Definitions For Lune

Etymology 1

From {{der, en, la, luna, , moon}}.

Noun

LUNE (plural LUNEs) (obsolete) A fit of lunacy or madness; a period of frenzy; a crazy or unreasonable freak.

Etymology 2

{{PIE root, en, lewk}} From {{der, en, fr, lune}}, from {{der, en, la, luna}}.

Noun

LUNE (plural LUNEs) A concave figure formed by the intersection of the arcs of two circles on a plane, or on a sphere the intersection between two great semicircles. Anything crescent-shaped.

Usage notes

The corresponding convex shape is sometimes called a lune, but is, strictly, a lens.

Etymology 3

Alteration of lyon.

Noun

LUNE (plural LUNEs) (hawking) A leash for a hawk.

Related terms

lunar lunatic lunacy

See also

loon Monday

Anagrams

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