half

Etymology
From, from ; as a noun, 'half', 'side', 'part', from , from.

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Pronunciation




Noun

 * 1) One of two usually roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided, or considered as divided.
 * 2)  One of two equal periods into which a game is divided.
 * 3)  One of the two opposite parts of the playing field of various sports, in which each starts the game.
 * 4) Half of a standard measure, chiefly:
 * 5)  half a pint of beer or cider.  (Refusing a pint) Just a half, thank you. (Offering to top up a pint glass) Do you want a half in that?  (Minimizing the amount of drink taken) A swift half at the Pear Tree.
 * 6)  A barrel measure of 27 gallons (half a hogshead).
 * 7)  The fraction obtained by dividing 1 by 2.
 * 8) Any of the three terms at, for Michaelmas, Lent, and summer.
 * 9)  A half sibling.
 * 10)  A child ticket. Two and a half to Paddington.
 * 11)  abbreviated form for half marathon.
 * 1) Half of a standard measure, chiefly:
 * 2)  half a pint of beer or cider.  (Refusing a pint) Just a half, thank you. (Offering to top up a pint glass) Do you want a half in that?  (Minimizing the amount of drink taken) A swift half at the Pear Tree.
 * 3)  A barrel measure of 27 gallons (half a hogshead).
 * 4)  The fraction obtained by dividing 1 by 2.
 * 5) Any of the three terms at, for Michaelmas, Lent, and summer.
 * 6)  A half sibling.
 * 7)  A child ticket. Two and a half to Paddington.
 * 8)  abbreviated form for half marathon.
 * 1)  The fraction obtained by dividing 1 by 2.
 * 2) Any of the three terms at, for Michaelmas, Lent, and summer.
 * 3)  A half sibling.
 * 4)  A child ticket. Two and a half to Paddington.
 * 5)  abbreviated form for half marathon.
 * 1)  A child ticket. Two and a half to Paddington.
 * 2)  abbreviated form for half marathon.
 * 1)  abbreviated form for half marathon.

Translations

 * Abkhaz: абжа
 * Achang:
 * Adyghe: ныкъо
 * Afar: abxa
 * Albanian:
 * Apatani:
 * Arabic: نِصْف, نُصْف
 * Egyptian Arabic: نص
 * Gulf Arabic: نص
 * Armenian:
 * Aromanian: giumitati
 * Azerbaijani: yarım
 * Bashkir: ярты, ярым
 * Belarusian: палаві́на, пало́ва
 * Bengali:
 * Breton:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Burmese: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Chamicuro: pachishki
 * Chechen: ах
 * Cherokee: ᎠᏰᏟ
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 半, 一半
 * Hokkien: ,
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:, ,
 * Dalmatian: mesu
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:
 * Ewe: afɑ̃
 * Farefare: pʋsʋka
 * Faroese: helvt
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Friulian: mieç, mitât
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: ნახევარი, მეორედი
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ἥμισυ
 * Haitian Creole: mwatye
 * Hebrew: ,
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido:
 * Ilocano: guddua
 * Indonesian: ,
 * Ingush: ах
 * Irish: leath
 * Isnag: xadduwa
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Jingpho:
 * Kabardian:
 * Kazakh: жарты, жарым
 * Khmer: ,
 * Korean:
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: نیوە
 * Northern Kurdish: niv
 * Kyrgyz: ,
 * Lao: ທ່ອງ, ເກີ່ງ
 * Latin: dīmidium
 * Lithuanian: pusė
 * Macedonian: половина
 * Malay:
 * Maltese: nofs
 * Maori: haurua
 * Marathi: अर्धा
 * Miyako:
 * Mon:
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic: ,
 * Mongolian: ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠰ, ᠲᠠᠯ᠎ᠠ
 * Moore: pʋsʋka
 * Ngazidja Comorian: upanɗe
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:, halvpart, omgang , banehalvdel
 * Nynorsk: halvdel
 * Occitan:
 * Okinawan:
 * Ossetian: ӕрдӕг
 * Papiamentu: mei
 * Persian:, ,
 * Pipil: tajku
 * Plautdietsch: Halft
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:, (sports)
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Saho: abrha
 * Sani:
 * Sanskrit:
 * Sardinian: meidade, meitate, metadi, midade
 * Scottish Gaelic: leth
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: половина
 * Roman:
 * Shan:
 * Sherpa:
 * Singpho:
 * Slovak: ,
 * Slovene:
 * Southern Altai: јарым
 * Spanish:, metad
 * Sranan Tongo: afu
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:, , ,
 * Tagalog: kalahati
 * Tajik: нисф, ним, нима
 * Talysh: nim, nimə
 * Tarifit: azyen
 * Tat: nimə
 * Tatar:
 * Tausug: tunga
 * Telugu:
 * Thai:, ครึ่งหนึ่ง
 * Tibetan: ཕྱེད་ཀ
 * Tocharian B: ywārtsa
 * Tok Pisin: hap
 * Turkish: ,
 * Turkmen: ýarym
 * Tày: pán, puốn, chang, bưởng
 * Ukrainian:
 * Urdu:
 * Uzbek:
 * Venetian: mezo
 * Vietnamese:
 * Yiddish: העלפֿט
 * Yoron:
 * Yoruba: idaji
 * Zazaki: nȋme


 * Finnish:
 * Greek:
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: نیوە
 * Latin: semis
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Polish:


 * Arabic: نِصْف, نُصْف
 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech:
 * Ewe: afɑ̃
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Greek:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: kalahati


 * Ewe: afɑ̃
 * Finnish:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Russian:
 * Swedish:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech:


 * Finnish:, sisarpuoli


 * Welsh:
 * Marathi:

Adjective

 * 1) Consisting of a half (½, 50%).
 * 2) Consisting of some indefinite portion resembling a half; approximately a half, whether more or less; partial; imperfect.
 * 3)  Having one parent (rather than two) in common.
 * 4)  Related through one common grandparent or ancestor rather than two.
 * 1) Consisting of some indefinite portion resembling a half; approximately a half, whether more or less; partial; imperfect.
 * 2)  Having one parent (rather than two) in common.
 * 3)  Related through one common grandparent or ancestor rather than two.
 * 1)  Having one parent (rather than two) in common.
 * 2)  Related through one common grandparent or ancestor rather than two.
 * 1)  Related through one common grandparent or ancestor rather than two.
 * 1)  Related through one common grandparent or ancestor rather than two.

Usage notes

 * The adjective and noun are often united to form a compound, half-hour.

Derived terms
See also those listed at Category:English terms prefixed with half-.

Translations

 * Abkhaz: абжа
 * Albanian:
 * Armenian:
 * Assamese: আধা
 * Azerbaijani: yarım
 * Bashkir: ярты, ярым
 * Bikol Central:
 * Bulgarian: половин
 * Catalan:
 * Chechen: ах
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 半
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: duona
 * Estonian:
 * Ewe: afɑ̃
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Friulian: mieç
 * Georgian: ნახევარი
 * German:
 * Gothic: 𐌷𐌰𐌻𐌱𐍃
 * Greek: ,
 * Ancient: ἥμισυς
 * Gujarati: અર્ધું, અડધું
 * Hindi:, अर्ध,
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: leath-
 * Japanese: ,
 * Kapampangan: kapitna
 * Khmer: ,
 * Korean:
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: نیو
 * Northern Kurdish:
 * Lao: ເຄິ່ງ
 * Latgalian: puse
 * Latin: dīmidium, sēmis
 * Latvian:
 * Lithuanian: pusė
 * Manchu: ᡥᠣᠨᡨᠣᡥᠣ
 * Maori: haurua
 * Mongolian:
 * Northern Thai: ᨣᩕᩮᩥ᩠᩵ᨦ
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: halv
 * Occitan:
 * Odia: ଅଧା
 * Persian:
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Quechua: ch'iqta
 * Romanian:, emi-, ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Sanskrit:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Sinhalese: බාගය
 * Slovene:
 * Southern Altai: јарым
 * Sranan Tongo: afu
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: kalahati
 * Thai: ,
 * Turkish: ,
 * Vietnamese: phân nửa
 * West Frisian: heal
 * Yiddish: האַלב


 * Bashkir: ярты, ярым
 * Catalan:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:, puoli-; puoleksi
 * German:
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: نیو, نیوەونیو
 * Latvian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Sinhalese: භාගය
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: kalahati
 * Thai: ,


 * Bulgarian: полу
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian: pool-
 * Finnish:
 * Georgian: ნახევარ-
 * Polish:
 * Swedish:


 * Dutch:
 * Estonian: pool-
 * Finnish:
 * Icelandic: hálf-
 * Swedish:

Adverb

 * 1) In two equal parts or to an equal degree.
 * 2) In some part approximating a half.
 * 3) Partially; imperfectly.
 * 4) Practically, nearly.
 * 1) Practically, nearly.
 * 1) Practically, nearly.
 * 1) Practically, nearly.
 * 1) Practically, nearly.
 * 1) Practically, nearly.
 * 1) Practically, nearly.
 * 1) Practically, nearly.
 * 1) Practically, nearly.

Usage notes

 * The phrase half again expresses an amount in addition to the amount being compared to. E.g., half as many people refers to 50% of the original number, while half again as many people refers to 150% of the original number.

Synonyms

 * (obsolete)

Translations

 * Azerbaijani: yarı
 * Bashkir: ярым, яртылай
 * Bulgarian: наполовина
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:, ,
 * Georgian: სანახევროდ
 * German:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Italian:
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: -
 * Nynorsk: halv-
 * Russian: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:

Verb

 * 1)  To halve.

Preposition

 * 1)  Half past; a half-hour (30 minutes) after the last hour.
 * 2)   A half-hour to (preceding) the next hour.
 * 1)   A half-hour to (preceding) the next hour.
 * 1)   A half-hour to (preceding) the next hour.

Usage notes
In English, the first sense (half past) is the only sense in current use. The second sense (half-hour before) is almost exclusively used in reference to other cultural or linguistic backgrounds where a similar usage exists.

Interjection

 * 1)  A call reminding performers that the performance will begin in thirty minutes.

Etymology
From, from , from , from.

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Adjective

 * 1) half
 * 2)  half before the next whole
 * half tien
 * half past nine (i.e. half of the tenth hour)
 * anderhalf
 * one and a half (half before two, with originally meaning second)
 * 1)  the middle of that month
 * half maart
 * mid-March

Etymology
From, , from , from.

Noun

 * 1) half
 * 2) part; side; behalf

Adjective

 * 1) half

Adverb

 * 1) half