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hon·ey·moon

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–noun

1.	a vacation or trip taken by a newly married couple.

2.	the month or so following a marriage.

3.	any period of blissful harmony: Their entire 60 years of marriage was one long honeymoon.

4.	any new relationship characterized by an initial period of harmony and goodwill: The honeymoon between Congress and the new president was over.

–verb (used without object)

5.	to spend one's honeymoon (usually fol. by in or at).

[Origin: 1540–50; honey + moon

]

—Related forms

hon·ey·moon·er, noun

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hon·ey·moon Audio Help (hŭn'ē-mōōn') Pronunciation Key
n.

A holiday or trip taken by a newly married couple.
An early harmonious period in a relationship: The honeymoon between the new President and the press was soon over.

intr.v. hon·ey·mooned, hon·ey·moon·ing, hon·ey·moons
To go on a honeymoon.

[Perhaps from a comparison of the moon, which wanes as soon as it is full, to the affections of a newly married couple, which are most tender right after marriage.]

hon'ey·moon'er n.

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honeymoon

1546, hony moone, but probably much older, from honey in reference to the new marriage's sweetness, and moon in reference to how long it would probably last, or from the changing aspect of the moon: no sooner full than it begins to wane. Fr. has cognate lune de miel, but Ger. version is flitterwochen (pl.), from flitter "tinsel."

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honeymoon
noun
1.	a holiday taken by a newly married couple
2.	the early (usually calm and harmonious) period of a relationship; business or political
verb
1.	spend a holiday after one's marriage; "they plan to honeymoon in Hawai'i"

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ˈhoneymoon noun

a holiday spent immediately after one's marriage
Example: We went to London for our honeymoon; (also adjective) a honeymoon couple

Arabic:	شَهْر عَسَل
Chinese (Simplified):	蜜月
Chinese (Traditional):	蜜月
Czech:	líbánky; svatební cesta; novomanželský
Danish:	bryllupsrejse; hvedebrødsdage
Dutch:	huwelijksreis
Estonian:	mesinädalad
Finnish:	kuherruskuukausi
French:	lune de miel; de jeunes mariés
German:	die Flitterwochen
Greek:	μήνας του μέλιτος
Hungarian:	nászút
Icelandic:	brúðkaupsferð
Indonesian:	bulan madu
Italian:	luna di miele*

Japanese:	新婚旅行
Korean:	신혼 여행
Latvian:	medus mēnesis; medus mēneša-
Lithuanian:	medaus mėnuo
Norwegian:	bryllupsreise, hvetebrødsdager
Polish:	podróż poślubna
Portuguese (Brazil):	lua-de-mel
Portuguese (Portugal):	lua de mel
Romanian:	(în) luna de miere
Russian:	медовый месяц
Slovak:	svadobná cesta; novomanželský
Slovenian:	medeni tedni
Spanish:	luna de miel
Swedish:	smekmånad
Turkish:	balayı

See also: honeybee, honeycomb, honey

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