Meanings
Origin
- Italianmezzaluna
- Englishmezzaluna
Unadapted borrowing from Italian mezzaluna (literally “half-moon”).
More words from Italian
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan mitjalluna, trinxadora
- mitjallunacrescent-shaped steel blade
- trinxadoracrescent-shaped steel blade
Danish vuggekniv
- vuggeknivcrescent-shaped steel blade
Dutch wiegemes
- wiegemescrescent-shaped steel blade
Finnish keinuveitsi, yrttileikkuri
- keinuveitsicrescent-shaped steel blade
- yrttileikkuricrescent-shaped steel blade
French hachoir berceuse, hachoir demi-lune
- hachoir berceusecrescent-shaped steel blade
- hachoir demi-lunecrescent-shaped steel blade
- hachoircrescent-shaped steel blade
German Wiegemesser, Kräuterwiege
- Wiegemessercrescent-shaped steel blade
- Kräuterwiegecrescent-shaped steel blade
Italian mezzaluna
- mezzalunacrescent-shaped steel blade
Japanese メッザルーナ, メッツァルーナ
- メッザルーナ (mezzarūna)crescent-shaped steel blade
- メッツァルーナ (mettsarūna)crescent-shaped steel blade
Norwegian Bokmål rullekniv, vuggekniv
- rulleknivcrescent-shaped steel blade
- vuggeknivcrescent-shaped steel blade
Russian меццалу́на
- меццалу́на (meccalúna)crescent-shaped steel blade
Spanish tajadera
- tajaderacrescent-shaped steel blade
Swedish örtvagga
- örtvaggacrescent-shaped steel blade
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with mezzaluna
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
mezzaluna. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mezzaluna
MLA
“mezzaluna.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mezzaluna. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mezzaluna,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mezzaluna.
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