moonbeam

English

Etymology

In Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream 1590.[1] Compound of moon +‎ beam.

Noun

moon beam (plural moonbeams)

A shaft of moonlight.[2]
- 1850, Lydia Sigourney, The Brother from Poems for the Sea, page 70:
  A moonbeam pierced the heavy cloud!
Moonlight generally.

Synonyms

moon ray

Translations

shaft of moonlight

Chinese:
Mandarin: 月光 (zh) (yuèguāng)
Finnish: kuunsäde (fi)
German: Mondstrahl m
Hungarian: holdsugár (hu)

Japanese: 月光 (ja) (がっこう, gakkō, げっこう, gekkō)
Korean: 달의 광선 (darui gwangseon)
Polish: promień księżyca
Russian: лу́нный луч m (lúnnyj luč), полоса́ лу́нного све́та f (polosá lúnnovo svéta)
Tagalog: sinag ng buwan

moonlight generally — see moonlight

See also

sunbeam

References

Chambers Dictionary of Etymology, Robert K. Barnhart (ed.), Chambers, 1988
Webster's College Dictionary, Random House, 2001

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