moonlit

English

Alternative forms

• moon-lit

Etymology

From moon +‎ lit. Compare Saterland Frisian mouneljoacht (“moonlit”), West Frisian moanneljocht (“moonlit”), Dutch maanverlicht (“moonlit”), Danish månelys (“moonlit”), Swedish månljus (“moonlit”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmuːnˌlɪt/

Adjective

moonlit (comparative more moonlit, superlative most moonlit)

2. Lit by moonlight.

   Synonyms: moonlighted, moonlight (attributive), moonshiny

   Antonym: moonless

   Hyponym: moonbathed

   Coordinate terms: starlit, sunlit; candlelit, firelit

   Near-synonym: moonful

   • 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter VIII, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:

     But when the moon rose and the breeze awakened, and the sedges stirred, and the cat’s-paws raced across the moonlit ponds, and the far surf off Wonder Head intoned the hymn of the four winds, the trinity, earth and sky and water, became one thunderous symphony—a harmony of sound and colour silvered to a monochrome by the moon.

   • 2024 May 24, Ann Scott Tyson, “Taiwan protesters meet China’s intimidation with defiance”, in The Christian Science Monitor:

     People dispersed under a moonlit sky, with many saying they would return when the legislature resumes next week.

Translations

lit by moonlight

• Arabic: مُقْمِر (muqmir)
• Czech: osvětlený měsícem, zalitý měsíčním světlem
• Dutch: (poetic) maanverlicht (nl), verlicht door de maan
• Esperanto: lunlumita
• Finnish: kuutamoinen, kuun valaisema
• German: im Mondlicht, vom Mond beschienen
• Greek: φεγγαρόλουστος (el) m (fengaróloustos), σεληνοφώτιστος (el) m (selinofótistos)
• Italian: luneggiato m, schiarito (it) m
• Japanese: 月明かりに照らされた (tsukiakari ni terasareta), 月の光に照らされた (tsuki no hikari ni terasareta), 月光に照らされた (gekkō ni terasareta)
• Portuguese: enluarado (pt) m, luarento (pt) m
• Swedish: månbelyst (sv)
• Turkish: aylı (tr)
• Ukrainian: осві́тлений мі́сяцем (osvítlenyj mísjacem), мі́сячний (mísjačnyj)

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