"lunar month" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: lunar months [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} lunar month (plural lunar months)
  1. A period from one new moon until the next. Categories (topical): Calendar Translations (a period from one new moon until the next): စန္ဒြမာသ (candra.masa.) (Burmese), 太陰月 (Chinese Mandarin), 太阴月 (tàiyīnyuè) (Chinese Mandarin), lúa [feminine] (Galician), lunación [feminine] (Galician), лу́нный ме́сяц (lúnnyj mésjac) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-lunar_month-en-noun-Mb37~s~~ Disambiguation of Calendar: 33 37 29 Disambiguation of 'a period from one new moon until the next': 84 12 4
  2. A synodic month of approximately 29.53 days, measured from a lunar phase until the return of that same phase. Categories (topical): Calendar Synonyms (29.53 days): lunation, synodic month Translations (a synodic month): лу́нный ме́сяц (lúnnyj mésjac) [masculine] (Russian), синодический ме́сяц (sinodičeskij mésjac) [masculine] (Russian), обы́чный ме́сяц (obýčnyj mésjac) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-lunar_month-en-noun-q9D12~Uk Disambiguation of Calendar: 33 37 29 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 43 53 Disambiguation of '29.53 days': 4 68 28 Disambiguation of 'a synodic month': 13 75 12
  3. A sidereal month of approximately 27.32 days, the length of time taken by the moon in its orbit about the Earth to return to the same point as viewed against the background of stars. Categories (topical): Calendar Synonyms (27.32 days): sidereal month, stellar month Translations (a sidereal month): лу́нный ме́сяц (lúnnyj mésjac) [masculine] (Russian), сидерический ме́сяц (sideričeskij mésjac) [masculine] (Russian), звёздный ме́сяц (zvjózdnyj mésjac) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-lunar_month-en-noun-HWVu06lm Disambiguation of Calendar: 33 37 29 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 43 53 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 7 39 53 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 8 40 53 Disambiguation of '27.32 days': 4 28 68 Disambiguation of 'a sidereal month': 2 20 78

Inflected forms

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