halfling

English

Etymology

half +‎ -ling

Noun

halfling (plural halflings)

1. (fantasy) A fictional small humanoid creature featuring in fantasy fiction; a hobbit.
2. (fantasy) A fictional humanoid born of a human parent and a parent of another race in fantasy fiction.
3. A half-grown person, between a child and an adult.

Translations

a hobbit

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 半身人 (bànshēnrén)

• Czech: půlčík m
• French: halfelin m
• German: Halbling (de) m
• Japanese: ハーフリング (hāfuringu)
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• Korean: 하플링 (hapeulling)
• Polish: niziołek (pl) m, niziołki m pl
• Russian: полуро́слик (ru) m (poluróslik), ха́флинг m (xáfling)
• Serbo-Croatian: полушан m (polušan)
• Swedish: halvkarl c, halvlängdsman c, halvman c, halvmänning c, halvmänniska c, bastard (sv) c, dvärg (sv) c, krympling c