lunette
/luːˈnɛt/noun
lunette is spelled L-U-N-E-T-T-E: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 19 million words in written English, the 130,282nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, lunette means “A small opening in a vaulted roof of a circular or crescent shape” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of lunette is lunettes.
How many letters and syllables are in lunette?
| Letters | 7: L-U-N-E-T-T-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 19 million words; the 130,282nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is lunette?
Lunette appears about once in every 19 million words in written English, the 130,282nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce lunette?
- UK /luːˈnɛt/
- UK /ljuːˈnɛt/
- US /luːˈnɛt/
Lunette has 2 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-lunette.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with lunette?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as lunette from its last stressed vowel (/ɛt/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of lunette
- lunettes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does lunette mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A small opening in a vaulted roof of a circular or crescent shape.
- 2
A crescent-shaped recess or void in the space above a window or door.
The decoration of a lunette discovered in the Duomo of Pistoia in the 1950s, which represents Christ blessing and Saints James and John, all bust-length, constitutes a more remarkable and stylistically more advanced approach to painting.
- 3
obsoleteAn image or other representation of a crescent moon.
- 4
A field work consisting of two projecting faces forming a wedge each of which extends from one of two parallel flanks.
- 5
A luna: a crescent-shaped receptacle, often glass, for holding the (consecrated) host (the bread of communion) upright when exposed in the monstrance.
- 6
A type of flattened glass used in watch-making.
- 7
The circular hole in the guillotine in which the victim's neck is placed.
- 8
A type of crescent-shaped dune blown up along a lake basin, especially in dry areas of Australia.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Lunette in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does lunette come from?
Unadapted borrowing from French lunette, diminutive of lune (“moon”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).