lunaison
French, noun/ly.nɛ.zɔ̃/
lunaison is spelled L-U-N-A-I-S-O-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written French, the 139,724th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lunaison is a French feminine noun meaning “lunation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Temps qui s’écoule depuis la nouvelle lune jusqu’à la prochaine nouvelle lune”.
What does lunaison mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininelunation
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Temps qui s’écoule depuis la nouvelle lune jusqu’à la prochaine nouvelle lune.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of lunaison
- lunaisons plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lunaison?
- /ly.nɛ.zɔ̃/
- /ly.ne.zɔ̃/
- \ly.nɛ.zɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is lunaison in French?
lunaison appears about once in every 19 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).