moonquake

English

Etymology

moon +‎ quake, after the pattern of earthquake.

Pronunciation

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Rhymes: -eɪk

Noun

moonquake (plural moonquakes)

A seismic event occurring on the moon; the lunar equivalent of an earthquake.

Hypernyms

planetquake

Alternate forms

moon-quake

Translations

lunar seismic event

Catalan: llunatrèmol m
Dutch: maanbeving (nl) f
Finnish: kuunjäristys
French: tremblement de lune (fr) m
German: Mondbeben n
Hungarian: holdrengés (hu)
Irish: crith gealaí m
Italian: lunamoto m, terremoto lunare m
Japanese: 月震 (ja)
Malay: gempa bulan
Portuguese: lunamoto m, lunomoto m, luamoto m
Romanian: please add this translation if you can
Russian: лунотрясе́ние (ru) n (lunotrjasénije)
Spanish: lunamoto m
Swedish: månskalv (sv) n, månbävning (sv) c

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