full moon

English

full moon, taken by the Galileo spacecraft

Alternative forms

fullmoon

Etymology

From Middle English ful mone, from Old English full mōna, equivalent to full +‎ moon.

Pronunciation

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Noun

full moon (plural full moons)

The phase of the moon when it is in opposition to the sun and its full disc is therefore visible.
Antonym: new moon
The moon when it is in opposition to the sun.
Synonym: (poetic) plenilune

Antonym: new moon

Translations

phase of moon when in opposition to sun

Afrikaans: volmaan (af)
Arabic: بَدْر (ar) m (badr)
Egyptian Arabic: بدر m (badr)

Gulf Arabic: بدر m (badir)
Armenian: լիալուսին (hy) (lialusin)
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܟܸܣܐܵܐ m (kisˀā), ܒܲܕܪܝܼ m (badrī), ܣܲܗܪܵܐ ܡܸܠܝܵܐ m (sahrā milyā)
Basque: ilargibete
Bengali: পূর্ণিমা রাত (purnima rat), শবে বদর (śobe bodor)
Berber:
Tashelhit: tamayyurt f
Burmese: လပြည့် (my) (la.prany.), ပုဏ္ဏမာ (my) (punna.ma)
Catalan: lluna plena (ca) f, pleniluni m
Cebuano: daktol
Chamorro: gualåfon
Chickasaw: hashi'at aloota, hashi'at lhibokta
Chinese:
Mandarin: 滿月／满月 (zh) (mǎnyuè), 望月 (zh) (wàngyuè)
Czech: úplněk (cs) m
Danish: fuldmåne (da) c
Dutch: volle maan m
Esperanto: plenluno
Estonian: täiskuu
Finnish: täysikuu (fi)
French: pleine lune (fr) f
Galician: lúa chea (gl) f
Georgian: სავსემთვარეობა (savsemtvareoba), ბადრი (badri)
German: Vollmond (de) m
Greek: πανσέληνος (el) f (pansélinos)
Ancient: πανσέληνος f (pansélēnos)
Haitian Creole: plèn lin
Hebrew: ירח מלא (yaréakh malé)
Hindi: बद्र (hi) m (badra), पूर्णँचन्द्र (hi) m (pūrṇãcandra), पूर्णिमा (hi) f (pūrṇimā), पूर्णमासी (hi) f (pūrṇamāsī)
Hungarian: holdtölte (hu), telihold (hu)
Icelandic: fullt tungl (is) n
Ilocano: kabus
Indonesian: bulan purnama (id), badar (id)
Irish: lánré f, iomlán gealaí m
Italian: luna piena f, plenilunio (it) m, opposizione (it) f
Japanese: 満月 (ja) (まんげつ, mangetsu), 望月 (ja) (もちづき, mochizuki) (poetically)
Korean: 보름 (ko) (boreum), 보름달 (ko) (boreumdal), 만월(滿月) (ko) (manwol)
Lakota: wímimá
Latgalian: pylnats m
Latin: plēnilūnium n
Latvian: pilnmēness m, pilnacis m
Lithuanian: pìlnatis (lt) f
Low German:
German Low German: vullmaand m
Malay: purnama
Maltese: qamar kwinta
Maori: rākaunui, marama hua
Mokilese: pwuhl mwuhn
Nahuatl: oyuahualiuhmetztli
Navajo: hanííbą́ą́z
Norwegian:
Bokmål: fullmåne m

Nynorsk: fullmåne m
Old English: full mōna
Palauan: orakiruu
Papiamentu: luna yen
Persian: بدر (fa) (badr), پرماه (fa) (pormâh)
Pirahã: kahai’aíi ’ogiíso
Plautdietsch: Vollmon f
Polish: pełnia (pl) f
Portuguese: lua cheia (pt) f, plenilúnio (pt) m
Quechua: killapura
Romanian: lună plină (ro) f
Russian: полнолу́ние (ru) n (polnolúnije), по́лная луна́ f (pólnaja luná)
Santali: ᱚᱛ ᱠᱩᱱᱟᱹᱢᱤ (ôt kunămi)
Serbo-Croatian: puni mjesec
Slovak: spln m
Slovene: polna luna f, ščip m
Spanish: plenilunio (es) m, luna llena (es) f
Swahili: mwezi mpevu
Swedish: fullmåne (sv) c
Tagalog: kabilugan ng buwan
Thai: จันทร์เพ็ญ (jan-pen)
Tocharian B: pälleᵤ
Turkish: dolunay (tr), bedir (tr)
Urdu: بدر (ur)
Vietnamese: trăng tròn, trăng rằm
Volapük: fulamun (vo)
Welsh: lleuad lawn (cy)

the moon when in opposition to sun

Arabic: بَدْر (ar) m (badr)
Egyptian Arabic: بدر m (badr)
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܟܸܣܐܵܐ m (kisˀā), ܒܲܕܪܝܼ m (badrī), ܣܲܗܪܵܐ ܡܸܠܝܵܐ m (sahrā milyā)
Bengali: পূর্ণিমা চাঁদ (purnima cãd), বদর (bn) (bodor)
Danish: fuldmåne (da) c
Finnish: täysikuu (fi)
Georgian: სავსე მთვარე (savse mtvare)
German: Vollmond (de) m
Greek: πανσέληνος (el) f (pansélinos)
Hebrew: ירח מלא (yaréakh malé)
Hindi: बद्र (hi) m (badra), पूर्णँचन्द्र (hi) m (pūrṇãcandra), पूर्णिमा (hi) f (pūrṇimā), पूर्णमासी (hi) f (pūrṇamāsī)
Hungarian: telihold (hu)
Irish: gealach lán f, lán na ré m
Italian: opposizione (it) f
Maori: rākaunui, marama hua
Polish: księżyc w pełni m

full moon

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