Meanings
nounnew moon (plural new moons)
plural new moons
- The phase of the moon when it is in conjunction with the sun and is therefore obscured.
- The moon when it is in conjunction with the sun.
- The phase of the moon when it is waxing.
Synonyms: waxing moon
- The moon when it is waxing.
Synonyms: waxing moon
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe phase of the moon when it is waxing.
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nounThe moon when it is waxing.
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nounThe day when the new moon is first seen or is expected to appear.
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More synonyms by meaning
nounthe time at which the Moon appears as a narrow waxing crescent
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new phase of the moon
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle Englishnewe moone
- Englishnew moon
From Middle English newe moone, newe mone, equivalent to new + moon.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans donkermaan, nuwemaan
- donkermaanphase of moon when in conjunction with sun
- nuwemaanphase of moon when in conjunction with sun
Ancient Greek νουμηνία
- νουμηνία (noumēnía)phase of moon when in conjunction with sun
Arabic مُحَاق, مَحَاق
- مُحَاق (muḥāq)phase of moon when in conjunction with sun
- مَحَاق (maḥāq)phase of moon when in conjunction with sun
- مِحَاق (miḥāq)phase of moon when in conjunction with sun
Bulgarian новолу́ние
- новолу́ние (novolúnie)phase of moon when in conjunction with sun
Catalan lluna nova
- lluna novaphase of moon when in conjunction with sun
Chinese Mandarin 新月, 朔
- 新月 (xīnyuè)phase of moon when in conjunction with sun
- 朔 (shuò)phase of moon when in conjunction with sun
Czech nov
- novphase of moon when in conjunction with sun
Danish nymåne, nymåne
- nymånephase of moon when in conjunction with sun
- nymånethe moon when in conjunction with sun
Dutch nieuwe maan
- nieuwe maanphase of moon when in conjunction with sun
Finnish kasvava puolikuu, uusikuu
- kasvava puolikuuthe moon when it is waxing
- uusikuuphase of moon when in conjunction with sun
- uusi kuuphase of moon when in conjunction with sun
- uusikuuthe moon when in conjunction with sun
- kasvava puolikuuphase of moon when it is waxing
French nouvelle lune
- nouvelle lunephase of moon when in conjunction with sun
German Neumond, Neumondtag
- Neumondthe moon when it is waxing
- Neumondtagthe day when the new moon is first seen
- Neumondphase of moon when in conjunction with sun
- Neumondthe moon when in conjunction with sun
- Neumondphase of moon when it is waxing
Greek νέα σελήνη
- νέα σελήνη (néa selíni)phase of moon when in conjunction with sun
Hebrew ראשׁ חֹדֶשׁ, מוֹלָד
- ראשׁ חֹדֶשׁ (rosh ḥódesh)the day when the new moon is first seen
- מוֹלָד (molád)phase of moon when in conjunction with sun
- מֹולָד הַלְּבָנָה (molád halvaná)phase of moon when it is waxing
Hindi अमावस, अमावस्या
- अमावस (amāvas)phase of moon when in conjunction with sun
- अमावस्या (amāvasyā)phase of moon when in conjunction with sun
- मासप्रमित (māsapramit)phase of moon when in conjunction with sun
Hungarian újhold
- újholdphase of moon when in conjunction with sun
Icelandic ný, nýtt tungl
- nýphase of moon when in conjunction with sun
- nýtt tunglphase of moon when in conjunction with sun
Irish nuaré, gealach úr
- nuaréphase of moon when in conjunction with sun
- gealach úrthe moon when in conjunction with sun
- nuaréthe moon when in conjunction with sun
Italian luna nuova, novilunio
- luna nuovaphase of moon when in conjunction with sun
- noviluniophase of moon when in conjunction with sun
- congiunzionethe moon when in conjunction with sun
- noviluniophase of moon when it is waxing
Japanese 新月, 朔
- 新月 (shingetsu)phase of moon when in conjunction with sun
- 朔 (saku)phase of moon when in conjunction with sun
Korean 초승(初生)달, 신월
- 초승(初生)달 (choseungdal)phase of moon when in conjunction with sun
- 신월 (sinwol)phase of moon when in conjunction with sun
- 현월 (hyeonwol)phase of moon when in conjunction with sun
Latin luna nova, novilunium
- luna novaphase of moon when in conjunction with sun
- noviluniumphase of moon when in conjunction with sun
- noviluniumthe moon when in conjunction with sun
- luna novathe moon when in conjunction with sun
Lithuanian jaunatis
- jaunatisphase of moon when in conjunction with sun
Malay anak bulan
- anak bulanphase of moon when in conjunction with sun
Māori pewa, kōhiti
- pewaphase of moon when in conjunction with sun
- kōhitithe moon when in conjunction with sun
- kōwhitithe moon when in conjunction with sun
Norwegian Bokmål nymåne
- nymånephase of moon when in conjunction with sun
Persian ماه نو, نوماه
- ماه نو (mâh-e now)phase of moon when in conjunction with sun
- نوماه (nowmâh)phase of moon when in conjunction with sun
Polish nów
- nówphase of moon when in conjunction with sun
Portuguese lua nova
- lua novaphase of moon when in conjunction with sun
Romanian lună nouă
- lună nouăphase of moon when in conjunction with sun
Russian новолу́ние, но́вая луна́
- новолу́ние (novolúnije)phase of moon when in conjunction with sun
- но́вая луна́ (nóvaja luná)phase of moon when in conjunction with sun
- но́вая луна́ (nóvaja luná)the moon when in conjunction with sun
Slovak nov
- novphase of moon when in conjunction with sun
Spanish luna creciente, luna nueva
- luna crecientethe moon when it is waxing
- luna nuevaphase of moon when in conjunction with sun
- noviluniophase of moon when in conjunction with sun
Swedish nymåne, nymåne
- nymånethe moon when it is waxing
- nymånephase of moon when in conjunction with sun
- nymånadphase of moon when in conjunction with sun
- nymånethe moon when in conjunction with sun
- nymånephase of moon when it is waxing
Tagalog patay na buwan, bagong buwan
- patay na buwanphase of moon when in conjunction with sun
- bagong buwanphase of moon when in conjunction with sun
Tamil புதுநிலவு, மறைமதி
- புதுநிலவு (putunilavu)phase of moon when in conjunction with sun
- மறைமதி (maṟaimati)phase of moon when in conjunction with sun
- அமாவாசை (amāvācai)phase of moon when in conjunction with sun
Turkish hilal, ayça
- hilalthe moon when it is waxing
- ayçathe moon when it is waxing
- yeniayphase of moon when in conjunction with sun
- yeni ayphase of moon when in conjunction with sun
- hilalphase of moon when in conjunction with sun
- ayçaphase of moon when in conjunction with sun
- hilalthe moon when in conjunction with sun
- ayçathe moon when in conjunction with sun
- yeniayphase of moon when it is waxing
- yeni ayphase of moon when it is waxing
- hilalphase of moon when it is waxing
- ayçaphase of moon when it is waxing
Ukrainian моло́дик, нів
- моло́дик (molódyk)phase of moon when in conjunction with sun
- нів (niv)phase of moon when in conjunction with sun
- нови́й мі́сяць (novýj mísjacʹ)phase of moon when in conjunction with sun
Vietnamese trăng non
- trăng nonphase of moon when in conjunction with sun
Yiddish מולד
- מולד (moyled)phase of moon when in conjunction with sun
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