mezzaluna

English

Mezzaluna with two blades.

Etymology

Italian mezzaluna (“half moon”)

Noun

mezzaluna (plural mezzalunas)

1. A crescent-shaped steel blade attached to a wooden handle, used to chop food.

Translations

crescent-shaped steel blade

• Dutch: wiegemes (nl) n
• Finnish: keinuveitsi, yrttileikkuri
• French: hachoir (fr) m
• German: Wiegemesser (de) n, Kräuterwiege f

• Italian: mezzaluna (it) f
• Russian: меццалуна f (meccaluna)
• Spanish: tajadera (es) f
• Swedish: örtvagga n

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Italian

Alternative forms

• mezza luna

Etymology

mezza (“half”) +‎ luna (“moon”)

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -una

Noun

mezzaluna f (plural mezzelune)

1. half-moon
2. crescent
3. mezzaluna

Descendants

• → English: mezzaluna

Further reading

• mezzaluna in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana