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half-moon

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. The moon in its first or last quarter when only half the visible face is illuminated; a quarter moon.
  2. Anything shaped like a crescent, especially the base of a fingernail.
  3. A semicircular or crescent-shaped Filipino butter cookie.
  4. Synonym of black and white (“type of cookie”).

Equivalents

Españolmedialuna
Françaisdemi-lune
DeutschHalbmond
31 more languages
العربيةتربيع
Bosanskipolumesecpolumjesecполумесецполумјесец
Catalàmitjalluna
Češtinapůlměsíc
Danskhalvmåne
Ελληνικάημισέληνος
Eestipoolkuu
فارسیچارک
Suomipuolikuu
Hrvatskipolumesecpolumjesecполумесецполумјесец
Magyarfélhold
Italianomezzaluna
日本語半月弦月
한국어반달
Kurdîhîlal
Македонскиполумесец
မြန်မာလခြမ်း
Nederlandshalvemaan
Polskipółksiężyc
Portuguêsmeia-lua
Românăsemiluna
Русскийполумесяц
Slovenčinapolmesiac
Slovenščinapolmesec
Српскиpolumesecpolumjesecполумесецполумјесец
Svenskahalvmåne
Kiswahilinusu mwezi
తెలుగుచంద్రవంక
Tagalogkalahatian-ng-buwanmedya luna
Türkçehilalyarım ay
Українськапівмісяць

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

half-mourning half-naked half-natural half-nephew half-niece half-night stand

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