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The moon in its first or last quarter when only half the visible face is illuminated; a quarter moon.
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Anything shaped like a crescent, especially the base of a fingernail.
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A semicircular or crescent-shaped Filipino butter cookie.
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Synonym of black and white (“type of cookie”).
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Synonyms: black and white
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the crescent-shaped area at the base of the human fingernail
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Synonyms: lunula, lunule
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Broader terms: area, region
the time at which the Moon is at first or last quarter when half its face is illuminated
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Broader terms: phase of the moon
Narrower terms: first quarter, last quarter
Etymology tree English half- Proto-Indo-European *meh1-? Proto-Indo-European *mḗh1n̥s Proto-Germanic *mēnô Proto-West Germanic *mānō Old English mōna Middle English mone English moon English half-moon From half- + moon.
Across languages
Translations
81 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
تَرْبِيع
(tarbīʕ)
— the moon in its first or last quarter
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Belarusian:
паўме́сяц
(pawmjésjac)
— the moon in its first or last quarter
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Bulgarian:
полуме́сец
(polumésec)
— the moon in its first or last quarter
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Burmese:
လခြမ်း
(la.hkram:)
— the moon in its first or last quarter
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Chinese Mandarin:
半月
(bànyuè)
— the moon in its first or last quarter
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Czech:
půlměsíc
— the moon in its first or last quarter
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Danish:
halvmåne
— the moon in its first or last quarter
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Dutch:
halvemaan
— the moon in its first or last quarter
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Esperanto:
krescento
— the moon in its first or last quarter
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Esperanto:
duonluno
— the moon in its first or last quarter
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Estonian:
poolkuu
— the moon in its first or last quarter
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Faroese:
hálvmáni
— the moon in its first or last quarter
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Finnish:
puolikuu
— the moon in its first or last quarter
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French:
demi-lune
— the moon in its first or last quarter
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German:
Halbmond
— the moon in its first or last quarter
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Hungarian:
félhold
— the moon in its first or last quarter
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Irish:
leath gealaí
— the moon in its first or last quarter
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Irish:
leathghealach
— the moon in its first or last quarter
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Italian:
mezzaluna
— the moon in its first or last quarter
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Japanese:
半月
(hangetsu)
— the moon in its first or last quarter
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Kankanaey:
gawan di beksa
— the moon in its first or last quarter
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Karok:
kusráh'aachip
— the moon in its first or last quarter
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Korean:
반달
(bandal)
— the moon in its first or last quarter
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Latin:
luna dimidiata
— the moon in its first or last quarter
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Lower Tanana:
sro ch'enghon'
— the moon in its first or last quarter
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Macedonian:
полумесец
(polumesec)
— the moon in its first or last quarter
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Norwegian Bokmål:
halvmåne
— the moon in its first or last quarter
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
halvmåne
— the moon in its first or last quarter
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Persian:
چارک
(čârak)
— the moon in its first or last quarter
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Persian:
نیمماه
(nimmâh)
— the moon in its first or last quarter
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Persian:
نیمپری
(nimporri)
— the moon in its first or last quarter
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Persian:
نیمبرید
(nimborid)
— the moon in its first or last quarter
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Plautdietsch:
Haulfmon
— the moon in its first or last quarter
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Polish:
półksiężyc
— the moon in its first or last quarter
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Portuguese:
meia-lua
— the moon in its first or last quarter
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Romanian:
semilună
— the moon in its first or last quarter
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Russian:
полуме́сяц
(polumésjac)
— the moon in its first or last quarter
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Serbo-Croatian:
по̏лумесе̄ц
— the moon in its first or last quarter
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Serbo-Croatian:
по̏лумјесе̄ц
— the moon in its first or last quarter
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Serbo-Croatian:
pȍlumesēc
— the moon in its first or last quarter
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Serbo-Croatian:
pȍlumjesēc
— the moon in its first or last quarter
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Slovak:
polmesiac
— the moon in its first or last quarter
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Slovene:
polmesec
— the moon in its first or last quarter
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Southern Altai:
јарым ай
(ǰarïm ay)
— the moon in its first or last quarter
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Spanish:
medialuna
— the moon in its first or last quarter
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Swahili:
nusu mwezi
— the moon in its first or last quarter
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Swedish:
halvmåne
— the moon in its first or last quarter
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Tagalog:
kalahatian-ng-buwan
— the moon in its first or last quarter
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Tagalog:
medya luna
— the moon in its first or last quarter
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Telugu:
చంద్రవంక
(candravaṅka)
— the moon in its first or last quarter
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Turkish:
yarım ay
— the moon in its first or last quarter
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Turkish:
hilâl
— the moon in its first or last quarter
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Ukrainian:
півмі́сяць
(pivmísjacʹ)
— the moon in its first or last quarter
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Belarusian:
паўме́сяц
(pawmjésjac)
— anything shaped like a crescent
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Bulgarian:
полуме́сец
(polumésec)
— anything shaped like a crescent
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Burmese:
လခြမ်း
(la.hkram:)
— anything shaped like a crescent
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Catalan:
mitjalluna
— anything shaped like a crescent
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Chinese Mandarin:
半月
(bànyuè)
— anything shaped like a crescent
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Czech:
půlměsíc
— anything shaped like a crescent
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Danish:
halvmåne
— anything shaped like a crescent
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Finnish:
puolikuu
— anything shaped like a crescent
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French:
demi-lune
— anything shaped like a crescent
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German:
Halbmond
— anything shaped like a crescent
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Irish:
leathchiorcal
— anything shaped like a crescent
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Irish:
leathghealach
— anything shaped like a crescent
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Italian:
mezzaluna
— anything shaped like a crescent
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Japanese:
半月
(hangetsu)
— anything shaped like a crescent
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Korean:
반달
(bandal)
— anything shaped like a crescent
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Macedonian:
полумесец
(polumesec)
— anything shaped like a crescent
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Polish:
półksiężyc
— anything shaped like a crescent
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Portuguese:
meia-lua
— anything shaped like a crescent
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Russian:
полуме́сяц
(polumésjac)
— anything shaped like a crescent
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Serbo-Croatian:
по̏лумесе̄ц
— anything shaped like a crescent
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Serbo-Croatian:
по̏лумјесе̄ц
— anything shaped like a crescent
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Serbo-Croatian:
pȍlumesēc
— anything shaped like a crescent
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Serbo-Croatian:
pȍlumjesēc
— anything shaped like a crescent
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Slovak:
polmesiac
— anything shaped like a crescent
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Slovene:
polmesec
— anything shaped like a crescent
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Southern Altai:
јарым ай
(ǰarïm ay)
— anything shaped like a crescent
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Spanish:
medialuna
— anything shaped like a crescent
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Ukrainian:
півмі́сяць
(pivmísjacʹ)
— anything shaped like a crescent