lune

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Au clair de la lune, au bruit du vent,

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  1. noun A crescent-shaped portion of a plane or sphere bounded by two arcs of circles.

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  • Once he wrote his signature Solomon of Troyes 10 Since "lune," moon, in Hebrew "yerah," is contained in "Lunel," a number of scholars coming from Lunel bore the surname "Yarhi." —  Rashi
  • Sindarin alone among contemporary languages possessed the ‘modified’ or fronted u , more or less as u in French lune . —  The Lord of the Rings
  • “J'acclamerais avec delice 'Au clair de la lune,' meme avec variations,” he said, in his comical way. —  In the Courts of Memory 1858-1875
  • My room has a demi-lune window which is aligned perfectly with that darn satellite. —  Fibermania
  • Mottes de mâche by Une vallée dans la lune, licensed under Creative Commons —  b.rox
 

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  1. Latin lūna, moon; see leuk- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from French lune = Spanish Portuguese Italian luna, from Latin luna, the moon: see luna.
  2. Prob. another form of line.
 

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