different between semicircular vs demilune

English

Etymology

semi- +? circular

Adjective

semicircular (not comparable)

1. In the shape of half of a circle or a semicircle.

Alternative forms

• semi-circular

Translations

Catalan

Etymology

semicercle +? -ar

Adjective

semicircular (masculine and feminine plural semicirculars)

1. semicircular

Further reading

• “semicircular” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “semicircular” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “semicircular” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “semicircular” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Romanian

Etymology

From French semi-circulaire

Adjective

semicircular m or n (feminine singular semicircular?, masculine plural semicirculari, feminine and neuter plural semicirculare)

1. semicircular

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

semicírculo +? -ar

Adjective

semicircular (plural semicirculares)

1. semicircular

Further reading

• “semicircular” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French demi-lune.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?d?m?lu?n/

Adjective

demilune (not comparable)

1. (of furniture) In the shape of a half-moon, i.e. semicircular.

Noun

demilune (plural demilunes)

1. A fortification constructed beyond the main ditch of a fortress, and in front of the curtain between two bastions, intended to defend the curtain; a ravelin.
2. (biology) A crescentic mass of granular protoplasm present in the salivary glands.

French

Noun

demilune f (plural demilunes)

1. Alternative form of demi-lune