half-moon

See also: halfmoon and half moon

English

Etymology

half- +‎ moon

Alternative forms

• halfmoon, half moon

Noun

half-moon (plural half-moons)

1. The moon in its first or last quarter when only half the visible face is illuminated; a quarter moon.
2. Anything shaped like a crescent, especially the base of a fingernail.
3. A type of cookie
4. A type of snack cake

Coordinate terms

• crescent
• demilune
• semicircle

 

Translations

the moon in its first or last quarter

• Arabic: تَرْبِيع m (tarbīʕ)
• Belarusian: паўме́сяц m (paŭmjésjac)
• Bulgarian: полуме́сец m (polumésec)
• Burmese: လခြမ်း (my) (la.hkram:)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 半月 (zh) (bànyuè)

• Czech: půlměsíc (cs) m
• Danish: halvmåne c
• Dutch: halvemaan (nl) f
• Esperanto: krescento, duonluno
• Estonian: poolkuu
• Finnish: puolikuu (fi)
• French: demi-lune (fr) f
• German: Halbmond (de) m
• Hungarian: félhold (hu)
• Irish: leath gealaí, leathghealach f
• Italian: mezzaluna (it) f
• Japanese: 半月 (はんげつ, hangetsu)
• Karok: kusráh'aachip
• Korean: 반달 (ko) (bandal)
• Latin: luna dimidiata f
• Macedonian: полумесец m (polumesec)
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• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: halvmåne m

  Nynorsk: halvmåne m

• Persian: چارک (fa) (čârak), نیم‌ماه (nimmâh), نیمپری (nimporri), نیمبرید (nimborid)
• Plautdietsch: Haulfmon f
• Polish: półksiężyc (pl) m
• Portuguese: meia-lua (pt) f
• Romanian: semilună (ro) f
• Russian: полуме́сяц (ru) m (polumésjac)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: по̏лумесе̄ц m, по̏лумјесе̄ц m

  Roman: pȍlumesēc m, pȍlumjesēc (sh) m

• Slovak: polmesiac m
• Slovene: polmesec m
• Spanish: medialuna (es) f
• Swedish: halvmåne (sv) c
• Telugu: చంద్రవంక (te) (candravaṅka)
• Turkish: yarım ay (tr), hilâl (tr)
• Ukrainian: півмі́сяць m (pivmísjacʹ)

anything shaped like a crescent

• Belarusian: паўме́сяц m (paŭmjésjac)
• Bulgarian: полуме́сец m (polumésec)
• Burmese: လခြမ်း (my) (la.hkram:)
• Catalan: mitjalluna f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 半月 (zh) (bànyuè)

• Czech: půlměsíc (cs) m
• Danish: halvmåne c
• Finnish: puolikuu (fi)
• French: demi-lune (fr) f
• German: Halbmond (de) m
• Irish: leathchiorcal m, leathghealach f
• Italian: mezzaluna (it) f
• Japanese: 半月 (はんげつ, hangetsu)
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• Korean: 반달 (ko) (bandal)
• Macedonian: полумесец m (polumesec)
• Polish: półksiężyc (pl) m
• Portuguese: meia-lua (pt) f
• Russian: полуме́сяц (ru) m (polumésjac)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: по̏лумесе̄ц m, по̏лумјесе̄ц m

  Roman: pȍlumesēc m, pȍlumjesēc (sh) m

• Slovak: polmesiac m
• Slovene: polmesec m
• Spanish: medialuna (es) f
• Ukrainian: півмі́сяць m (pivmísjacʹ)