moonlit

English

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)

Lit by moonlight.
- 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter VIII, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, OCLC 24962326:
  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.

Synonyms

moonlight (attributive)
moonlighted
moonshiny

Antonyms

moonless

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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