half

Betekenis (Engels)

1. One of two usually roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided, or considered as divided.
2. One of two usually roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided, or considered as divided.
3. One of two usually roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided, or considered as divided.
4. Half of a standard measure, chiefly:
5. Half of a standard measure, chiefly:
6. The fraction obtained by dividing 1 by 2.
7. Any of the three terms at Eton College, for Michaelmas, Lent, and summer.
8. (slang) A half sibling.
9. A child ticket. Two and a half to Paddington.
10. abbreviated form for half marathon.
11. Clipping of half-dollar.

helft

half

semester

one of a pair

half fare

not full

one half

semi-

cutting in two

second part

half amount

half the face

crack

half-mile

co-sharer

hemi-

equal part

part of

forming a half

mediety

Frequentie

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/hɑːf/

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: Akin to Old Saxon, Old Frisian, and Dutch half, West Frisian heal, German halb, Swedish, Danish and Norwegian halv, Icelandic hálfur and Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌻𐌱𐍃 (halbs). Compare halve, behalf.