half
Part of speech: adj
adv
verb
prep
intj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: entertainment
lifestyle
theater
Etymology: Etymology tree
Middle English half
English half
From Middle English half, halfe from Old English healf (“half”); as a noun, 'half', 'side', 'part', from Proto-West Germanic *halb, from Proto-Germanic *halbaz.
Cognates
Cognate with Old Saxon, Old Frisian, and Old Dutch half, West Frisian heal, Dutch half, German halb, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish halv, Icelandic hálfur and Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌻𐌱𐍃 (halbs). Compare halve, behalf.
Inflected forms:
form: 'arf
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: ha'f
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: halfe
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: 'arf
pos: adv
tags: alternative
form: ha'f
pos: adv
tags: alternative
form: halfe
pos: adv
tags: alternative
form: halves
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: halving
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: halved
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: halved
pos: verb
tags: past
form: 'arf
pos: verb
tags: alternative
form: ha'f
pos: verb
tags: alternative
form: halfe
pos: verb
tags: alternative
form: 'arf
pos: prep
tags: alternative
form: ha'f
pos: prep
tags: alternative
form: halfe
pos: prep
tags: alternative
form: 'arf
pos: intj
tags: alternative
form: ha'f
pos: intj
tags: alternative
form: halfe
pos: intj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Consisting of a half (½, 50%).
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: a half kilo
a half hour
a half dollar
China's population density used to be half that of Britain.
gloss: Consisting of some indefinite portion resembling a half; approximately a half, whether more or less; partial; imperfect.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: a half truth
Assumed from thence a half-consent.
gloss: Having one parent (rather than two) in common.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: A half brother or half sister
gloss: Related through one common grandparent or ancestor rather than two.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: A half uncle or half aunt or half cousin
gloss: In two equal parts or to an equal degree.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
gloss: In some part approximating a half.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
gloss: Partially; imperfectly.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
examples: half-colored
The task is only half done.
I was half persuaded by your convincing argument.
The patient was half conscious and muttering a few words.
He does sometimes half wish to change his life, but it is too difficult.
Half loth and half consenting.
Their children spoke half in the speech of Ashdod.
I sometimes hold it half a sin
⁠To put in words the grief I feel;
⁠For words, like Nature, half reveal
And half conceal the Soul within.
gloss: Practically, nearly.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
examples: To be a King, is halfe to bee a God.
gloss: To halve.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: Half past; a half-hour (30 minutes) after the last hour.
pos: prep
tags: Ireland
UK
examples: The time is 9:30; it is half nine.
gloss: A half-hour to (preceding) the next hour.
pos: prep
tags: rare
examples: In some countries, "half seven" means 6:30.
gloss: A call reminding performers that the performance will begin in thirty minutes.
pos: intj
Related words: not half
Translations:
lang: Abkhaz
word: абжа
roman: abẑa
lang: Albanian
word: gjysmë
lang: Southern Altai
word: јарым
roman: ǰarïm
lang: Armenian
word: կես
roman: kes
lang: Assamese
word: আধা
roman: adha
lang: Azerbaijani
word: yarım
lang: Bashkir
word: ярты
roman: yartı
lang: Bashkir
word: ярым
roman: yarım
lang: Central Bikol
word: kabanga
lang: Bulgarian
word: половин
roman: polovin
lang: Catalan
word: mig
lang: Chechen
word: ах
roman: ax
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 半
roman: bun³
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 半
roman: bàn
lang: Czech
word: půl
lang: Danish
word: halv
lang: Dutch
word: half
lang: Esperanto
word: duona
lang: Estonian
word: pool
lang: Ewe
word: afɑ̃
lang: Finnish
word: puoli
lang: French
word: demi
lang: West-Frisian
word: heal
lang: Friulian
word: mieç
lang: Georgian
word: ნახევარი
roman: naxevari
lang: German
word: halb
lang: Gothic
word: 𐌷𐌰𐌻𐌱𐍃
roman: halbs
lang: Greek
word: ήμισυς
roman: ímisys
lang: Greek
word: μισός
roman: misós
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ἥμισυς
roman: hḗmisus
lang: Gujarati
word: અર્ધું
roman: ardhũ
lang: Gujarati
word: અડધું
roman: aḍadhũ
lang: Hindi
word: आधा
roman: ādhā
lang: Hindi
word: अर्ध
roman: ardh
lang: Hindi
word: अर्द्ध
roman: arddh
lang: Indonesian
word: setengah
lang: Irish
word: leath-
lang: Japanese
word: 半
roman: nakaba, han
lang: Japanese
word: ハーフ
roman: hāfu
lang: Kapampangan
word: kapitna
lang: Khmer
word: កន្លះ
roman: kɑɑkɑnlah
lang: Khmer
word: ចំហៀង
roman: cɑmhiəng
lang: Korean
word: 반
roman: ban
lang: Central Kurdish
word: نیو
roman: nîw
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: nîv
lang: Lao
word: ເຄິ່ງ
roman: khœng
lang: Latgalian
word: puse
lang: Latin
word: dīmidium
lang: Latin
word: sēmis
lang: Latvian
word: puse
lang: Lithuanian
word: pusė
lang: Manchu
word: ᡥᠣᠨᡨᠣᡥᠣ
roman: hontoho
lang: Māori
word: haurua
lang: Mongolian
word: хагас
roman: xagas
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: halv
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: halv
lang: Occitan
word: mièg
lang: Odia
word: ଅଧା
roman: adhā
lang: Persian
word: نیم
roman: nim
lang: Polish
word: pół-
lang: Polish
word: połowiczny
lang: Portuguese
word: metade
lang: Portuguese
word: meio
lang: Quechua
word: ch'iqta
lang: Romanian
word: semi-
lang: Romanian
word: emi-
lang: Romanian
word: jumate
lang: Romanian
word: jumătate
lang: Russian
word: пол-
roman: pol-
lang: Russian
word: полу-
roman: polu-
lang: Sanskrit
word: अर्ध
roman: ardhá
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: polovina
lang: Sinhalese
word: බාගය
roman: bāgaya
lang: Slovene
word: pol
lang: Spanish
word: medio
lang: Sranan Tongo
word: afu
lang: Swedish
word: halv
lang: Tagalog
word: kalahati
lang: Tamil
word: அரை
roman: arai
lang: Thai
word: ครึ่ง
roman: krʉ̂ng
lang: Thai
word: กึ่ง
roman: gʉ̀ng
lang: Northern Thai
word: ᨣᩕᩮᩥ᩠᩵ᨦ
lang: Turkish
word: yarı
lang: Turkish
word: buçuk
lang: Vietnamese
word: phân nửa
lang: Yiddish
word: האַלב
roman: halb