1. Satellite naturel de la Terre (avec une majuscule).
2. Clarté que la Lune envoie à la Terre. (On dit aussi clair de lune.)
3.Familier. Visage rond, joufflu. (On dit aussi face de lune.)
4.Populaire. Derrière, fesses.
5. Satellite naturel d'une planète quelconque. (Les lunes de Jupiter, par exemple)
6. Rotation complète avant du corps tendu, exécutée par les femmes au cheval de saut et par les hommes à la barre fixe.
Expressions avec lune
Populaire. Con comme la lune,
complètement stupide.
Coup de pied à la lune,
en natation, plongeon renversé avec départ face à l'eau et retournement en arrière.
Demander, promettre la lune,
des choses impossibles.
Familier. Depuis des lunes,
depuis un temps immémorial, depuis longtemps.
Être dans la lune,
être distrait, perdu dans ses pensées.
Faire voir la lune en plein midi,
abuser de la crédulité de quelqu'un.
Lune de miel,
les premiers temps, réputés les plus heureux, du mariage (calque de l'anglais honeymoon) ; période de bonne entente après un accord entre deux partis, deux pays, etc.
Lune rousse,
lunaison qui commence après Pâques, souvent accompagnée de gelées nocturnes qui font roussir les jeunes pousses.
Nouvelle lune (N.L.),
phase de la Lune dans laquelle celle-ci, se trouvant placée entre le Soleil et la Terre, tourne vers celle-là son hémisphère obscur et est donc invisible.
Pigeon lune,
race de pigeons d'agrément, à pattes emplumées.
Pleine lune (P.L.),
phase de la Lune dans laquelle celle-ci, se trouvant à l'opposé du Soleil par rapport à la Terre, tourne vers celle-là son hémisphère éclairé et est donc visible sous l'aspect d'un disque entier.
Tomber de la lune,
être surpris par un événement imprévu.
Vieux. Vieilles lunes,
idées dépassées, périmées.
Difficultés de lune
ORTHOGRAPHE
Avec ou sans majuscule, selon le sens.
La lune (= le disque lumineux de l'astre) s'écrit avec une minuscule : la pleine lune, un croissant de lune. - On écrit également avec une minuscule les expressions figurées : être dans la lune, demander la lune, tomber de la lune, la lune de miel, etc.
La Lune (= le satellite naturel de la Terre) s'écrit avec une majuscule : la Lune tourne autour de la Terre ; l'homme a marché sur la Lune en 1969.
Une lune (= un satellite naturel d'une planète quelconque) s'écrit avec une minuscule : les lunes de Jupiter, de Saturne.
Citations avec lune
Rafael Alberti (Puerta de Santa Maria 1902-Puerta de Santa Maria 1999) Nous savions seulement […] qu'une éclipse de lune trompe les fleurs et fait avancer la montre des oiseaux. Sólo sabíamos […] que un eclipse de luna equivoca a las flores y adelanta el reloj de los pájaros. Sobre los ángeles, Los ángeles colegiales
Robert Burton (Lindley, Leicestershire, 1577-Oxford 1640) La lune se soucie-t-elle de l'aboiement d'un chien ? Doth the moon care for the barking of a dog ? The Anatomy of Melancholy, II
Jules Laforgue (Montevideo 1860-Paris 1887) Ah ! ce soir, j'ai le cœur mal, le cœur à la Lune. L'Imitation de Notre-Dame la Lune, États
Jules Laforgue (Montevideo 1860-Paris 1887) Penser qu'on vivra jamais dans cet astre*, Parfois me flanque un coup dans l'épigastre. L'Imitation de Notre-Dame la Lune, Clair de lune *la Lune
Guy de Maupassant (château de Miromesnil, Tourville-sur-Arques, 1850-Paris 1893) L'homme qui aime normalement sous le soleil, adore frénétiquement sous la lune. Sur l'eau
Minamoto no Sanetomo (Kamakura 1192-Kamakura 1219) Ah si je pouvais Ne plus jamais l'entendre Le soir sous la lune Il fait croire que l'on vient Le vent qui effleure les roseaux ! Kinkai-shû, II, 426
Alfred de Musset (Paris 1810-Paris 1857) C'était, dans la nuit brune, Sur le clocher jauni, La lune, Comme un point sur un i. Premières Poésies, Ballade à la lune
Gérard Labrunie, dit Gérard deNerval (Paris 1808-Paris 1855) Notre pauvre lune de miel n'a guère eu qu'un premier quartier Lettres à Jenny Colon
Sato Norikiyo, dit Saigyo (1118-Osaka 1190) En ce monde vain que j'ai quitté et rejeté puisse la lune plus ne demeurer, de sorte que mon cœur ne s'y attache ! Sanka-Sho, I, 405 (Recueil d'une hutte de montagne)
Paul Valéry (Sète 1871-Paris 1945) Nous partagions ce fruit de féeries La lune amicale aux insensés. Album de vers anciens, le Bois amical , Gallimard
Virgile en latin Publius Vergilius Maro (Andes, aujourd'hui Pietole, près de Mantoue, 70 avant J.-C.-Brindes 19 avant J.-C.) dans le silence amical de la lune complice. L'Énéide, II, 255 tacitae per amica silentia lunae.
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