halve

Significat (Anglès)

1. (transitive) To reduce to half the original amount.
2. (transitive) To divide into two halves.
3. (transitive) To make up half of.
4. (transitive) To join two pieces of timber etc. by cutting away each for half its thickness at the joining place, and fitting together.
5. (transitive) In match play, to achieve a tie or draw on.

Conceptes

bisecar

dividir entre dos

Sinònims

bisect

split

divide

split in half

divide into two

split in two

cut in half

dispense

distribute

fork

line segment

rip

separate

share

smash

tear apart

cut in two

dichotomise

reduction by half

crack

divide equally

divide in halves

share equally

make less

drink up a half

eat up a half

bifurcate

reduce by a half

break

cut

cut across

deal

dichotomize

dilute

Traduccions

dimezzare

halbieren

halveren

fendre

diviser en deux

smezzare

bisecare

réduire de moitié

ridurre della metà

διχοτομώ

διχάζω

dédoubler

pareggiare

bipartire

zweiteilen

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/hɑːv/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: halven

Heretat de anglès antic: hilfan

Cognat amb neerlandès mitjà: halven

Cognat amb alt alemany mitjà: halben

Cognat amb frisó occidental: helte

Cognat amb neerlandès: halveren

Cognat amb alemany: halbieren

Cognat amb danès: halvere

Cognat amb suec: halvera

In summary

From Middle English halven, helven, from Old English hilfan, helfan, *hielfan (“to halve, divide in two”), from Proto-West Germanic *halbijan, from Proto-Germanic *halbijaną (“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”).