half-moon

English

Etymology

half- +‎ moon

Noun

half-moon (plural half-moons)

1. the moon, in its first or last quarter, when only half the face is illuminated
2. anything shaped like a crescent, especially the base of a fingernail

Translations

the moon in its first or last quarter

• Arabic: تربيع m (tarbii')
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 半月 (zh) (bànyuè)

• 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)
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• Latin: luna dimidiata f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: halvmåne m

  Nynorsk: halvmåne m

• Persian: چارک (fa) (cārak), نیم‌ماه (nīmmāh), نیمپری (nīmporrī), نیمبرید (nīmborīd)
• Portuguese: meia-lua (pt) f
• Romanian: semilună (ro) f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: по̏лумесе̄ц m, по̏лумјесе̄ц m

  Roman: pȍlumesēc m, pȍlumjesēc (sh) m

• Spanish: medialuna (es) f
• Swedish: halvmåne (sv) c
• Telugu: చంద్రవంక (te) (candravaṅka)
• Turkish: yarım ay (tr), hilâl (tr)

anything shaped like a crescent

• Bulgarian: полумесец m (polumesec)
• Catalan: mitjalluna f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 半月 (zh) (bànyuè)

• Danish: halvmåne c
• Finnish: puolikuu (fi)
• French: demi-lune (fr) f
• German: Halbmond (de) m
• Irish: leathchiorcal m, leathghealach f
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• Italian: mezzaluna (it) f
• Japanese: 半月 (はんげつ, hangetsu)
• Korean: 반달 (ko) (bandal)
• Portuguese: meia-lua (pt) f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: по̏лумесе̄ц m, по̏лумјесе̄ц m

  Roman: pȍlumesēc m, pȍlumjesēc (sh) m

• Spanish: medialuna (es) f