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halve
English
Etymology
From Middle English halven, helven, from Old English hilfan, helfan, *hielfan (“to halve, divide in two”), from Proto-West Germanic *halbijan, from Proto-Germanic *halbijan? (“to halve”), from Proto-Germanic *halbaz (“half”).
Cognate with Middle Dutch halven (“to halve”), Middle High German halben, helben (“to halve”). Compare also West Frisian helte (“to halve”), Dutch halveren (“to halve”), German Low German halberen (“to halve”), German halbieren (“to halve”), Danish halvere (“to halve”), Swedish halvera (“to halve”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /h??v/
- Rhymes: -??v
- (US) enPR: h?v, IPA(key): /hæv/
- Rhymes: -æv
- Homophone: have (some accents)
Verb
halve (third-person singular simple present halves, present participle halving, simple past and past participle halved)
- (transitive) To reduce to half the original amount.
- (transitive) To divide into two halves.
- (transitive) To make up half of.
- 1855, Matthew Arnold, Faded Leaves
- So far apart their lives are thrown / From the twin soul that halves their own.
- 1855, Matthew Arnold, Faded Leaves
- (architecture, transitive) To join two pieces of timber etc. by cutting away each for half its thickness at the joining place, and fitting together.
- (golf, transitive) In match play, to achieve a tie or draw on.
Synonyms
- (to divide into two halves): dichotomize, dimidiate; see also Thesaurus:bisect
Translations
Anagrams
- Havel, Vahle
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?halv?], [?hall?]
Adjective
halve
- plural and definite singular attributive of halv
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???l.v?/
Adjective
halve
- Inflected form of half
Middle English
Etymology 1
Noun
halve (plural halves or halven)
- Alternative form of half
Etymology 2
From Old English helfe.
Noun
halve
- Alternative form of helve
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
Adjective
halve
- definite singular of halv
- plural of halv
Etymology 2
From Old Norse halfa
Noun
halve f or m (definite singular halva or halven, indefinite plural halver, definite plural halvene)
- (a) half
Synonyms
- halvdel
- halvpart
References
- “halve” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
Adjective
halve
- definite singular of halv
- plural of halv
Etymology 2
From Old Norse halfa.
Noun
halve f (definite singular halva, indefinite plural halver, definite plural halvene)
- a half
Synonyms
- halvdel
- halvpart
References
- “halve” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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fairness
English
Etymology
From Middle English fairness, fæ?ernesse, from Old English fæ?ernes (“fairness; beauty; pleasantness”), equivalent to fair +? -ness. Cognate with Old High German fagarnessi (“fairness”).
Noun
fairness (countable and uncountable, plural fairnesses)
- The property of being fair or equitable.
- The property of being fair or beautiful.
- Synonyms: fairhood, beauty
Derived terms
- in fairness
Translations
Anagrams
- Serafins, sanserif
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