lunar month
lunar month noun: a period from one new moon until the next.
Noun
lunar month (plural lunar months)
- A period from one new moon until the next.
- A synodic month of approximately 29.53 days, measured from a lunar phase until the return of that same phase.
- Synonyms:
- lunation, synodic month
- A sidereal month of approximately 27.32 days, the length of time taken by the moon in its orbit about the Earth to return to the same point as viewed against the background of stars.
- Synonyms:
- sidereal month, stellar month
lunar month meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Sanskrit
lunar month in Hindi
- a period from one new moon until the next
- मास mās
lunar month in Tamil
- சந்திரமாதம்
lunar month in Urdu
- a lunar month
- چاند cā̃d
lunar month in Sanskrit
- a lunar month
- चान्द्र cāndra
More languagesFewer languages
- lunar month in Myanmar
- စန္ဒြမာသ candra.masa.
Synonyms of lunar month
Forms of lunar month
| plural | lunar months |
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Questions about lunar month
- What does lunar month mean?
- Lunar month means a period from one new moon until the next.
- What is lunar month in Hindi?
- Lunar month in Hindi is मास (mās). See Lunar month meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is lunar month?
- Lunar month is a noun.
- What is the plural of lunar month?
- The plural of lunar month is lunar months.
Words near lunar month in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: lunar month (page history and authors); lunar month (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); چاند (Urdu) (page history and authors); चान्द्र (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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