moonrise
/ˈmunˌɹaɪz/
moonrise noun: the time of day or night when the moon begins to rise over the horizon.
Noun
moonrise (countable and uncountable, plural moonrises)
- The time of day or night when the moon begins to rise over the horizon.
- Venus now re-assembles her Choirs of Virgins at Moon-rise, and leads the Ball.1742, Matthew Towers, transl., The Lyric Pieces of Horace, Dublin, Volume I, Ode III, p. 17
- Shooting, hunting, and cricket, were pursued with the eagerness of laborious occupations: often has he rambled about from day-break to moon-rise, in search of game; and then returned to Mr. ONiel’s, pale with fatigue, and sick with fasting.1804, Anna Maria Porter, The Lake of Killarney, volume I, London: Longman & Rees, page 23
moonrise meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Telugu
moonrise in Hindi
- the time of day or night when the moon begins to rise over the horizon
- चंद्रोदय candroday
moonrise in Tamil
- the time of day or night when the moon begins to rise over the horizon
- உதய நிலா utaya nilā
moonrise in Bengali
- the time of day or night when the moon begins to rise over the horizon
- চন্দ্রোদয় condrōdoẏ
moonrise in Telugu
- the time of day or night when the moon begins to rise over the horizon
- చంద్రోదయము candrōdayamu
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- moonrise in Malayalam
- ചന്ദ്രോദയം candrōdayaṁ
- moonrise in Arabic
- شَفَق šafaq, غَسَق ḡasaq, عَتَمَة ʕatama
Examples of moonrise in a sentence
- I carefully wrapped her in my jacket, and sat down beside her to wait for the moonrise.1895 May 29, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, “When the Night Came”, in The Time Machine: An Invention, London: William Heinemann, →OCLC, page 102:
- "My staff has prepared a traditional hunt for all of you shortly after moonrise."” “Ooh.” “"In the meantime, please enjoy this art show of recent oil paintings." [laughs]”2023 August 31, William Meny & Paul Simms, “A Weekend at Morrigan Manor” (8:56 from the start), in What We Do in the Shadows, season 5...
- “We have a beautiful moonrise and we’re headed right at it,” said Reid Wiseman, the NASA astronaut who is the commander of the mission, as the crew headed into space.2026 April 1, Kenneth Chang, quoting Reid Wiseman, “Artemis II Completes First Day of Its NASA Lunar Mission”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
Synonyms of moonrise
Antonyms
Forms of moonrise
| plural | moonrises |
|---|---|
| alternative form | moon-rise |
| alternative form | moon rise |
Origin of moonrise
From moon + rise.
Questions about moonrise
- What does moonrise mean?
- Moonrise means the time of day or night when the moon begins to rise over the horizon.
- What is moonrise in Hindi?
- Moonrise in Hindi is चंद्रोदय (candroday). See Moonrise meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use moonrise in a sentence?
- I carefully wrapped her in my jacket, and sat down beside her to wait for the moonrise.
- What part of speech is moonrise?
- Moonrise is a noun.
- How do you pronounce moonrise?
- Moonrise is pronounced /ˈmunˌɹaɪz/ (US).
- What is the plural of moonrise?
- The plural of moonrise is moonrises.
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Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: moonrise (page history and authors); ചന്ദ്രോദയം (Malayalam) (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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