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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Lunenoun

    Etymology: luma, Latin.

    Bestrew them
    These dangerous, unsafe lunes i’ th’ king;
    He must be told on’t, and he shall: the office
    Becomes a woman best. William Shakespeare, Winter’s Tale.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Lunenoun

    anything in the shape of a half moon

  2. Lunenoun

    a figure in the form of a crescent, bounded by two intersecting arcs of circles

  3. Lunenoun

    a fit of lunacy or madness; a period of frenzy; a crazy or unreasonable freak

  4. Etymology: [L. luna moon: cf. F. lune. See Luna.]

Wikidata

  1. Lune

    In geometry, a lune is either of two figures, both shaped roughly like a crescent Moon. The word "lune" derives from luna, the Latin word for Moon.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Lune

    lūn, n. anything in the shape of a half-moon: (Shak.) a fit of lunacy.—n. Lunette′, a little moon: (fort.) a detached bastion: a hole in a concave ceiling to admit light: a watch-glass flattened more than usual in the centre: in the R.C. Church, a moon-shaped case of crystal used for receiving the consecrated host. [Fr. lune—L. luna.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of lune in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of lune in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of lune in a Sentence

  1. Charles de LEUSSE:

    He is no longer the prince moon; he is the one of the stars. (Il n'est plus le prince lune ; il est celui des étoiles)

  2. Victor Borge:

    I only know two pieces one is 'Clair de Lune' and the other one isn't.

  3. Charles de LEUSSE:

    The werewolf by the moon. The wererat by money. (Loup garou par la lune. - Rat garou par les thunes.)

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