half in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for half in the English»French Dictionary

I.half <pl halves> [Brit hɑːf, Am hæf] N

4. half SPORTS → half back

II.half [Brit hɑːf, Am hæf] ADJ

III.half [Brit hɑːf, Am hæf] PRON

IV.half [Brit hɑːf, Am hæf] ADV

half full, over, asleep, drunk, cooked, dressed, eaten, hidden, understood, remembered:

half
half as big/as heavy
half as tall again
he's half my age
he's half Spanish half Irish
the word is half Latin half Greek
half woman half fish
I was half hoping that
I half expected it
not half old/half big
it doesn't half stink inf!
not half inf!
not half bad inf

V.half [Brit hɑːf, Am hæf]

See also half back

half in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for half in the English»French Dictionary

I.half <-halves> [hɑ:f, Am hæf] N

4. half Brit (child's ticket for public transport):

half (fare)

III.half [hɑ:f, Am hæf] ADV

half-caste → half-breed

See also half-breed

half Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

half and half
half man, half beast
I have half a mind to +infin
half a loaf is better than none prov
nyctalope attr old
American English

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
A more accurate term for the left pedal on an upright piano is the half-blow pedal.
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In the 72 hours following the announcement, over half a million ticket requests were received.
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Later images show him as a beardless, sensuous, naked or half-naked androgynous youth: the literature describes him as womanly or man-womanish.
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Cf, which is available in relatively large quantities due to its long half-life (2.65 years).
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Approximately 500 staff, or almost half the total, entered the armed forces.
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It is an annual herb taking an erect or spreading form up to half a meter long or forming a mat or dense tangle.
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In the northern half of the state, a series of rivers rise on the western side of the Great Dividing Range.
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In fact, half the airstaff did not even attend this meeting and were told through a conference call.
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He deployed roughly half of the Ethiopian army to contain the struggle.
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After steady growth over the first half of the century, including winning paid sick leave, annual leave and a forty-hour week, the union really took off in the 1950s.
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