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crescent moon

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The Moon as it appears early in its first quarter or late in its last quarter, when only a small arc-shaped section of the visible portion is illuminated by the Sun.

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44 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: sekelmaan — the moon as it appears in its first or last quarter
  • Arabic: هِلَال (hilāl) — the moon as it appears in its first or last quarter
  • Arabic: هلال (hilāl) — the moon as it appears in its first or last quarter
  • Burmese: လခြမ်း (la.hkram:) — the moon as it appears in its first or last quarter
  • Chinese Mandarin: 新月 (xīnyuè) — the moon as it appears in its first or last quarter
  • Danish: halvmåne — the moon as it appears in its first or last quarter
  • Dutch: wassenaar — the moon as it appears in its first or last quarter
  • Esperanto: lunarko — the moon as it appears in its first or last quarter
  • Finnish: kuunsirppi — the moon as it appears in its first or last quarter
  • French: croissant de lune — the moon as it appears in its first or last quarter
  • Galician: lúa crecente — the moon as it appears in its first or last quarter
  • German: Mondsichel — the moon as it appears in its first or last quarter
  • Greek: μισοφέγγαρο (misoféngaro) — the moon as it appears in its first or last quarter
  • Haitian Creole: lalin kwasan — the moon as it appears in its first or last quarter
  • Icelandic: skarður máni — the moon as it appears in its first or last quarter
  • Indonesian: bulan sabit — the moon as it appears in its first or last quarter
  • Irish: corrán gealaí — the moon as it appears in its first or last quarter
  • Italian: luna crescente — the moon as it appears in its first or last quarter
  • Italian: fase di novilunio — the moon as it appears in its first or last quarter
  • Italian: congiunzione — the moon as it appears in its first or last quarter
  • Japanese: 弦月 (gengetsu) — the moon as it appears in its first or last quarter
  • Japanese: 三日月 (mikazuki) — the moon as it appears in its first or last quarter
  • Koasati: niłahasí hahpá — the moon as it appears in its first or last quarter
  • Korean: 초승(初生)달 (choseungdal) — the moon as it appears in its first or last quarter
  • Korean: 신월 (sinwol) — the moon as it appears in its first or last quarter
  • Korean: 현월 (hyeonwol) — the moon as it appears in its first or last quarter
  • Lakota: wílečhala — the moon as it appears in its first or last quarter
  • Latin: luna corniculata — the moon as it appears in its first or last quarter
  • Middle English: bente mone — the moon as it appears in its first or last quarter
  • Norwegian: månesigd — the moon as it appears in its first or last quarter
  • Norwegian: halvmåne — the moon as it appears in its first or last quarter
  • Papiamentu: luna kresiente — the moon as it appears in its first or last quarter
  • Persian: هلال افزاینده (helâl-e afzâyande) — the moon as it appears in its first or last quarter
  • Polish: pierwsza kwadra — the moon as it appears in its first or last quarter
  • Portuguese: lua crescente — the moon as it appears in its first or last quarter
  • Russian: полумесяц (polumesjac) — the moon as it appears in its first or last quarter
  • Spanish: luna creciente — the moon as it appears in its first or last quarter
  • Sumerian: 𒌓𒊬 (usakar) — the moon as it appears in its first or last quarter
  • Swedish: månskära — the moon as it appears in its first or last quarter
  • Tagalog: bulang gasuklay — the moon as it appears in its first or last quarter
  • Tamil: பிறை (piṟai) — the moon as it appears in its first or last quarter
  • Turkish: hilal — the moon as it appears in its first or last quarter
  • Turkish: ayça — the moon as it appears in its first or last quarter
  • Ugaritic: 𐎅𐎍𐎍 (hll) — the moon as it appears in its first or last quarter