mezzaluna

English

Mezzaluna with two blades.

Etymology

Italian mezzaluna (“half moon”)

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -uːnə

Noun

mezzaluna (plural mezzalunas)

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

Translations

crescent-shaped steel blade

• Catalan: mitjalluna f, trinxadora f
• Danish: vuggekniv c
• 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

Italian

Alternative forms

• mezza luna

Etymology

From mezza (“half”) +‎ luna (“moon”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌmɛd.d͡zaˈlu.na/
• Rhymes: -una
• Hyphenation: mez‧za‧lù‧na

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