noun
Meaning 1
A half.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
moiety
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.
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈmɔɪ.ə.ti/
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General-American: /ˈmɔɪ.ə.ti/
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General-American: /-ɾi/
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CMU ARPABET: M OY1 AH0 T IY2 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A share or portion, especially a smaller share.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
Each descent group in a culture which is divided exactly into two descent groups.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anthropology, human-sciences, sciences
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noun
Meaning 4
A specific segment of a molecule.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
Examples
- Aniline has both a phenyl and an amino moiety.
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noun
Meaning 5
one of two basic subdivisions of a tribe
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: social group
noun
Meaning 6
one of two (approximately) equal parts
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: mediety
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: one-half, half
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French moytié, from Old French meitié (“half”) (modern French moitié (“half”)), from Late Latin medietās (“centre, midpoint; half”), from Latin medius (“half; middle”) + -tās (from Proto-Indo-European *-teh2ts (suffix forming nouns indicating a state of being)). Medius is ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *médhyos (“middle”), possibly from *me-dhi- (“among; with”), from *me (“in the middle of; among; with”). The word is a doublet of mediety.
Across languages
Translations
19 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Czech: část — share or portion
- French: fraction — share or portion
- French: portion congrue — share or portion
- Galician: porción — share or portion
- Polish: część — share or portion
- Russian: до́ля (dólja) — share or portion
- Russian: часть (častʹ) — share or portion
- Spanish: porción — share or portion
- Spanish: fracción — share or portion
- Chinese Mandarin: 官能團 /官能团 (guānnéngtuán) — specific segment of a molecule
- Czech: skupina — specific segment of a molecule
- Dutch: groep — specific segment of a molecule
- Dutch: functionele groep — specific segment of a molecule
- French: groupement — specific segment of a molecule
- French: groupe fonctionnel — specific segment of a molecule
- Galician: grupo — specific segment of a molecule
- Polish: część cząsteczki — specific segment of a molecule
- Russian: гру́ппа (grúppa) — specific segment of a molecule
- Spanish: grupo — specific segment of a molecule
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