sublunary

• Adjectif désignant ce qui appartient à la Terre ou au monde matériel situé sous la lune ; utilisé dans un contexte philosophique ou poétique pour qualifier ce qui est terrestre, mondain ou périssable.

An archaic adjective relating to the Earth or the material world beneath the moon; used in philosophical or poetic contexts to describe earthly, mundane, or temporal things.

1. Situated between the earth and the moonC2formal

   Relating to the region or space that lies between the Earth and the Moon.

   sublunaire

   • Ancient astronomers studied the sublunary sphere.
   • The sublunary realm was once thought to be imperfect.
   • Meteors were believed to originate in the sublunary region.

   Synonymescislunar

2. Of this earthC2formal

   Relating to the earthly world, as opposed to the celestial or spiritual; mundane.

   qui concerne le monde terrestre

   • The poet wrote about sublunary love and human suffering.
   • Philosophers often contrast the sublunary world with the heavens.
   • All sublunary things are subject to change and decay.

   Synonymesearthlymortalmundanesublunartemporalterrestrialworldly

   Antonymescelestialetherealsupernaltranscendent