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half-

half- prefix: half or partial; not complete.

Prefix

half-

  1. half or partial; not complete
    Synonyms:
    semi-, hemi-, demi-
  2. Used before brother, sister, uncle, aunt, and so forth, to indicate that the person being identified is related only through one parent, grandparent, and so forth, rather than two.

half- meaning in Tamil

half- in Tamil

half-, partial, incomplete
அரை arai

Synonyms of half-

Origin of half-

From Middle English half-, from Old English healf-, from Proto-Germanic *halba- (“half-”), from *halbaz (“half”). Cognate with Dutch half- (“half-”), German halb- (“half-”), Swedish halv- (“half-”), Icelandic hálf- (“half-”). More at half.

Questions about half-

What does half- mean?
Half- means half or partial; not complete.
What is half- in Tamil?
Half- in Tamil is அரை (arai). See Half- meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is half-?
Half- is a prefix.

Words near half- in the dictionary

  1. half viaduct
  2. half viaducts
  3. half volley
  4. half volleys
  5. Half Way Tree
  6. half-
  7. half-a-crown
  8. half-a-crowns
  9. half-a-dollar
  10. half-a-dozen
  11. half-and-half

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: half- (page history and authors); அரை (Tamil) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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