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half
English
Alternative forms
- 'arf, ha'f
Etymology
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;
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /h??f/
- Rhymes: -??f
- (General Australian, General New Zealand, Scotland) IPA(key): /h??f/
- (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /hæf/
- Rhymes: -æf
- (Ireland, Wales) IPA(key): /haf/, /häf/
Adjective
half (not comparable)
- Consisting of a half (½, 50%).
- Consisting of some indefinite portion resembling a half; approximately a half, whether more or less; partial; imperfect.
- Assumed from thence a half-consent.
- (of a sibling) Having one parent (rather than two) in common.
- (rare, of a relative other than a sibling) Related through one common grandparent or ancestor rather than two.
Usage notes
- (consisting of a moiety, or half): The adjective and noun are often united to form a compound.
Synonyms
- (consisting of a moiety, or half): hemi-, semi-, demi-
Derived terms
See also those listed at Category:English words prefixed with half-.
Descendants
- ? Fiji Hindi: haafaa
- ? Hawaiian: hapa
- ? English: hapa
- ? Japanese: ??? (h?fu)
- ? English: hafu
- ? Maori: h?whe
- ? Pitjantjatjara: aapa
Translations
Adverb
half (not comparable)
- In two equal parts or to an equal degree.
- In some part approximating a half.
- Partially; imperfectly.
- Half loth and half consenting.
- Their children spoke half in the speech of Ashdod.
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
half (plural halves)
- One of two usually roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided, or considered as divided.
- ?, Alfred Tennyson, The Gardener's Daughter; or, The Pictures
- A friendship so complete Portion'd in halves between us
- (sports) One of the two opposite parts of the playing field of various sports, in which each starts the game.
- ?, Alfred Tennyson, The Gardener's Daughter; or, The Pictures
- Half of a standard measure; frequently used (Britain) for half a pint of beer or cider.
- 1968 (Britain), John Braine, The Crying Game, Houghton Mifflin, page 11,
- He came back with a pint of Guinness for me and a half of bitter for Wendy.
- 1974 (Britain), James Herriot, All Things Bright and Beautiful, St. Martin's Press, ?ISBN,
- I accepted a half of bitter from him.
- 2006 (Britain), Bill Appleton, Wide Boy, Pegasus Elliot Mackenzie, ?ISBN, page 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."
- 1968 (Britain), John Braine, The Crying Game, Houghton Mifflin, page 11,
- (preceded by “a” or a number) The fraction obtained by dividing 1 by 2.
- (obsolete) Part; side; behalf.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Wyclif to this entry?)
- The four halves of the house
- Any of the three terms at Eton College, for Michaelmas, Lent, and summer.
- (slang) A half sibling.
- (Britain, archaic) A child ticket.
Synonyms
- (fraction obtained by dividing 1 by 2): ½
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
half (third-person singular simple present halves, present participle halving, simple past and past participle halved)
- (transitive, obsolete) To halve.
Synonyms
- dimidiate; see also Thesaurus:bisect
Translations
Preposition
half
- (Britain, Ireland) half past; A half-hour (30 minutes) after the last hour; i.e. 9.30="half (past) nine". (Not to be confused with #2)
- (in some languages but rarely in English) A half-hour to (preceding) the next hour; i.e. 6.30="half (to) seven"
Interjection
half
- (theater) A call reminding performers that the performance will begin in thirty minutes.
References
- half in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch half, from Old Dutch *half, from Proto-West Germanic *halb, from Proto-Germanic *halbaz.
Cognate with English half, German halb, West Frisian heal, Danish halv.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??lf/
- Hyphenation: half
- Rhymes: -?lf
Adjective
half (not comparable)
- half
- (with numbers) 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 ander originally meaning second)
- half tien
- (with months) the middle of that month
- half maart
- mid-March
- half maart
Inflection
Derived terms
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /half/
Verb
half
- first/third-person singular preterite of helfen
Middle English
Etymology
From Old English healf, half, from Proto-West Germanic *halb, from Proto-Germanic *halbaz.
Noun
half (plural halves or halfes or halven)
- half
Alternative forms
- halfe, halph, alf, alfe, hælf, healf, healfe, elf, haf, hafe, halve, alve, hælve, helve
Adjective
half
- half
Alternative forms
- healf (early)
Adverb
half
- half
Alternative forms
- elf
Descendants
- English: half (see there for further descendants)
- Scots: hauf
- Yola: halleef, halluf
References
- “half, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
- “half, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
- “half, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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quater
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *k?etwóres. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Adverb
quater (not comparable)
- four times
References
- quater in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- quater in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- quater in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Romansch
Alternative forms
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) quatter
Etymology
From Latin quattuor, from Proto-Indo-European *k?etwóres.
Number
quater
- (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan) four
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