moonless

See also: Moonless

English

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.

Adjective

moonless (not comparable)

1. During which no phase of the Moon is visible to provide light, whether because of cloud cover or because of a new moon.

   Antonyms: moonlit, moonful

   Coordinate term: starless

   • 1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC, page 31:

     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: […]

2. (informal, of a planet) Having no natural satellite.

Derived terms

• moonlessly
• moonlessness

Translations

during which the Moon is not visible

• Esperanto: senluna
• Finnish: kuuton
• French: sans lune
• Georgian: უმთვარო (umtvaro)
• German: mondlos (de)
• Greek: ασέληνος (el) (asélinos)

  Ancient Greek: ἀσέληνος (asélēnos)

• Italian: illune (it)
• Kazakh: айсыз (aysız)
• Latin: illūnis
• Polish: bezksiężycowy (pl)
• Russian: безлу́нный (ru) (bezlúnnyj)
• Swedish: månlös (sv)
• Ukrainian: безмі́сячний (uk) (bezmísjačnyj)

having no natural satellite

• Esperanto: senluna
• Polish: bezksiężycowy (pl)