Half : nf (word from latin mediatas, atis "middle, half").
The word “half” has several meanings:
1. One of two equal parts (of a whole).
The diameter divides the circle into two halves. Five is half of ten.
half of one time, An dozen (half).
By extension: part roughly equal to half.
Eat half of apple.
A good, big half.
Half of his life, of his existence.
She's gone half the time (most).
Shorten, halve.
Half relief.
To renew by half the members of an assembly.
Split by half.
2. One of the two equal or nearly equal parts (of a whole), considered as an autonomous unit and opposable to the other. The first half of the twelfth century.
3. Middle. Halfway through its existence.
Halfway up a hill: halfway up the hill.
4. Figurative and aged meaning: Half of my life, of my soul: term of endearment.
Modern and literary meaning then colloquial: Wife, wife. He never comes without his better half.
5. Halfway: halfway; and by extension. partially. Don't do anything halfway.
Fill consist of half.
Glass half full, half empty.
To be half dead.
Prepositional phrase: Halfway (halfway).
Half price: for half the price.
Half, repeated before two different words (mi-).
Half-civilian, half-military functions.
6. Half-Half…Half all-purpose flour and half consist of (half FIG half grape).
Avderbial Colloquial Meaning: Are you happy with your trip? – Half and half (so-so).
Let's split the profits half and half (fifty-fifty).
A Half and half fondue : made of two cheese different in amount equal.
Familiar: among young people: we go moist-moist: splitting something in two to satisfy both parties.
7. Figurative phrase: To act, to be, to put oneself in half with someone, in equal participation in the profits and the losses.
Opposite of half: double.