halve
Signification (Anglais)
- (transitive) To reduce to half the original amount.
- (transitive) To divide into two halves.
- (transitive) To make up half of.
- (transitive) To join two pieces of timber etc. by cutting away each for half its thickness at the joining place, and fitting together.
- (transitive) In match play, to achieve a tie or draw on.
Concepts
Synonymes
split in half
divide into two
split in two
cut in half
cut in two
reduction by half
divide equally
divide in halves
share equally
make less
drink up a half
eat up a half
reduce by a half
Traductions
halbieren
halveren
tagliare a metà
dividir ao meio ridurre della metà
διχάζω διχοτομώ
partir por la mitadPrononcé comme (IPA)
/hɑːv/
Étymologie (Anglais)
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”).
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