English

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Etymology
AS. healf ('half'); as a noun, 'half', 'side', 'part'; akin to Old Saxon, Old Friesian, and Dutch half#Dutch|half, German halb, Swedish half#Swedish|half, Danish halv, Icelandic h�lfr and Gothic ����� (halbs). Compare halve, behalf.

Pronunciation
a|RP IPA|/h��f/, SAMPA|/hA:f/
a|GenAm? IPA|/hæf/, SAMPA|/h{f/
audio|en-us-half.ogg|Audio (US)
:rhymes|��f

Adjective
en-adj|-

1. Consisting of a moiety, or half

#: a half bushel; a half hour; a half dollar; a half view

1. Consisting of some indefinite portion resembling a half; approximately a half, whether more or less; partial; imperfect

#: a half dream; half knowledge
#* Tennyson:
#*: Assumed from thence a half consent.

Usage notes
sense|consisting of a moiety, or half The adjective and noun are often united to form a compound.

Synonyms
sense|consisting of a moiety, or half hemi-, semi-, demi-

Translations
trans-top|consisting of a half
Czech: půl
Ewe: af��
German: t+|de|halb
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Kurdish: KUchar|Ù�Û�Ù�
Russian: пол- (pol-), пол�- (polu-)
Slovene: t+|sl|pol
Swahili: nusu
Finnish: t+|fi|puoli
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trans-top|consisting of some indefinite portion resembling a half
German: t+|de|halb
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Kurdish: KUchar|���, KUchar|���������
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Derived terms

rel-top3|derived terms
half ape<!-- (zoölogy) a lemur-->
half back<!-- (football) See under 2d back-->
half bent<!-- the first notch, for the sear point to enter, in the tumbler of a gunlock; the halfcock notch-->
half binding<!-- a style of bookbinding in which only the back and corners are in leather-->
half boarder<!-- one who boards in part; specifically, a scholar at a boarding school who takes dinner only-->
half-breadth plan<!-- (shipbuilding) a horizontal plan of the half a vessel, divided lengthwise, showing the lines-->
half cadence<!-- (music) a cadence on the dominant-->
half cap<!-- (obsolete) a slight salute with the cap. � Shakespeare-->
half cock<!-- the position of the cock of a gun when retained by the first notch-->
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half cocked<!-- or halfcocked: unprepared, lacking forethought; � as in go off half cocked-->
half hitch<!-- a sailor�s knot in a rope; half of a clove hitch-->
half hose<!-- short stockings; socks-->
half-life<!-- The time taken for a given radioactive element to decay to half its number.-->
Half Life<!-- A computer game-->
half measure<!-- an imperfect or weak line of action-->
half note<!-- (music) a minim, one half of a semibreve-->
half page<!-- half of a single page, of a book.-->
half pay<!-- half of the wages or salary; reduced pay; as, an officer on half pay-->
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half price<!-- half the ordinary price; or a price much reduced-->
half round
<!--
*(architecture) A molding of semicircular section
*(mechanical) Having one side flat and the other rounded; � said of a file-->
half shift<!-- (music) a position of the hand, between the open position and the first shift, in playing on the violin and kindred instruments. See shift-->
half step<!-- (music) a semitone; the smallest difference of pitch or interval, used in music-->
half tide<!-- the time or state of the tide equally distant from ebb and flood-->
half time<!-- half the ordinary time for work or attendance; as, the half-time system-->
half tint<!-- (fine arts) a middle or intermediate tint, as in drawing or painting. See demitint-->
half truth<!-- a statement only partially true, or which gives only a part of the truth. � Mrs. Browning-->
half year<!-- the space of six months; one term of a school when there are two terms in a year.-->
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Adverb
en-adv|-

1. In an equal part or degree; in some part approximating a half; partially; imperfectly

#: half-colored; half done; half-hearted; half persuaded; half conscious
#* Dryden:
#*: Half loth and half consenting.
#* Nehemiah 13:24:
#*: Their children spoke half in the speech of Ashdod.

Translations
trans-top|in an equal part or degree
German: t+|de|halb
trans-mid
Russian: t+|ru|по��и|trpo�tí|scCyrl, t-|ru|наполовин�|trnapolovínu|scCyrl
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Noun
en-noun|halves

1. one|One of two equal parts into which anything may be divided, or considered as divided; � sometimes followed by of; as, a half of an apple.

#* Milton:
#*: Not half his riches known, and yet despised.
#* Tennyson:
#*: A friendship so complete Portioned in halves between us

1. Half of a standard measure; frequently used UK for half a pint of beer or cider.

#*1968 UK, John Braine, The crying game, Houghton Mifflin, p. 11,
#*:He came back with a pint of Guinness for me and a half of bitter for Wendy.
#*1974 UK, James Herriot, All Things Bright and Beautiful, St. Martin's Press, ISBN 0312020309,
#*:I accepted a half of bitter from him.
#*2006 UK, Bill Appleton, Wide Boy, Pegasus Elliot Mackenzie, ISBN 1843862530, p. 168,
#*:I went to the bar where I bought a pint and two large brandies. ... "Not brandy," she replied, "but I could use a long drink - maybe a half of lager.

1. arithmetic|preceded by �a� or a number The fraction obtained by dividing 1 by 2.

#:Three-quarters minus a quarter is a half.

1. obsolete part; side; behalf � Wyclif

#* Chaucer:
#*: The four halves of the house

Synonyms
sense|arithmetic: fraction obtained by dividing 1 by 2 ½

Translations
trans-top|one of two equal parts into which anything may be divided
Albanian: t-|sq|gjysmë|f|xs=Albanian
Arabic: ARchar|�ص� unicode|(nu�f)
Breton: hanter m
Bulgarian: половина (polovína) f
Catalan: meitat f
Chinese: � (bàn)
Croatian: polovina f
Dutch: t+|nl|helft
Ewe: af�� n
Faroese: t-|fo|helvt|f|xs=Faroese
French: t+|fr|moitié|f
German: t+|de|Hälfte|f
trreq|Hebrew
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Hungarian: t+|hu|fél
Italian: t-|it|metà|f
Japanese: �� (����, hanbún)
Korean: ë°� (ban)
Marathi: �र�धा (ardhaa)
Lithuanian: pus� f
Portuguese: metade f
Romanian: t-|ro|jum�tate|f
Russian: половина (polovína) f
Slovene: polovica f
Spanish: t-|es|mitad|f
Swedish: hälft
Telugu: (sagamu)t|te|స�మ�|sc=Telu
Yiddish: t-|yi|�ע�פֿ�|f|scHebr|xsYiddish
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trans-top|fraction
Arabic: ARchar|�ص� unicode|(nu�f)
Bulgarian: половина (polovína) f
Ewe: af�� n
French: t+|fr|demi|m
Italian: t-|it|metà|f
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Japanese: �� (����, hanbún)
Korean: ë°� (ban)
Portuguese: metade f
Russian: половина (polovína) f
Spanish: t-|es|mitad|f

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trans-top|part; side; behalf
Ewe: af�� n
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Russian: t+|ru|��о�она|f|trstoroná|scCyrl
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Derived terms
rel-top|derived terms
better half
in half<!-- (colloquial) an expression often used improperly instead of in or into halves; as, to cut in half. � Dickens-->
in one's half<!-- on one's half: (obsolete) in one's behalf; on one's part; or referring to location on the pitch in UK or rugby football-->
cry halves<!-- to claim an equal share with another-->
go halves<!-- to share equally between two.-->
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half and half<!--in equal shares; a drink made from equal portions of two others-->
not half
not half bad
other half
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Verb
en-verb|halves|halving|halved

1. context|transitive|obsolete To halve.

Translations
trans-top|to halve
Czech: půlit, rozpůlit
Finnish: puolittaa, panna puoliksi
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Lithuanian: dalinti pusiau
Russian: дели�� пополам (delít� popolám)
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ttbc|Bulgarian: половина (polovína) f
ttbc|Welsh: hanner
ttbc|Chinese: � (bàn)
ttbc|Marathi: �र�धा (ardhaa)

References
R:1913

Category:English nouns with irregular plurals

Dutch
Adjective
infl|nl|adjective|declined|halve

1. half#English|half

Derived terms
halfrond

German

Verb
infl|de|verb form

1. Past tense of helfen.

el:half
fr:half
io:half
id:half
it:half
hu:half
nl:half
ja:half
pl:half
ru:half
simple:half
fi:half
ta:half
te:half
vi:half
tr:half
zh:half

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