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half-hour

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A period of time equal to thirty minutes, half an hour.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The time of thirty minutes past any particular hour.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a half of an hour

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: 30 minutes

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: time unit, unit of time

History

Etymology

From half- + hour.

Across languages

Translations

38 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: نِصْف سَاعَة (niṣf sāʕa) — period
  • Belarusian: паўгадзі́ны (pawhadzíny) — period
  • Burmese: နာရီဝက် (nariwak) — period
  • Chinese Mandarin: 半小時 /半小时 (bànxiǎoshí) — period
  • Czech: půlhodina — period
  • Dutch: halfuur — period
  • Esperanto: duonhoro — period
  • Esperanto: duona horo — period
  • Fijian: veimama na auwa — period
  • Finnish: puoli tuntia — period
  • Finnish: puolituntinen — period
  • French: demi-heure — period
  • German: halbe Stunde — period
  • Greek: μισάωρο (misáoro) — period
  • Greek: ημίωρο (imíoro) — period
  • Ancient Greek: ἡμιώριον (hēmiṓrion) — period
  • Icelandic: hálftími — period
  • Irish: leathuair — period
  • Italian: mezz'ora — period
  • Japanese: 半時間 (hanjikan) — period
  • Korean: 반시간 (bansigan) — period
  • Latin: sēmihōra — period
  • Lithuanian: pusvalanduko — period
  • Norman: démi-heuthe — period
  • Norwegian Bokmål: halvtime — period
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: halvtime — period
  • Old English: healf tīd — period
  • Polish: pół godziny — period
  • Portuguese: meia hora — period
  • Russian: полчаса́ (polčasá) — period
  • Swedish: halvtimme — period
  • Swedish: halvtimma — period
  • Tamil: அரை மணிநேரம் (arai maṇinēram) — period
  • Turkish: yarım saat — period
  • Ukrainian: півгоди́ни (pivhodýny) — period
  • Finnish: puoli — time
  • Portuguese: meia hora — time
  • Swedish: halv — time
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