eclipse in Malay
gerhana
/ɪˈklɪps/
eclipse in Malay: gerhana. In English, eclipse means an alignment of astronomical objects whereby one object comes between the observer (or notional observer) and another object, thus obscuring the latter.
Malay words for eclipse
- passage of a planetary object between others
- gerhana
English meaning of eclipse
- noun An alignment of astronomical objects whereby one object comes between the observer (or notional observer) and another object, thus obscuring the latter.
- noun Especially, an alignment whereby a planetary object (for example, the Moon) comes between the Sun and another planetary object (for example, the Earth), resulting in a shadow being cast by the middle planetary object onto the other planetary object.
- noun A seasonal state of plumage in some birds, notably ducks, adopted temporarily after the breeding season and characterised by a dull and scruffy appearance.
- noun Obscurity, decline, downfall.
eclipse in a sentence
- The Moon eclipsed the Sun.
Synonyms of eclipse
eclipse in other languages
- eclipse in Hindi
- eclipse in Tamil
- eclipse in Marathi
- eclipse in Urdu
- eclipse in Bengali
- eclipse in Telugu
- eclipse in Malayalam
- eclipse in Kannada
- eclipse in Punjabi
- eclipse in Gujarati
- eclipse in Sanskrit
- eclipse in Nepali
- eclipse in Tagalog
- eclipse in Arabic
- eclipse in Indonesian
- eclipse in Persian
- eclipse in Thai
- eclipse in Vietnamese
Questions about eclipse in Malay
- What is the meaning of eclipse in Malay?
- Eclipse in Malay is gerhana.
- Apakah maksud eclipse dalam bahasa Melayu?
- Eclipse: gerhana.
- What does eclipse mean in English?
- Eclipse means an alignment of astronomical objects whereby one object comes between the observer (or notional observer) and another object, thus obscuring the latter.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: eclipse (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Malay words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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