lunar-month

lu·nar-month

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [loo-ner muhnth]
- /ˈlu nər mʌnθ/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [loo-ner muhnth]
- /ˈlu nər mʌnθ/

Definitions of lunar-month word

noun lunar-month Also called calendar month. any of the twelve parts, as January or February, into which the calendar year is divided. 1
noun lunar-month the time from any day of one calendar month to the corresponding day of the next. 1
noun lunar-month a period of four weeks or 30 days. 1
noun lunar-month Also called solar month. one-twelfth of a solar or tropical year. 1
noun lunar-month Also called lunar month. the period of a complete revolution of the moon around the earth, as the period between successive new moons (synodic month) equal to 29.531 days, or the period between successive conjunctions with a star (sidereal month) equal to 27.322 days, or the period between successive perigees (anomalistic month) equal to 27.555 days, or the period between successive similar nodes (nodical month or draconic month) equal to 27.212 days. 1
noun lunar-month an unusually long period of time of indefinite length: I haven't seen him for months. 1

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Origin of lunar-month

First appearance:

before 1585

One of the 35% oldest English words

First recorded in 1585-95

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Lunar-month

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Lunar-month

lunar-month popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 32% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 73% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.