Meanings
comparative more moonlit · superlative most moonlit · alternative moon-lit
- Lit by moonlight.
Near-synonym: moonful
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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.
1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter VIII, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLCPeople dispersed under a moonlit sky, with many saying they would return when the legislature resumes next week.
2024 May 24, Ann Scott Tyson, “Taiwan protesters meet China’s intimidation with defiance”, in The Christian Science MonitorSynonyms: moonlighted, moonlight, moonshiny, moonful · Antonyms: moonless
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Origin
From moon + lit. Compare Saterland Frisian mouneljoacht (“moonlit”), West Frisian moanneljocht (“moonlit”), Dutch maanverlicht (“moonlit”), Danish månelys (“moonlit”), Swedish månljus (“moonlit”).
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Arabic مُقْمِر
- مُقْمِر (muqmir)lit by moonlight
Czech osvětlený měsícem, zalitý měsíčním světlem
- osvětlený měsícemlit by moonlight
- zalitý měsíčním světlemlit by moonlight
- měsíčnýlit by moonlight
Dutch maanverlicht, verlicht door de maan
- maanverlichtlit by moonlight
- verlicht door de maanlit by moonlight
Esperanto lunlumita
- lunlumitalit by moonlight
Finnish kuutamoinen, kuun valaisema
- kuutamoinenlit by moonlight
- kuun valaisemalit by moonlight
German im Mondlicht, vom Mond beschienen
- im Mondlichtlit by moonlight
- vom Mond beschienenlit by moonlight
- mondhelllit by moonlight
Greek φεγγαρόλουστος, σεληνοφώτιστος
- φεγγαρόλουστος (fengaróloustos)lit by moonlight
- σεληνοφώτιστος (selinofótistos)lit by moonlight
Italian luneggiato, schiarito
- luneggiatolit by moonlight
- schiaritolit by moonlight
Japanese 月明かりに照らされた, 月の光に照らされた
- 月明かりに照らされた (tsukiakari ni terasareta)lit by moonlight
- 月の光に照らされた (tsuki no hikari ni terasareta)lit by moonlight
- 月光に照らされた (gekkō ni terasareta)lit by moonlight
Polish oświetlony światłem Księżyca
- oświetlony światłem Księżycalit by moonlight
Portuguese enluarado, luarento
- enluaradolit by moonlight
- luarentolit by moonlight
Russian лу́нный
- лу́нный (lúnnyj)lit by moonlight
Swedish månbelyst, månljus
- månbelystlit by moonlight
- månljuslit by moonlight
Turkish aylı
- aylılit by moonlight
Ukrainian осві́тлений мі́сяцем, мі́сячний
- осві́тлений мі́сяцем (osvítlenyj mísjacem)lit by moonlight
- мі́сячний (mísjačnyj)lit by moonlight
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moonlit. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moonlit
“moonlit.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moonlit. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “moonlit,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moonlit.
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