half-moon

English

Etymology

half- +‎ moon

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

Arabic: تربيع‎ m (tarbii')
Chinese:
Mandarin: 半月 (zh) (bànyuè)
Danish: halvmåne c
Estonian: poolkuu
Finnish: puolikuu (fi)
French: demi-lune (fr) f
German: Halbmond (de) m
Irish: leath gealaí, leathghealach f
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: по̏лумесе̄ц m, по̏лумјесе̄ц m

Roman: pȍlumesēc m, pȍlumjesēc (sh) m
Spanish: medialuna (es) f
Swedish: halvmåne (sv) c
Telugu: చంద్రవంక (te) (candravaṅka)

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

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

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