lune

¹ American  

[loon] / lun /

noun

1. anything shaped like a crescent or a half moon.

2. a crescent-shaped figure bounded by two arcs of circles, either on a plane or a spherical surface.

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lune ² American  

[loon] / lun /

noun

Falconry.

1. a line for securing a hawk.

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lune ¹ British  

/ luːn /

noun

1. 1. a section of the surface of a sphere enclosed between two semicircles that intersect at opposite points on the sphere

   2. a crescent-shaped figure formed on a plane surface by the intersection of the arcs of two circles

2. something shaped like a crescent

3. RC Church another word for lunette

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lune ² British  

/ luːn /

noun

1. falconry a leash for hawks or falcons

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Etymology

Origin of lune¹

First recorded in 1695–1705, lune is from the Latin word lūna moon

Origin of lune²

1425–75; late Middle English, variant of loyn < Middle French loigne longe

Example Sentences

Miss Pook et les enfants de la lune by Bertrand Santini – I’m trying to renovate my French.

From The Guardian • Nov. 10, 2018

The young mechanic welcomed us with Gallic charm and, upon discovering we were on our lune de miel, insisted on giving us a wedding gift of a set of inner tubes.

From The Guardian • Feb. 10, 2018

Instagram est inondé de photos souvenirs prises devant l’Arc de Triomphe, le musée du Louvre ou le Sacré-Cœur à l’occasion d’une lune de miel à Paris ou d’un échange universitaire.

From Time • Nov. 22, 2015

The President himself approved the menu right down to the clair de lune dessert, a sphere of ice cream topped with a tiny American flag.

From Time Magazine Archive

Scratched on the paper is the voice of a woman singing the French folk song 'Au clair de la lune, mon ami Pierrot’.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall