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half_moon

half-moon

English

Noun

half-moon ‎(plural half-moons)

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

Translations

the moon in its first or last quarter

Chinese:
Mandarin: 半月 (zh) ‎(bànyuè)
Danish: halvmåne c
Estonian: poolkuu
Finnish: puolikuu (fi)
French: demi-lune (fr) f
German: Halbmond (de) m
Italian: mezzaluna (it) f
Japanese: 半月 ‎(はんげつ, hangetsu)
Korean: 반달 (ko) ‎(bandal)

Norwegian:

Bokmål: halvmåne m

Nynorsk: halvmåne m
Portuguese: meia-lua (pt) f
Romanian: semilună (ro) f
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: полумесец m, полумјесец m

Roman: polumesec m, polumjesec (sh) m
Spanish: medialuna (es) f
Swedish: halvmåne (sv) c
Telugu: చంద్రవంక (te) ‎(caṃdravaṃka)

anything shaped like a crescent

Bulgarian: полумесец m ‎(polumesec)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 半月 (zh) ‎(bànyuè)
Danish: halvmåne c
Finnish: puolikuu (fi)
French: demi-lune (fr) f
German: Halbmond (de) m
Italian: mezzaluna (it) f
Japanese: 半月 ‎(はんげつ, hangetsu)

Korean: 반달 (ko) ‎(bandal)
Portuguese: meia-lua (pt) f
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: полумесец m, полумјесец m

Roman: polumesec m, polumjesec (sh) m
Spanish: medialuna (es) f