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Meaning of "half-moon" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HALF-MOON

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HALF-MOON

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Half-Moon is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HALF-MOON MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Half Moon

Half Moon may refer to: ▪ Half Moon, a ship swing in Efteling, which is a theme park in the Netherlands ▪ Half Moon, a 2006 Iranian film directed by Bahman Ghobadi ▪ Half Moon Party, a bi-monthly event on Ko Pha Ngan, Thailand ▪ The Half Moon, Putney, a pub and music venue in London ▪ Half Moon, Herne Hill, a pub in London ▪ Half-moon cookie, a spongey, round, shortbread cookie iced on one half with vanilla fondant, and on the other half with chocolate fondant ▪ Halfmoon, a sea chub native to the Pacific Ocean...

Definition of half-moon in the English dictionary

The first definition of half-moon in the dictionary is the moon at first or last quarter when half its face is illuminated. Other definition of half-moon is the time at which a half-moon occurs. Half-Moon is also something shaped like a half-moon.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HALF-MOON

half-lie
half-life
half-light
half-line
half-mad
half-marathon
half-mast
half-mile
half-miler
half-minute
half-mourning
half-naked
half-nelson
half-note
half-note rest
half-open
half-p
half-pace
half-pedalling
half-pie

WORDS THAT END LIKE HALF-MOON

Ban Ki-moon
blue moon
crescent moon
cry for the moon
full moon
harvest moon
honeymoon
hunter´s moon
man in the moon
mock moon
moon
new moon
old moon
once in a blue moon
over the moon
reach for the moon
simoon

Synonyms and antonyms of half-moon in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «half-moon» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HALF-MOON

Find out the translation of half-moon to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of half-moon from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «half-moon» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

半月形
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

de media luna
570 millions of speakers

English

half-moon
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

आधा चाँद
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

نصف القمر
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

полумесяц
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

meia-lua
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অর্ধ চন্দ্র
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

demi-lune
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Setengah bulan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Halbmond
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

半月
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

반달
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Setengah bulan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bán nguyệt
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அரை நிலவு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अर्धा चंद्र
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yarım ay
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

mezzaluna
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

półksiężyc
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

півмісяць
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

semilună
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μισοφέγγαρο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

half -moon
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

halvmåne
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

halvmåne
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of half-moon

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HALF-MOON»

The term «half-moon» is quite widely used and occupies the 29.023 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HALF-MOON» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «half-moon» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «half-moon» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about half-moon

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HALF-MOON»

Discover the use of half-moon in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to half-moon and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Half Moon Investigations
Twelve-year-old private investigator Fletcher Moon, nicknamed "Half Moon" because of his shortness, must track down a conspiracy or be framed for a crime he did not commit.
Eoin Colfer, 2009
2
Half Moon Investigations
Meet Fletcher Moon.
Eoin Colfer, 2007
3
Night of the half moon:
This Is A Story About Moddan`S Return From Prison, Where He Had Gone For Murdering The Landlord, To Find The Landlord`S Familt More Prosperous With His Brother`S Help.
Gurdial Singh, Pushpinder Syal, Rana Nayar, 1996
4
Half Moon Bay
First dubbed San Benito and then "Spanishtown," Half Moon Bay is a coastside town with a long and intriguing story.
Kathleen Manning, Jerry Crow, 2005
5
Half-moon and Empty Stars: A Novel
At Rawlins, Wyoming, the same half-moon shown down on the twin towers of the state penitentiary, the pale light lingering on steel bars. But for the bars one might have thought it a replica of an old stone casde or a poorly conceived cathedral.
Gerry Spence, 2001
6
Half Moon Magick
Isolde's purity balances the shadows he's acquired, but he may have spent too long in the darkness to ever be free of its taint. Publisher's Note: This story was previously available in the In Moonlight anthology.
Liddy Midnight, 2009
7
Half moon: Henry Hudson and the voyage that redrew the map ...
A 400th anniversary tribute to Henry Hudson's discovery of the river that bears his name recounts how the historical explorer defied commission orders to find an eastern passage to China by redirecting his voyage along the coastline from ...
Douglas Hunter, 2009
8
Half Moon Hill: A Destiny Novel
You never know what destiny has in store .
Toni Blake, 2013
9
Half Moon, Full Heart
The result is a fateful marriage of past and future. The legendary love story of David Joe Fallon, Jr. and Jessie Marie Taylor inspires another story - one Rachel could never have dreamed.
Gene Cartwright, 2003
10
Half Moon Falls
I was only 13 when my life came to an end. My real life. I mean. In the summer when tourists stop at the gift shop, they smile and tell me I must be the luckiest kid in the world.
Zackary Richards

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Half-Moon [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/half-moon>. May 2024 ».
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