half in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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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
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]

See also half back

half in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for half in the English»French Dictionary

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I.half <-halves> [hɑ:f, Am hæf] N

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

half (fare)
demi-tarif m

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
moitié-moitié
half man, half beast
mi-homme, mi-animal
to fly a flag at half-mast
monter son pavillon en berne
I have half a mind to +infin
ça me démange de +infin
to listen with half an ear
écouter d'une oreille distraite
to sell sth off at half price
brader qc à moitié prix
half a loaf is better than none prov
faute de grives on mange des merles prov
one and a half times bigger
une fois et demie plus grand
who can see in the half-light
nyctalope attr old
to listen with half an ear
n'écouter que d'une oreille
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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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He was imprisoned for 15 years from 1975 to 1990 under a death sentence, with four and a half years in solitary confinement.
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Two particularly poignant examples are the sixty-fourth note runs near the beginning, and the trembling half-step figure that appears at the beginning and end.
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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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Cf, which is available in relatively large quantities due to its long half-life (2.65 years).
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The foot is often compared to a musical measure and the long and short syllables to whole notes and half notes.
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A more accurate term for the left pedal on an upright piano is the half-blow pedal.
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A few half-hearted agrarian laws were passed such as the seed certification law, a land rental law and a moderate land reform law.
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Approximately 500 staff, or almost half the total, entered the armed forces.
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He was a strong competitor at centre half-back and also occasionally played the ruck.
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