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half meaning in Italian

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half [halves] (one of two equal parts into which anything may be divided)
noun
[UK: hɑːf]
[US: ˈhæf]

metànoun
{f}
Give me half. = Datemene metà.

half-asleep (very sleepy)
adjective

assonnatoadjective

insonnolitoadjective

half board (hotel rate)
noun
[UK: hɑːf bɔːd]
[US: ˈhæf ˈbɔːrd]

mezza pensionenoun
{f}

half-breed [half-breeds] (derogatory: person of racially mixed ancestry)
noun
[UK: ˈhɑːf briːd]
[US: ˈhæf briːd]

meticcianoun
{f}

meticcionoun
{m}

half-breed (having one purebred parent; hybrid; of mixed racial parentage or ancestry)
adjective
[UK: ˈhɑːf briːd]
[US: ˈhæf briːd]

meticcioadjective

half brother [half brothers] (male half-sibling)
noun
[UK: hɑːf ˈbrʌð.ə(r)]
[US: ˈhæf ˈbrʌð.r̩]

fratellastronoun
{m}

mezzo fratellonoun

half cadence (a cadence that moves up from a tonic, supertonic, mediant, or subdominant chord to a dominant triad)
noun

semicadenzanoun
{f}

half cell (part of an electrochemical cell)
noun

semicellanoun
{f}

half glove (form of glove)
noun

manalenoun
{m}

half-hour [half-hours] (period)
noun
[UK: hɑːf ˈaʊə(r)]
[US: ˈhæf ˈaʊər]

mezz'oranoun
{f}

half-integer (number)
noun

semidisparinoun
{m}

half-jokingly (with an element of jest, but fundamentally in earnest)
adverb

tra il serio e il facetoadverb

half-landing (small landing)
noun
[UK: hɑːf ˈlænd.ɪŋ]
[US: ˈhæf ˈlænd.ɪŋ]

interpianonoun
{m}

half-life (time in physics)
noun
[UK: hɑːf laɪf]
[US: ˈhæf ˈlaɪf]

emivitanoun
{f}

semivitanoun
{f}

half-life noun
[UK: hɑːf laɪf]
[US: ˈhæf ˈlaɪf]

tempo di dimezzamentonoun
{m}

half-light (the soft, greyish light characteristic of dawn or dusk)
noun
[UK: ˈhɑːf.ˈlaɪt]
[US: laɪt]

semioscuritànoun
{f}

half marathon (running race)
noun
[UK: hɑːf ˈmæ.rə.θən]
[US: ˈhæf ˈme.rə.ˌθɑːn]

mezza maratonanoun
{f}

half-moon [half-moons] (the moon in its first or last quarter)
noun
[UK: hɑːf muːn]
[US: ˈhæf ˈmuːn]

mezzalunanoun
{f}

half-naked (with very few clothes on)
adjective
[UK: hɑːf ˈneɪkɪd]
[US: ˈhæf ˈneɪkəd]

seminudaadjective
{f}

seminudoadjective
{m}

half nephew (son of a half sibling)
noun

nipote mezzonoun
{m}

half-open (partially open)
adjective

semiapertoadjective

half-plane (either half of an infinite plane)
noun
[UK: hɑːf pleɪn]
[US: ˈhæf ˈpleɪn]

semipianonoun
{m}

half-reaction (either the oxidation or the reduction component of a redox reaction)
noun

semireazionenoun
{f}

half sister (a female half sibling)
noun
[UK: hɑːf ˈsɪ.stə(r)]
[US: ˈhæf ˈsɪ.stər]

mezza sorellanoun
{f}

sorellastranoun
{f}

half-time [half-times] (sports: interval between halves)
noun
[UK: hɑːf ˈtaɪm]
[US: ˈhæf ˈtaɪm]

intervallonoun
{m}

half title (book title)
noun

mezzotitolonoun
{m}

occhiellonoun

half-track (half-tracked)
adjective
[UK: ˈhɑːf træk]
[US: ˈhæf træk]

semicingolatoadjective

half-uncle (half-brother of one's parent)
noun

zio mezzonoun

half-witted (having a low intelligence)
adjective
[UK: ˈhɑːf.ˈwɪ.tɪd]
[US: ˈhæf.ˈwɪ.tɪd]

deficienteadjective

mentecattoadjective

halfhearted (lacking full energy)
adjective
[UK: ˈhæf.ˌhɑː.təd]
[US: ˈhæf.ˌhɑːr.təd]

fiaccoadjective
{m}

incertoadjective
{m}

halfheartedly (in a half-hearted manner)
adverb
[UK: halfheart.ed.li]
[US: halfhear.ted.li]

tiepidamenteadverb

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