lunar eclipse

English

A lunar eclipse

Pronunciation

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Noun

lunar eclipse (plural lunar eclipses)

2. (astronomy) A phenomenon occurring when the Earth casts a shadow over the Moon.

Translations

when the Earth casts its shadow over the Moon

• Afrikaans: maansverduistering
• Albanian: please add this translation if you can
• Arabic: خُسُوف اَلْقَمَر (ar) m (ḵusūf al-qamar)
• Armenian: Լուսնի խավարում (Lusni xavarum)
• Basque: ilargi eklipse
• Belarusian: месячнае зацьменне n (mjesjačnaje zacʹmjennje)
• Bengali: চন্দ্রগ্রহণ (bn) (condrogrohon)
• Bikol Central: pagkulop nin bulan
• Bulgarian: лунно затъмнение n (lunno zatǎmnenie)
• Catalan: eclipsi de Lluna m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 月食 (jyut⁶ sik⁶)

  Mandarin: 月食 (zh) (yuèshí)

• Classical Nahuatl: mētztli īcualōca
• Crimean Tatar: ay tutuluvı
• Czech: zatmění měsíce n
• Danish: måneformørkelse (da) c
• Dutch: maansverduistering (nl) f
• Esperanto: luna eklipso
• Estonian: kuuvarjutus
• Finnish: kuunpimennys (fi)
• French: éclipse lunaire f
• Galician: eclipse lunar m
• Georgian: მთვარის დაბნელება (mtvaris dabneleba)
• German: Mondfinsternis (de) f
• Greek: έκλειψη Σελήνης f (ékleipsi Selínis)
• Gujarati: ચંદ્રગ્રહણ (candragrahaṇ)
• Hebrew: ליקוי ירח (he) m (likúl yaréah)
• Hindi: चन्द्र ग्रहण (candra grahaṇ)
• Hungarian: holdfogyatkozás (hu)
• Icelandic: tunglmyrkvi (is) m
• Indonesian: gerhana bulan (id) m
• Italian: eclisse lunare f, eclissi lunare f
• Japanese: 月食 (ja) (げっしょく, gesshoku)
• Japhug: slɤzɯn
• Javanese: grahana rembulan
• Kabyle: afsax n wayyur
• Kapampangan: lawu bulan
• Kimaragang: tinolon sarob
• Korean: 월식(月蝕) (ko) (wolsik)
• Latvian: Mēness aptumsums m
• Limburgish: Mǫndeklips m
• Lithuanian: Mėnulio užtemimas m
• Malay: gerhana bulan (ms)
• Middle Persian: 𐭬𐭠𐭤 𐭩 𐭲𐭬𐭩𐭪 (mʾh y tmyk)
• Navajo: ooljééʼ daaztsą́
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: måneformørkelse m

  Nynorsk: måneformørking f, månemørking f

• Old English: mōnan āsprungennes f
• Persian: ماه‌گرفتگی, خسوف (fa)
• Polish: zaćmienie Księżyca n
• Portuguese: eclipse lunar (pt) m
• Quechua: killa unquy
• Romanian: eclipsă de Lună f, eclipsă lunară f
• Rungus: tinollon arob
• Russian: лу́нное затме́ние (ru) n (lúnnoje zatménije)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: лунарна помрчина f

  Roman: lunarna pomrčina f

• Slovak: zatmenie Mesiaca m
• Slovene: Lunin mrk
• Spanish: eclipse lunar (es) m
• Swahili: kupatwa kwa mwezi
• Swedish: månförmörkelse (sv) c
• Telugu: చంద్ర గ్రహణము (te) (candra grahaṇamu)
• Thai: จันทรคราส (jan-trá-krâat)
• Turkish: Ay tutulması (tr)
• Ukrainian: Місячне затемнення f (Misjačne zatemnennja)
• Vietnamese: nguyệt thực (vi)
• Waray-Waray: bakunawa han bulan
• Yakut: ый өлүүтэ (ıy ölüüte)
• Yoruba: òṣùpádẹ̀jẹ̀
• Yucatec Maya: chiʼibal uh

See also

• 🝶 (symbol)
• blood moon
• solar eclipse