sublunar

English

Etymology

From sub- +‎ lunar.

Adjective

sublunar (not comparable)

1. Situated beneath the Moon.

   Synonyms: sublunary, cislunar

   Antonyms: superlunar, superlunary, translunar, translunary

   • 1817 December, Percy Bysshe Shelley, “The Revolt of Islam. […]”, in [Mary] Shelley, editor, The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley. […], volume I, London: Edward Moxon […], published 1839, →OCLC, page 234:

     The City’s moon-lit spires and myriad lamps,
     Like stars in a sublunar sky did glow,
     And fires blazed far amid the scattered camps,
     Like springs of flame, which burst where’er swift Earthquake stamps.

2. Of this world; earthly.

   Synonym: sublunary

   Antonyms: otherworldly, heavenly, celestial, ethereal

Translations

beneath the Moon

• Dutch: ondermaans (nl), sublunarisch (nl)
• Finnish: kuunalinen
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• German: sublunarisch (de)
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• Latin: sublūnāris
• Polish: podksiężycowy
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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French sublunaire.

Adjective

sublunar m or n (feminine singular sublunară, masculine plural sublunari, feminine and neuter plural sublunare)

1. sublunary

Declension

Declension of sublunar

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	sublunar		sublunară	sublunari	sublunare
	definite	sublunarul		sublunara	sublunarii	sublunarele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	sublunar		sublunare	sublunari	sublunare
	definite	sublunarului		sublunarei	sublunarilor	sublunarelor

Spanish

Adjective

sublunar m or f (masculine and feminine plural sublunares)

1. sublunar

Further reading

• “sublunar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16