halve

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• Australian, England, New-Zealand, Wales: häv
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• Australian, England, New-Zealand, Wales: /hɑːv/
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• rhymes with -ɑːv
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• General-American: hăv
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• General-American: /hæv/
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• homophone: have (stressed)
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• rhymes with -æv
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• /hɛəv/ New York City, New Orleans, Philadelphia, Baltimore
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• Ireland, Scotland: /hav/
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• CMU ARPABET: HH AE1 V Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English halven, helven, from Old English hilfan, helfan, *hielfan (“to halve, divide in two”), from Proto-West Germanic *halbijan, from Proto-Germanic *halbijaną (“to halve”), from Proto-Germanic *halbaz (“half”). Cognate with Middle Dutch halven (“to halve”), Middle High German halben, helben (“to halve”). Compare also West Frisian helte (“to halve”), Dutch halveren (“to halve”), German Low German halberen (“to halve”), German halbieren (“to halve”), Danish halvere (“to halve”), Swedish halvera (“to halve”).

66 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: намалявам наполовина (namaljavam napolovina) — to reduce to half of original
• Dutch: halveren — to reduce to half of original
• Finnish: puolittaa — to reduce to half of original
• Georgian: ანახევრებს (anaxevrebs) — to reduce to half of original
• Georgian: ნახევრად შეამცირებს (naxevrad šeamcirebs) — to reduce to half of original
• Georgian: ნახევრად ამცირებს (naxevrad amcirebs) — to reduce to half of original
• German: halbieren — to reduce to half of original
• Greek: υποδιπλασιάζω (ypodiplasiázo) — to reduce to half of original
• Hawaiian: pālua — to reduce to half of original
• Hungarian: elfelez — to reduce to half of original
• Italian: dimezzare — to reduce to half of original
• Korean: 반으로 줄다 (baneuro julda) — to reduce to half of original
• Old English: hielfan — to reduce to half of original
• Portuguese: mear — to reduce to half of original
• Russian: сокраща́ть наполови́ну (sokraščátʹ napolovínu) — to reduce to half of original
• Russian: сократи́ть наполови́ну (sokratítʹ napolovínu) — to reduce to half of original
• Spanish: demediar — to reduce to half of original
• Spanish: dimidiar — to reduce to half of original
• Spanish: reducir a la mitad — to reduce to half of original
• Swedish: halvera — to reduce to half of original
• Tausug: tunga — to reduce to half of original
• Turkish: yarılamak — to reduce to half of original
• Welsh: haneru — to reduce to half of original
• Bulgarian: разполовявам (razpolovjavam) — to divide in two equal parts
• Czech: půlit — to divide in two equal parts
• Czech: rozpůlit — to divide in two equal parts
• Dutch: halveren — to divide in two equal parts
• Finnish: puolittaa — to divide in two equal parts
• Finnish: panna puoliksi — to divide in two equal parts
• French: diviser en deux — to divide in two equal parts
• Georgian: ანახევრებს (anaxevrebs) — to divide in two equal parts
• Georgian: შუაზე ჰყოფს (šuaze hq̇ops) — to divide in two equal parts
• Georgian: შუაზე ყოფს (šuaze q̇ops) — to divide in two equal parts
• German: halbieren — to divide in two equal parts
• German: hälften — to divide in two equal parts
• German: zweiteilen — to divide in two equal parts
• Hawaiian: pālua — to divide in two equal parts
• Hebrew: חָצָה (khatsá) — to divide in two equal parts
• Hungarian: felez — to divide in two equal parts
• Hungarian: kettéoszt — to divide in two equal parts
• Hungarian: félbevág — to divide in two equal parts
• Italian: dimezzare — to divide in two equal parts
• Korean: 이등분하다 (ideungbunhada) — to divide in two equal parts
• Latin: mediō — to divide in two equal parts
• Latin: dimidiō — to divide in two equal parts
• Lithuanian: dalinti pusiau — to divide in two equal parts
• Low German: halvern — to divide in two equal parts
• Low German: tweibreken — to divide in two equal parts
• Low German: tobreken — to divide in two equal parts
• Māori: weherua — to divide in two equal parts
• Old English: hielfan — to divide in two equal parts
• Old English: twidǣlan — to divide in two equal parts
• Polish: połowić — to divide in two equal parts
• Portuguese: mear — to divide in two equal parts
• Portuguese: cortar ao meio — to divide in two equal parts
• Russian: дели́ть попола́м (delítʹ popolám) — to divide in two equal parts
• Russian: раздели́ть попола́м (razdelítʹ popolám) — to divide in two equal parts
• Serbo-Croatian: popoliviti — to divide in two equal parts
• Spanish: dimidiar — to divide in two equal parts
• Spanish: demediar — to divide in two equal parts
• Spanish: partir por la mitades — to divide in two equal parts
• Spanish: dividir en mitades — to divide in two equal parts
• Swedish: halvera — to divide in two equal parts
• Turkish: ikiye bölmek — to divide in two equal parts
• Turkish: yarıya bölmek — to divide in two equal parts
• Welsh: haneru — to divide in two equal parts