"harvest moon" meaning in English

See harvest moon in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: harvest moons [plural]
Etymology: Extra light provides longer hours for the harvesting that occurs in the Northern Hemisphere at this time of year. Head templates: {{en-noun}} harvest moon (plural harvest moons)
  1. The first full moon of autumn by a tropical year. Translations (first full moon of autumn): syksyn ensimmäinen täysikuu (Finnish), erster Vollmond m im Herbst (German), Herbstvollmond [masculine] (German)
    Sense id: en-harvest_moon-en-noun-A2dU9pJ8 Disambiguation of 'first full moon of autumn': 56 44
  2. The full moon nearest the autumn equinox, when the moon rises the latest and lowest in the sky and seems to appear the biggest, as seen from the Northern Hemisphere. Translations (full moon nearest the autumn equinox): syyskuun täysikuu (Finnish), Erntemond [masculine] (German), Herbstmond [masculine] (German), Herbstvollmond [masculine] (German), Septembervollmond [masculine] (German), 中秋の名月 (chūshū no meigetsu) (Japanese)
    Sense id: en-harvest_moon-en-noun-xPJUU2ce Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 97 Disambiguation of 'full moon nearest the autumn equinox': 32 68
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: wine moon, singing moon, elk call moon
Related terms: wolf moon, hunger moon, old moon (english: January), snow moon, ice moon (english: February), worm moon, sap moon, sugaring moon, crow moon, storm moon (english: March), pink moon, egg moon, grass moon, rain moon, growing moon, wind moon (english: April), flower moon, planting moon, milk moon, hare moon (english: May), strawberry moon, rose moon, honey moon, mead moon (english: June), buck moon, thunder moon, deer moon, hay moon (english: July), sturgeon moon, corn moon, fruit moon, barley moon (english: August), gypsy moon (english: September), hunter's moon (english: October), beaver moon, frost moon, frosty moon, snow moon (english: November), cold moon, long night moon, winter moon (english: December), blue moon, wet moon

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for harvest moon meaning in English (4.6kB)

{
  "etymology_text": "Extra light provides longer hours for the harvesting that occurs in the Northern Hemisphere at this time of year.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "harvest moons",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "harvest moon (plural harvest moons)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50",
      "word": "wolf moon"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50",
      "word": "hunger moon"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50",
      "english": "January",
      "word": "old moon"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50",
      "word": "snow moon"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50",
      "english": "February",
      "word": "ice moon"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50",
      "word": "worm moon"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50",
      "word": "sap moon"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50",
      "word": "sugaring moon"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50",
      "word": "crow moon"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50",
      "english": "March",
      "word": "storm moon"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50",
      "word": "pink moon"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50",
      "word": "egg moon"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50",
      "word": "grass moon"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50",
      "word": "rain moon"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50",
      "word": "growing moon"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50",
      "english": "April",
      "word": "wind moon"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50",
      "word": "flower moon"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50",
      "word": "planting moon"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50",
      "word": "milk moon"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50",
      "english": "May",
      "word": "hare moon"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50",
      "word": "strawberry moon"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50",
      "word": "rose moon"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50",
      "word": "honey moon"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50",
      "english": "June",
      "word": "mead moon"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50",
      "word": "buck moon"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50",
      "word": "thunder moon"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50",
      "word": "deer moon"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50",
      "english": "July",
      "word": "hay moon"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50",
      "word": "sturgeon moon"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50",
      "word": "corn moon"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50",
      "word": "fruit moon"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50",
      "english": "August",
      "word": "barley moon"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50",
      "english": "September",
      "word": "gypsy moon"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50",
      "english": "October",
      "word": "hunter's moon"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50",
      "word": "beaver moon"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50",
      "word": "frost moon"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50",
      "word": "frosty moon"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50",
      "english": "November",
      "word": "snow moon"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50",
      "word": "cold moon"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50",
      "word": "long night moon"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50",
      "english": "December",
      "word": "winter moon"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50",
      "word": "blue moon"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50",
      "word": "wet moon"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The first full moon of autumn by a tropical year."
      ],
      "id": "en-harvest_moon-en-noun-A2dU9pJ8",
      "links": [
        [
          "full moon",
          "full moon"
        ],
        [
          "autumn",
          "autumn"
        ],
        [
          "tropical year",
          "tropical year"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "56 44",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "first full moon of autumn",
          "word": "syksyn ensimmäinen täysikuu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 44",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "first full moon of autumn",
          "word": "erster Vollmond m im Herbst"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 44",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "first full moon of autumn",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Herbstvollmond"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "3 97",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The full moon nearest the autumn equinox, when the moon rises the latest and lowest in the sky and seems to appear the biggest, as seen from the Northern Hemisphere."
      ],
      "id": "en-harvest_moon-en-noun-xPJUU2ce",
      "links": [
        [
          "equinox",
          "equinox"
        ],
        [
          "Northern Hemisphere",
          "Northern Hemisphere"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "32 68",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "full moon nearest the autumn equinox",
          "word": "syyskuun täysikuu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "32 68",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "full moon nearest the autumn equinox",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Erntemond"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "32 68",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "full moon nearest the autumn equinox",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Herbstmond"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "32 68",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "full moon nearest the autumn equinox",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Herbstvollmond"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "32 68",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "full moon nearest the autumn equinox",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Septembervollmond"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "32 68",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "chūshū no meigetsu",
          "sense": "full moon nearest the autumn equinox",
          "word": "中秋の名月"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50",
      "word": "wine moon"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50",
      "word": "singing moon"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50",
      "word": "elk call moon"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "harvest moon"
  ],
  "word": "harvest moon"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English nouns"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Extra light provides longer hours for the harvesting that occurs in the Northern Hemisphere at this time of year.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "harvest moons",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "harvest moon (plural harvest moons)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "wolf moon"
    },
    {
      "word": "hunger moon"
    },
    {
      "english": "January",
      "word": "old moon"
    },
    {
      "word": "snow moon"
    },
    {
      "english": "February",
      "word": "ice moon"
    },
    {
      "word": "worm moon"
    },
    {
      "word": "sap moon"
    },
    {
      "word": "sugaring moon"
    },
    {
      "word": "crow moon"
    },
    {
      "english": "March",
      "word": "storm moon"
    },
    {
      "word": "pink moon"
    },
    {
      "word": "egg moon"
    },
    {
      "word": "grass moon"
    },
    {
      "word": "rain moon"
    },
    {
      "word": "growing moon"
    },
    {
      "english": "April",
      "word": "wind moon"
    },
    {
      "word": "flower moon"
    },
    {
      "word": "planting moon"
    },
    {
      "word": "milk moon"
    },
    {
      "english": "May",
      "word": "hare moon"
    },
    {
      "word": "strawberry moon"
    },
    {
      "word": "rose moon"
    },
    {
      "word": "honey moon"
    },
    {
      "english": "June",
      "word": "mead moon"
    },
    {
      "word": "buck moon"
    },
    {
      "word": "thunder moon"
    },
    {
      "word": "deer moon"
    },
    {
      "english": "July",
      "word": "hay moon"
    },
    {
      "word": "sturgeon moon"
    },
    {
      "word": "corn moon"
    },
    {
      "word": "fruit moon"
    },
    {
      "english": "August",
      "word": "barley moon"
    },
    {
      "english": "September",
      "word": "gypsy moon"
    },
    {
      "english": "October",
      "word": "hunter's moon"
    },
    {
      "word": "beaver moon"
    },
    {
      "word": "frost moon"
    },
    {
      "word": "frosty moon"
    },
    {
      "english": "November",
      "word": "snow moon"
    },
    {
      "word": "cold moon"
    },
    {
      "word": "long night moon"
    },
    {
      "english": "December",
      "word": "winter moon"
    },
    {
      "word": "blue moon"
    },
    {
      "word": "wet moon"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The first full moon of autumn by a tropical year."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "full moon",
          "full moon"
        ],
        [
          "autumn",
          "autumn"
        ],
        [
          "tropical year",
          "tropical year"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The full moon nearest the autumn equinox, when the moon rises the latest and lowest in the sky and seems to appear the biggest, as seen from the Northern Hemisphere."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "equinox",
          "equinox"
        ],
        [
          "Northern Hemisphere",
          "Northern Hemisphere"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "wine moon"
    },
    {
      "word": "singing moon"
    },
    {
      "word": "elk call moon"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "first full moon of autumn",
      "word": "syksyn ensimmäinen täysikuu"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "first full moon of autumn",
      "word": "erster Vollmond m im Herbst"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "first full moon of autumn",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Herbstvollmond"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "full moon nearest the autumn equinox",
      "word": "syyskuun täysikuu"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "full moon nearest the autumn equinox",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Erntemond"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "full moon nearest the autumn equinox",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Herbstmond"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "full moon nearest the autumn equinox",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Herbstvollmond"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "full moon nearest the autumn equinox",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Septembervollmond"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "chūshū no meigetsu",
      "sense": "full moon nearest the autumn equinox",
      "word": "中秋の名月"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "harvest moon"
  ],
  "word": "harvest moon"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.