos

Further reading

• “luneta”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *lewk-

Proto-Indo-European *-sneh₂

Proto-Indo-European *lówksneh₂

Proto-Italic *louksnā

Latin lūna

Old Spanish luna

Spanish luna

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Italic *-tosder.?

Late Latin -ittus

Old French -et

Middle French -et

French -etder.

French -ettebor.

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Late Latin -ittus

Italian -ettoder.

Italian -ettabor.

Spanish -eta

Spanish luneta

From luna (“moon”) + -eta (“diminutive suffix”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /luˈneta/ [luˈne.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -eta
• Syllabification: lu‧ne‧ta

Noun

luneta f (plural lunetas)

1. lens

   Synonym: lente

2. box (seating compartment in a theater)

   Synonym: butaca

3. (architecture) lunette
4. (candy, Mexico) a lens-shaped colour-varied sugar-coated chocolate confectionery

Further reading

• “luneta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025