mezzaluna

mezzaluna

English

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

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -una

Noun

mezzaluna f (plural mezzelune)

1. half-moon
2. crescent
3. mezzaluna