Standard Lemma guide

half

adj · adv · intj · noun · prep · verb · 27 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • General-South-African, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈhɑːf/
  • Wales: /ˈhaːf/
  • Australian, New-Zealand: /ˈhäːf/
  • Australian, New-Zealand: /ˈhɐ̞ːf/
  • rhymes with -ɑːf
  • Canada, General-American, Ireland: /ˈhæf/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • /ˈhɛə̯f/ New York City, New Orleans, Philadelphia, Baltimore
  • Northern-England, Scotland: /ˈhaf/
  • rhymes with -æf
  • CMU ARPABET: HH AE1 F Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Consisting of a half (1⁄2, 50%).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • a half kilo
  • a half hour
  • a half dollar
  • China's population density used to be half that of Britain.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: semi-, hemi-, demi-

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Consisting of some indefinite portion resembling a half; approximately a half, whether more or less; partial; imperfect.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • a half truth

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Having one parent (rather than two) in common.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • a half brother or half sister

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adj

Meaning 4

Related through one common grandparent or ancestor rather than two.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • a half uncle or half aunt or half cousin

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

adv

Meaning 5

In two equal parts or to an equal degree.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

adv

Meaning 6

In some part approximating a half.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

adv

Meaning 7

Partially; imperfectly.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • half-colored
  • The task is only half done.
  • I was half persuaded by your convincing argument.
  • The patient was half conscious and muttering a few words.
  • He does sometimes half wish to change his life, but it is too difficult.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

adv

Meaning 8

Practically, nearly.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

intj

Meaning 9

A call reminding performers that the performance will begin in thirty minutes.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, theater

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

noun

Meaning 10

One of two usually roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided, or considered as divided.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • I ate the smaller half of the apple.
  • You don’t know the half of it.
  • Of the passengers on the plane, half were English.
  • The cake was delicious: half was vanilla and half was chocolate.
  • Half (of) my friends live abroad.
  • I’ve bought some chocolate. You can have half.
  • One and a half miles equals a mile and a half.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

noun

Meaning 11

One of two usually roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided, or considered as divided.

One of two equal periods into which a game is divided.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports

Examples

  • An association football match usually consists of two halves of 45 minutes each.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

noun

Meaning 12

One of two usually roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided, or considered as divided.

One of the two opposite parts of the playing field of various sports, in which each starts the game.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

13

noun

Meaning 13

Half of a standard measure, chiefly:

half a pint of beer or cider. (Refusing a pint) Just a half, thank you. (Offering to top up a pint glass) Do you want a half in that? (Minimizing the amount of drink taken) A swift half at the Pear Tree.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

14

noun

Meaning 14

Half of a standard measure, chiefly:

A barrel measure of 27 gallons (half a hogshead).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: liquor trade

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

15

noun

Meaning 15

The fraction obtained by dividing 1 by 2.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: preceded by “a” or a number

Examples

  • Three-quarters minus a quarter is a half.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: 1⁄2

Antonyms: none provided

16

noun

Meaning 16

Any of the three terms at Eton College, for Michaelmas, Lent, and summer.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

17

noun

Meaning 17

A half sibling.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: slang

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

18

noun

Meaning 18

A child ticket. Two and a half to Paddington.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK, dated

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

19

noun

Meaning 19

abbreviated form for half marathon.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

20

noun

Meaning 20

Clipping of half-dollar.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping

Qualifier: numismatic slang

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

21

prep

Meaning 21

Half past; a half-hour (30 minutes) after the last hour.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Ireland, UK

Examples

  • The time is 9:30; it is half nine.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: half past

Antonyms: none provided

22

prep

Meaning 22

A half-hour to (preceding) the next hour.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: rare

Examples

  • In some countries, "half seven" means 6:30.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

23

verb

Meaning 23

To halve.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Qualifier: obsolete except nonstandard

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bipartition, bisect, dichotomize, dimidiate, half, halve

Antonyms: none provided

24

adjective

Meaning 24

(of siblings) related through one parent only

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a half brother
  • half sister

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: whole

25

adverb

Meaning 25

partially or to the extent of a half

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he was half hidden by the bushes

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

26

noun

Meaning 26

one of two equal parts of a divisible whole

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • half a loaf
  • half an hour
  • a century and one half

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: one-half

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: common fraction, simple fraction

Narrower terms: fifty percent, moiety, mediety

27

noun

Meaning 27

one of two divisions into which some games or performances are divided: the two divisions are separated by an interval

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: part, section, division

Narrower terms: first half, second half, last half

History

Etymology

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 Cognate with Old Saxon, Old Frisian, and Old Dutch half, West Frisian heal, Dutch half, German halb, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish halv, Icelandic hálfur and Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌻𐌱𐍃 (halbs). Compare halve, behalf.

Across languages

Translations

364 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Abkhaz: абжа (abẑa) — consisting of a half
  • Albanian: gjysmë — consisting of a half
  • Southern Altai: јарым (ǰarïm) — consisting of a half
  • Armenian: կես (kes) — consisting of a half
  • Assamese: আধা (adha) — consisting of a half
  • Azerbaijani: yarım — consisting of a half
  • Bashkir: ярты (yartı) — consisting of a half
  • Bashkir: ярым (yarım) — consisting of a half
  • Central Bikol: kabanga — consisting of a half
  • Bulgarian: половин (polovin) — consisting of a half
  • Catalan: mig — consisting of a half
  • Chechen: ах (ax) — consisting of a half
  • Chinese Cantonese: 半 (bun3) — consisting of a half
  • Chinese Mandarin: 半 (bàn) — consisting of a half
  • Czech: půl — consisting of a half
  • Danish: halv — consisting of a half
  • Dutch: half — consisting of a half
  • Esperanto: duona — consisting of a half
  • Estonian: pool — consisting of a half
  • Ewe: afɑ̃ — consisting of a half
  • Finnish: puoli — consisting of a half
  • French: demi — consisting of a half
  • West-Frisian: heal — consisting of a half
  • Friulian: mieç — consisting of a half
  • Georgian: ნახევარი (naxevari) — consisting of a half
  • German: halb — consisting of a half
  • Gothic: 𐌷𐌰𐌻𐌱𐍃 (halbs) — consisting of a half
  • Greek: ήμισυς (ímisys) — consisting of a half
  • Greek: μισός (misós) — consisting of a half
  • Ancient Greek: ἥμισυς (hḗmisus) — consisting of a half
  • Gujarati: અર્ધું (ardhũ) — consisting of a half
  • Gujarati: અડધું (aḍadhũ) — consisting of a half
  • Hindi: आधा (ādhā) — consisting of a half
  • Hindi: अर्ध (ardh) — consisting of a half
  • Hindi: अर्द्ध (arddh) — consisting of a half
  • Indonesian: setengah — consisting of a half
  • Irish: leath- — consisting of a half
  • Japanese: 半 (nakaba, han) — consisting of a half
  • Japanese: ハーフ (hāfu) — consisting of a half
  • Kapampangan: kapitna — consisting of a half
  • Khmer: កន្លះ (kɑɑkɑnlah) — consisting of a half
  • Khmer: ចំហៀង (cɑmhiəng) — consisting of a half
  • Korean: 반 (ban) — consisting of a half
  • Central Kurdish: نیو (nîw) — consisting of a half
  • Northern Kurdish: nîv — consisting of a half
  • Lao: ເຄິ່ງ (khœng) — consisting of a half
  • Latgalian: puse — consisting of a half
  • Latin: dīmidium — consisting of a half
  • Latin: sēmis — consisting of a half
  • Latvian: puse — consisting of a half
  • Lithuanian: pusė — consisting of a half
  • Manchu: ᡥᠣᠨᡨᠣᡥᠣ (hontoho) — consisting of a half
  • Māori: haurua — consisting of a half
  • Mongolian: хагас (xagas) — consisting of a half
  • Norwegian Bokmål: halv — consisting of a half
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: halv — consisting of a half
  • Occitan: mièg — consisting of a half
  • Odia: ଅଧା (adhā) — consisting of a half
  • Persian: نیم (nim) — consisting of a half
  • Polish: pół- — consisting of a half
  • Polish: połowiczny — consisting of a half
  • Portuguese: metade — consisting of a half
  • Portuguese: meio — consisting of a half
  • Quechua: ch'iqta — consisting of a half
  • Romanian: semi- — consisting of a half
  • Romanian: emi- — consisting of a half
  • Romanian: jumate — consisting of a half
  • Romanian: jumătate — consisting of a half
  • Russian: пол- (pol-) — consisting of a half
  • Russian: полу- (polu-) — consisting of a half
  • Sanskrit: अर्ध (ardhá) — consisting of a half
  • Serbo-Croatian: polovina — consisting of a half
  • Sinhalese: බාගය (bāgaya) — consisting of a half
  • Slovene: pol — consisting of a half
  • Spanish: medio — consisting of a half
  • Sranan Tongo: afu — consisting of a half
  • Swedish: halv — consisting of a half
  • Tagalog: kalahati — consisting of a half
  • Tamil: அரை (arai) — consisting of a half
  • Thai: ครึ่ง (krʉ̂ng) — consisting of a half
  • Thai: กึ่ง (gʉ̀ng) — consisting of a half
  • Northern Thai: ᨣᩕᩮᩥ᩠᩵ᨦ — consisting of a half
  • Turkish: yarı — consisting of a half
  • Turkish: buçuk — consisting of a half
  • Vietnamese: phân nửa — consisting of a half
  • Yiddish: האַלב (halb) — consisting of a half
  • Bashkir: ярты (yartı) — consisting of some indefinite portion resembling a half
  • Bashkir: ярым (yarım) — consisting of some indefinite portion resembling a half
  • Catalan: mig — consisting of some indefinite portion resembling a half
  • Dutch: half — consisting of some indefinite portion resembling a half
  • Finnish: puolittainen — consisting of some indefinite portion resembling a half
  • Finnish: puoli- — consisting of some indefinite portion resembling a half
  • Finnish: puoleksi — consisting of some indefinite portion resembling a half
  • German: halb — consisting of some indefinite portion resembling a half
  • Central Kurdish: نیو (nîw) — consisting of some indefinite portion resembling a half
  • Central Kurdish: نیوەونیو (nîwewnîw) — consisting of some indefinite portion resembling a half
  • Latvian: puse — consisting of some indefinite portion resembling a half
  • Portuguese: parte — consisting of some indefinite portion resembling a half
  • Sinhalese: භාගය (bhāgaya) — consisting of some indefinite portion resembling a half
  • Swedish: halv — consisting of some indefinite portion resembling a half
  • Tagalog: kalahati — consisting of some indefinite portion resembling a half
  • Tamil: அரை (arai) — consisting of some indefinite portion resembling a half
  • Tamil: பாதி (pāti) — consisting of some indefinite portion resembling a half
  • Thai: ครึ่ง (krʉ̂ng) — consisting of some indefinite portion resembling a half
  • Thai: กึ่ง (gʉ̀ng) — consisting of some indefinite portion resembling a half
  • Bulgarian: полу (polu) — having one parent in common
  • Dutch: half- — having one parent in common
  • Estonian: pool- — having one parent in common
  • Finnish: -puoli — having one parent in common
  • Georgian: ნახევარ- (naxevar-) — having one parent in common
  • Polish: przyrodni — having one parent in common
  • Swedish: halv — having one parent in common
  • Dutch: half- — related through one common ancestor
  • Estonian: pool- — related through one common ancestor
  • Finnish: -puoli — related through one common ancestor
  • Icelandic: hálf- — related through one common ancestor
  • Swedish: halv — related through one common ancestor
  • Azerbaijani: yarı — in two equal parts or to an equal degree
  • Bashkir: ярым (yarım) — in two equal parts or to an equal degree
  • Bashkir: яртылай (yartılay) — in two equal parts or to an equal degree
  • Bulgarian: наполовина (napolovina) — in two equal parts or to an equal degree
  • Dutch: half — in two equal parts or to an equal degree
  • Estonian: pool — in two equal parts or to an equal degree
  • Finnish: puoli- — in two equal parts or to an equal degree
  • Finnish: puoliksi — in two equal parts or to an equal degree
  • Finnish: puolittain — in two equal parts or to an equal degree
  • Georgian: სანახევროდ (sanaxevrod) — in two equal parts or to an equal degree
  • German: halb — in two equal parts or to an equal degree
  • Hungarian: fél- — in two equal parts or to an equal degree
  • Hungarian: félig — in two equal parts or to an equal degree
  • Italian: mezzo — in two equal parts or to an equal degree
  • Northern Kurdish: nîv — in two equal parts or to an equal degree
  • Norwegian Bokmål: halv- — in two equal parts or to an equal degree
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: halv- — in two equal parts or to an equal degree
  • Russian: почти́ (počtí) — in two equal parts or to an equal degree
  • Russian: наполови́ну (napolovínu) — in two equal parts or to an equal degree
  • Spanish: mediamente — in two equal parts or to an equal degree
  • Spanish: medio — in two equal parts or to an equal degree
  • Spanish: semi- — in two equal parts or to an equal degree
  • Swedish: halvt — in two equal parts or to an equal degree
  • Turkish: yarı — in two equal parts or to an equal degree
  • Spanish: parcialmente — partially; imperfectly
  • Spanish: cuasi — partially; imperfectly
  • Spanish: fraccionariamente — partially; imperfectly
  • Spanish: mediamente — partially; imperfectly
  • Spanish: medio — partially; imperfectly
  • Spanish: semi- — partially; imperfectly
  • Abkhaz: абжа (abẑa) — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Afar: abxa — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Albanian: gjysmë — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Southern Altai: јарым (ǰarïm) — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Arabic: نِصْف (niṣf) — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Arabic: نُصْف (nuṣf) — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Arabic: نص (nuṣṣ) — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Arabic: نص (niṣṣ) — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Armenian: կես (kes) — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Aromanian: giumitati — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Asturian: mitá — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Azerbaijani: yarım — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Bashkir: ярты (yartı) — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Bashkir: ярым (yarım) — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Belarusian: палаві́на (palavína) — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Belarusian: пало́ва (palóva) — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Bengali: আধা (adha) — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Breton: hanter — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Bulgarian: полови́на (polovína) — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Burmese: အခြမ်း (a.hkram:) — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Burmese: အခွဲ (a.hkwai:) — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Catalan: meitat — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Chamicuro: pachishki — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Chechen: ах (ax) — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Cherokee: ᎠᏰᏟ (ayetli) — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Chinese Cantonese: 半 (bun3) — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Chinese Cantonese: 一半 (jat1 bun3) — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Chinese: 半 (zh-min-nan) — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Chinese: 一半 (zh-min-nan) — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Chinese Mandarin: 半 (bàn) — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Chinese Mandarin: 一半 (yībàn) — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • East Circassian: ныкъуэ (nəqwɛ) — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • West Circassian: ныкъо (nəqwo) — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Ngazidja Comorian: upanɗe class 11/10a — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Czech: polovina — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Czech: půlka — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Czech: půl — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Czech: půle — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Czech: polovice — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Czech: polovička — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Dalmatian: mesu — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Danish: halvdel — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Dutch: helft — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Esperanto: duono — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Estonian: pool — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Ewe: afɑ̃ — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Farefare: pʋsʋka — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Faroese: helvt — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Finnish: puolikas — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Finnish: puolet — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • French: moitié — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Friulian: mieç — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Friulian: mitât — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Galician: metade — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Georgian: ნახევარი (naxevari) — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Georgian: მეორედი (meoredi) — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • German: Hälfte — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Greek: μισό (misó) — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Ancient Greek: ἥμισυ (hḗmisu) — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Gujarati: અરધું (aradhũ) — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Haitian Creole: mwatye — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Hebrew: חֵצִי (khétsi) — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Hebrew: מַחֲצִית (makhatsít) — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Hindi: आधा (ādhā) — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Hungarian: fél — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Icelandic: helmingur — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Ido: duima — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Ilocano: guddua — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Indonesian: setengah — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Indonesian: separuh — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Ingush: ах (ax) — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Irish: leath — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Isnag: xadduwa — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Italian: metà — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Japanese: 半分 (hanbun) — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Kazakh: жарты (jarty) — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Kazakh: жарым (jarym) — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Khmer: កន្លះ (kɑnlah) — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Khmer: ចំហៀង (cɑmhiəŋ) — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Komi-Zyrian: джын (džyn) — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Korean: 반 (ban) — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Central Kurdish: نیوە (nîwe) — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Northern Kurdish: niv — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Kyrgyz: жарым (jarım) — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Kyrgyz: жарты (jartı) — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Lao: ທ່ອງ (thǭng) — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Lao: ເກີ່ງ (kœ̄ng) — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Latin: dīmidium — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Lithuanian: pusė — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Macedonian: половина (polovina) — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Malay: separuh — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Malay: setengah — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Maltese: nofs — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Māori: haurua — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Marathi: अर्धा (ardhā) — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Mongolian: хагас (xagas) — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Mongolian: тал (tal) — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Mongolian: ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠰ (qaɣas) — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Mongolian: ᠲᠠᠯ᠎ᠠ (tal-a) — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Moore: pʋsʋka — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Norwegian Bokmål: halvdel — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Norwegian Bokmål: halvpart — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Norwegian Bokmål: omgang — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Norwegian Bokmål: banehalvdel — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: halvdel — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Occitan: mitat — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Ossetian: ӕрдӕг (ærdæg) — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Papiamentu: mei — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Persian: نیم (nim) — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Persian: نصف (nesf) — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Persian: نیمه (nime) — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Pipil: tajku — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Plautdietsch: Halft — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Polish: połowa — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Polish: pół — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Polish: połowina — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Polish: połówka — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Portuguese: metade — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Portuguese: tempo — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Romanian: jumătate — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Russian: полови́на (polovína) — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Russian: тайм (tajm) — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Saho: abrha — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Sanskrit: अर्ध (ardha) — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Sardinian: meidade — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Sardinian: meitate — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Sardinian: metadi — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Sardinian: midade — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Scottish Gaelic: leth — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Serbo-Croatian: половина — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Serbo-Croatian: polovina — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Shan: ၶိုင်ႈ (khūeng) — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Slovak: polovina — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Slovak: polovica — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Slovene: polovica — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Spanish: mitad — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Spanish: metad (disused) — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Spanish: meitad (disused) — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Sranan Tongo: afu — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Swahili: nusu — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Swedish: hälft — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Swedish: halva — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Swedish: halvlek — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Swedish: planhalva — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Tagalog: kalahati — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Tajik: нисф (nisf) — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Tajik: ним (nim) — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Tajik: нима (nima) — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Talysh: nim — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Talysh: nimə — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Tamil: அரை (arai) — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Tamil: பாதி (pāti) — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Tarifit: azyen — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Tat: nimə — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Tatar: ярты (yartı) — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Tausug: tunga — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Tày: pán — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Tày: puốn — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Tày: chang — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Tày: bưởng — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Telugu: సగము (sagamu) — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Thai: ครึ่ง (krʉ̂ng) — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Thai: ครึ่งหนึ่ง (krêung-nèung) — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Tibetan: ཕྱེད་ཀ (phyed ka) — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Tocharian B: ywārtsa — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Tok Pisin: hap — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Tongan: vaeua — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Turkish: yarım — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Turkish: yarı — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Turkmen: ýarym — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Udmurt: ӝыны (džyny) — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Ukrainian: полови́на (polovýna) — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Urdu: آدھا (ādhā) — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Uzbek: yarim — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Venetan: mezo — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Vietnamese: nửa — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Welsh: hanner — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Yiddish: העלפֿט (helft) — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Yoruba: idaji — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Zazaki: nȋme — one of two roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided
  • Finnish: puolikas — half a standard measure
  • Greek: μισό (misó) — half a standard measure
  • Central Kurdish: نیوە (nîwe) — half a standard measure
  • Latin: semis — half a standard measure
  • Norwegian Bokmål: halv — half a standard measure
  • Polish: połówka — half a standard measure
  • Tamil: அரை (arai) — half a standard measure
  • Arabic: نِصْف (niṣf) — math: fraction
  • Arabic: نُصْف (nuṣf) — math: fraction
  • Armenian: կես (kes) — math: fraction
  • Bulgarian: полови́на (polovína) — math: fraction
  • Czech: polovina — math: fraction
  • Ewe: afɑ̃ — math: fraction
  • Finnish: puoli — math: fraction
  • Finnish: kahdesosa — math: fraction
  • French: demi — math: fraction
  • Greek: μισό (misó) — math: fraction
  • Italian: metà — math: fraction
  • Japanese: 半分 (hanbun) — math: fraction
  • Korean: 반 (ban) — math: fraction
  • Norwegian Bokmål: halv — math: fraction
  • Portuguese: metade — math: fraction
  • Russian: полови́на (polovína) — math: fraction
  • Spanish: mitad — math: fraction
  • Swahili: nusu — math: fraction
  • Swedish: halva — math: fraction
  • Tagalog: kalahati — math: fraction
  • Tamil: அரை (arai) — math: fraction
  • Ewe: afɑ̃ — part; side; behalf
  • Finnish: puoli — part; side; behalf
  • Norwegian Bokmål: del — part; side; behalf
  • Russian: сторона́ (storoná) — part; side; behalf
  • Swedish: del — part; side; behalf
  • Tamil: பங்கு (paṅku) — part; side; behalf
  • Czech: trimestr — one of three terms in Eton
  • Finnish: velipuoli — half sibling
  • Finnish: sisarpuoli — half sibling