half-page in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for half-page in the English»French Dictionary

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

1. half (one of two parts):

half

moitié f

half (of) the page/the people/the wine

la moitié de la page/des gens/du vin

half (of) 38 is 19

la moitié de 38 est 19

he arrives late half (of) the time

la moitié du temps il est en retard

to cut/tear/break sth in half

couper/déchirer/casser qc en deux

2. half MATH (fraction):

half

demi m

four and a half

quatre et demi

3. half SPORTS:

half (time period)

mi-temps f

half (pitch area)

moitié f de terrain

the first/second half

la première/seconde mi-temps

4. half SPORTS → half back

5. half Brit (half pint):

half inf

demi-pinte f

half inf

≈ bock m

6. half Brit (half fare):

half

demi-tarif m

II.half [Brit hɑːf, Am hæf] ADJ

a half apple

une moitié de pomme

a half circle

un demi-cercle

a half-cup, half a cup

une demi-tasse

a half-litre, half a litre

un demi-litre

a half-litre pot

un pot d'un demi-litre

a half-page advertisement

une publicité d'une demi-page

twelve and a half per cent

douze et demi pour cent

two and a half cups

deux tasses et demie

III.half [Brit hɑːf, Am hæf] PRON

1. half (50%):

half

moitié f

only half passed

seule la moitié a réussi

you can have half now, the rest later

tu peux en avoir la moitié maintenant et le reste plus tard

to cut/increase sth by half

réduire/augmenter qc de moitié

that was a meal and a half inf!

ça a été un sacré repas! inf

2. half (in time):

an hour and a half

une heure et demie

half past two/six Brit, half two/six inf

deux/six heures et demie

it starts at half past

ça commence à la demie

the buses run at half past the hour

les bus passent à la demie de chaque heure

3. half (in age):

she is ten and a half

elle a dix ans et demi

IV.half [Brit hɑːf, Am hæf] ADV

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

half

à moitié

to half close one's eyes/the window

fermer les yeux/la fenêtre à moitié

it's half the price/the size

c'est moitié moins cher/moins grand

half as much money/as many people

moitié moins d'argent/de personnes

half as big/as heavy

moitié moins grand/lourd

half as much/as many again

moitié plus

half as tall again

moitié plus grand

he's half my age

il est moitié moins âgé que moi

she's half Italian

elle est à moitié italienne

he's half Spanish half Irish

il est mi-espagnol mi-irlandais

the word is half Latin half Greek

le mot est moitié latin moitié grec

half woman half fish

mi-femme mi-poisson, moitié femme moitié poisson

he was only half serious

il n'était qu'à moitié sérieux

half disappointed half relieved

mi-déçu mi-soulagé

to be only half right

n'avoir qu'à moitié raison

to be only half listening

n'écouter qu'à moitié

if it was half as easy as they say

si c'était vraiment aussi facile qu'on le dit

I was half hoping that …

j'espérais presque que …

I half expected it

je m'y attendais plus ou moins

not half old/half big

pas jeune/petit iron

he wasn't half angry/surprised inf

il était drôlement en colère/surpris inf

it doesn't half stink inf!

ça pue drôlement! inf

not half inf!

et comment!

not half bad inf

pas mauvais or mal du tout

V.half [Brit hɑːf, Am hæf]

half a minute or second or tick inf Brit or mo inf

une petite minute, un instant

how the other half lives

comment vivent les riches

if given half a chance

à la première occasion

to have half a mind to do

avoir bien envie de faire

one's better or other half

sa (douce) moitié

that's not the half of it!

ce n'est pas le meilleur!

she doesn't know the half of it!

elle ne sait pas le meilleur!

to go halves with sb

se mettre de moitié avec qn

let's go halves

faisons moitié-moitié

never to do things by halves

ne pas faire les choses à moitié

too clever by half inf

un peu trop malin/-igne

See also half back

half back N SPORTS

half back

demi m

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Roughly halfway through the run of the compendia, their format changed from standard comic size to a half-page sized digest format, usually with a higher page count.

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More recently users are presented with half-page adverts (on average netbook screens) which they must scroll past before seeing the actual site.

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These strips are complete in the third of a page format, and they are cropped and rearranged in the half-page, tab or full-page format.

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Drawn in black and white half-page format it later became larger and moved to full colour as his popularity increased.

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