English-French translations for half

  • moitié
    Le verre est-il à moitié vide ou à moitié plein? Is the glass half full or half empty? Le verre peut être à moitié vide ou à moitié plein. The glass can be half full or half empty. On peut voir un verre à moitié plein ou à moitié vide. You can see a glass as being half full or half empty.
  • demi
    Chaque demie heure qui passe peut être une demie heure de trop. Waiting half an hour could, tragically, be half an hour too long. L'avion avait une demi-heure de retard. The plane was half an hour late. Pourquoi suis-je ici depuis une demi-heure à perdre mon temps ? Why have I had to waste half an hour here?
  • à moitiéLe verre est-il à moitié vide ou à moitié plein? Is the glass half full or half empty? Le verre peut être à moitié vide ou à moitié plein. The glass can be half full or half empty. On peut voir un verre à moitié plein ou à moitié vide. You can see a glass as being half full or half empty.
  • semestreJ'espère que ce lancement aura lieu dans le courant du second semestre. I hope that this will begin in the second half of the year. Son rapport final sera présenté au cours du second semestre de cette année. His final report will be submitted in the second half of this year. Nous attendrons donc le deuxième semestre pour lancer le programme PHILOXENIA. Let us wait until the second half of the year for the PHILOXENIA programme.

Definition of half

  • Consisting of a half (, 50%
  • Consisting of some indefinite portion resembling a half; approximately a half, whether more or less; partial; imperfect
  • Having one parent in common
  • Related through one common grandparent or ancestor rather than two
  • In two equal parts or to an equal degree
  • Partially; imperfectly
  • One of two usually roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided, or considered as divided
  • Half of a standard measure; frequently used for half a pint of beer or cider
  • The fraction obtained by dividing 1 by 2
  • Part; side; behalf
  • Any of the three terms at , for Michaelmas, Lent, and summer
  • A child ticket
  • To halve
  • A half-hour after, thirty minutes after

Examples

  • a half bushel; a half hour; a half dollar; a half view
  • a half dream; half knowledge
  • half-colored; half done; half-hearted; half persuaded; half conscious
  • He does sometimes half wish to change his life, but it is too difficult.
  • Im half the man I used to be. / Youre half the man hell ever be.
  • I ate the slightly smaller half of the apple.
  • You dont know the half of it.
  • Three-quarters minus a quarter is a half.
  • half one
  • half past one, 1:30

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