Red Crescent

English

The Red Crescent emblem.

Proper noun

the Red Crescent

1. A branch of the Red Cross that operates in Muslim countries.
2. The symbol of this branch.

Translations

branch of the Red Cross

• Afrikaans: Rooi Halfmaan
• Albanian: Gjysëmhëna e Kuqe
• Arabic: اَلْهِلَال اَلْأَحْمَر m (al-hilāl al-ʔaḥmar)
• Armenian: Կարմիր մահիկ (Karmir mahik)
• Azerbaijani: Qırmızı Ay
• Basque: Ilargi Gorria
• Belarusian: Чырвоны Паўмесяц m (Čyrvóny Paŭmjesjac)
• Bulgarian: Червен полумесец m (Červen polumesec)
• Catalan: Mitja Lluna Roja f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 紅新月／红新月 (zh) (Hóngxīnyuè), 紅新月會／红新月会 (zh) (Hóngxīnyuè huì)

• Czech: Červený půlměsíc m
• Danish: Røde Halvmåne c
• Dutch: Rode Halvemaan (nl) m
• Esperanto: Ruĝa Krescento
• Estonian: Punane Poolkuu
• Faroese: Reyði Hálvmáni m
• Finnish: Punainen Puolikuu
• French: Croissant-Rouge (fr) m
• Galician: Media Lúa Vermella f
• Georgian: წითელი ნახევარმთვარე (c̣iteli naxevarmtvare)
• German: Roter Halbmond (de) m / der Rote Halbmond m
• Greek: Ερυθρά Ηημισέληνος f (Erythrá Iimisélinos)
• Hebrew: הסהר האדום m (hasáhar haadóm)
• Hindi: रेड क्रेसेन्ट (reḍ kresenṭ)
• Hungarian: Vörös Félhold (hu)
• Icelandic: Rauði Hálfmáninn m
• Ido: Reda Miluno, Reda Krecento
• Indonesian: Bulan Sabit Merah
• Irish: Corrán Dhearg m
• Italian: Mezzaluna Rossa f
• Japanese: 赤新月 (せきしんげつ, seki-shingetsu)
• Kazakh: Қызыл Жарты (Qyzyl Jarty), Қызыл Жарты Ай (Qyzyl Jarty Ai)
• Korean: 적신월기 (jeoksinwolgi)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: Heyva Sor (ku) f

• Latvian: Sarkanā Pusmēness m
• Lithuanian: Raudonojo Pusmėnulis m
• Macedonian: Црвена полумесечина f (Crvena polumesečina)
• Malay: Bulan Sabit Merah
• Mongolian: Улаан Хавирган (Ulaan Xavirgan)
• Norwegian: Røde Halvmåne m

  Nynorsk: Raude halvmåna

• Persian: هلال احمر (helâl-e ahmar)
• Polish: Czerwony Półksiężyc m
• Portuguese: Crescente Vermelho m
• Romanian: Semiluna Roșie f
• Russian: Кра́сный Полуме́сяц m (Krásnyj Polumésjac)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Црвени полумесец m, Црвени полумјесец m

  Roman: Crveni polumesec m, Crveni polumjesec m

• Slovak: Červený polmesiac m
• Slovene: Rdeči polmesec (sl) m
• Spanish: Media Luna Roja (es) f
• Swedish: Röda Halvmånen c
• Tagalog: Gasuklay na Pula
• Tatar: Qızıl Yarımay
• Thai: เสี้ยววงเดือนแดง (sîao-wong-dʉʉan-dɛɛng)
• Turkish: Kızılay
• Ukrainian: Червоний Півмісяц m (Červonyj Pivmisjac)
• Vietnamese: Trăng lưỡi liềm đỏ

symbol

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 紅新月／红新月 (zh) (Hóngxīnyuè)

• Finnish: punainen puolikuu

Further reading

• “Red Crescent”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “Red Crescent”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “Red Crescent”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
• “Red Crescent”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “the Red Crescent” (US) / “the Red Crescent” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.