The stars shone cold and bright, while a half-moon bathed the whole scene in a soft, uncertain light.
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Half-moon
Synonyms for "half-moon" (10 found)
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Closest matches (2)
Noun(1 words)
Strong matches (3)
Related words (5)
Noun(1 words)
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1 entriesTranslations
77 translations across 41 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- تَرْبِيع noun (the moon in its first or last quarter)
Belarusian
2 entries- паўме́сяц noun (the moon in its first or last quarter)
- паўме́сяц noun (anything shaped like a crescent)
Bulgarian
2 entries- полуме́сец noun (the moon in its first or last quarter)
- полуме́сец noun (anything shaped like a crescent)
Burmese
2 entries- လခြမ်း noun (the moon in its first or last quarter)
- လခြမ်း noun (anything shaped like a crescent)
Catalan
1 entries- mitjalluna noun (anything shaped like a crescent)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 半月 noun (the moon in its first or last quarter)
- 半月 noun (anything shaped like a crescent)
Czech
2 entries- půlměsíc noun (the moon in its first or last quarter)
- půlměsíc noun (anything shaped like a crescent)
Danish
2 entries- halvmåne noun (the moon in its first or last quarter)
- halvmåne noun (anything shaped like a crescent)
Dutch
1 entries- halvemaan noun (the moon in its first or last quarter)
Esperanto
2 entries- duonluno noun (the moon in its first or last quarter)
- krescento noun (the moon in its first or last quarter)
Estonian
1 entries- poolkuu noun (the moon in its first or last quarter)
Finnish
2 entries- puolikuu noun (the moon in its first or last quarter)
- puolikuu noun (anything shaped like a crescent)
French
2 entries- demi-lune noun (the moon in its first or last quarter)
- demi-lune noun (anything shaped like a crescent)
German
2 entries- Halbmond noun (the moon in its first or last quarter)
- Halbmond noun (anything shaped like a crescent)
Hungarian
1 entries- félhold noun (the moon in its first or last quarter)
Irish
4 entries- leath gealaí noun (the moon in its first or last quarter)
- leathchiorcal noun (anything shaped like a crescent)
- leathghealach noun (the moon in its first or last quarter)
- leathghealach noun (anything shaped like a crescent)
Italian
2 entries- mezzaluna noun (the moon in its first or last quarter)
- mezzaluna noun (anything shaped like a crescent)
Japanese
2 entries- 半月 noun (the moon in its first or last quarter)
- 半月 noun (anything shaped like a crescent)
Kankanaey
1 entries- gawan di beksa noun (the moon in its first or last quarter)
Karok
1 entries- kusráh'aachip noun (the moon in its first or last quarter)
Korean
2 entries- 반달 noun (the moon in its first or last quarter)
- 반달 noun (anything shaped like a crescent)
Latin
1 entries- luna dimidiata noun (the moon in its first or last quarter)
Macedonian
2 entries- полумесец noun (the moon in its first or last quarter)
- полумесец noun (anything shaped like a crescent)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- halvmåne noun (the moon in its first or last quarter)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- halvmåne noun (the moon in its first or last quarter)
Persian
4 entries- نیمبرید noun (the moon in its first or last quarter)
- نیمماه noun (the moon in its first or last quarter)
- نیمپری noun (the moon in its first or last quarter)
- چارک noun (the moon in its first or last quarter)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Haulfmon noun (the moon in its first or last quarter)
Polish
2 entries- półksiężyc noun (the moon in its first or last quarter)
- półksiężyc noun (anything shaped like a crescent)
Portuguese
2 entries- meia-lua noun (the moon in its first or last quarter)
- meia-lua noun (anything shaped like a crescent)
Romanian
1 entries- semilună noun (the moon in its first or last quarter)
Russian
2 entries- полуме́сяц noun (the moon in its first or last quarter)
- полуме́сяц noun (anything shaped like a crescent)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- pȍlumesēc noun (the moon in its first or last quarter)
- pȍlumesēc noun (anything shaped like a crescent)
- pȍlumjesēc noun (the moon in its first or last quarter)
- pȍlumjesēc noun (anything shaped like a crescent)
Slovak
2 entries- polmesiac noun (the moon in its first or last quarter)
- polmesiac noun (anything shaped like a crescent)
Slovene
2 entries- polmesec noun (the moon in its first or last quarter)
- polmesec noun (anything shaped like a crescent)
Spanish
2 entries- medialuna noun (the moon in its first or last quarter)
- medialuna noun (anything shaped like a crescent)
Swahili
1 entries- nusu mwezi noun (the moon in its first or last quarter)
Swedish
1 entries- halvmåne noun (the moon in its first or last quarter)
Tagalog
2 entries- kalahatian-ng-buwan noun (the moon in its first or last quarter)
- medya luna noun (the moon in its first or last quarter)
Telugu
1 entries- చంద్రవంక noun (the moon in its first or last quarter)
Turkish
2 entries- hilâl noun (the moon in its first or last quarter)
- yarım ay noun (the moon in its first or last quarter)
Ukrainian
2 entries- півмі́сяць noun (the moon in its first or last quarter)
- півмі́сяць noun (anything shaped like a crescent)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
I ate a half-moon cookie.
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