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half-naked

adj · adv · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

With very few clothes on.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adv

Meaning 2

With very few clothes on; revealing lots of one's body.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: idiomatic, not-comparable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Middle English half naked, from Old English healfnacod, from Proto-Germanic *halbanakwadaz; equivalent to half- + naked.

Across languages

Translations

25 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 半裸體 /半裸体 (bànluǒtǐ) — with very few clothes on
  • Czech: polonahý — with very few clothes on
  • Esperanto: duonnuda — with very few clothes on
  • Estonian: poolalasti — with very few clothes on
  • Finnish: puolialaston — with very few clothes on
  • French: à moitié nu — with very few clothes on
  • French: demi-nu — with very few clothes on
  • Galician: semiespido — with very few clothes on
  • Galician: semiespida — with very few clothes on
  • German: halbnackt — with very few clothes on
  • Greek: ημίγυμνος (imígymnos) — with very few clothes on
  • Hungarian: félmeztelen — with very few clothes on
  • Italian: seminudo — with very few clothes on
  • Italian: seminuda — with very few clothes on
  • Japanese: 半裸の (hanra no) — with very few clothes on
  • Japanese: 半裸体の (hanratai no) — with very few clothes on
  • Latin: sēminūdus — with very few clothes on
  • Lithuanian: pusnuogis — with very few clothes on
  • Old English: healfnacod — with very few clothes on
  • Polish: półgoły — with very few clothes on
  • Polish: półnagi — with very few clothes on
  • Portuguese: seminu — with very few clothes on
  • Russian: полуго́лый (polugólyj) — with very few clothes on
  • Spanish: semidesnudo — with very few clothes on
  • Swedish: halvnaken — with very few clothes on
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