halfway

See also: Halfway

English

Etymology

From Middle English halfwey, from Old English healfweġ (“half-way”), equivalent to half- +‎ way. Cognate with Saterland Frisian hoolfwais (“halfway”), Dutch halfweg (“halfway”), German halbwegs (“halfway”), Danish halvvejs (“halway”), Swedish halvvägs (“halfway”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hæfweɪ/
• IPA^(key): /hɑːfˈweɪ/

Adverb

halfway (not comparable)

1. Half of the way between two points; midway.
2. Moderately; somewhat.

   a halfway decent place to sleep

Derived terms

• meet halfway

Translations

midway

• Belarusian: напаўдарозе (napaŭdarózje)
• Bulgarian: на половината път (na polovinata pǎt)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 半路 (zh) (bànlù), 半途 (zh) (bàntú), 中途 (zh) (zhōngtú)

  Min Nan: 半路 (puann3-loo7)

• Dutch: halfweg (nl), halverwege (nl)
• Esperanto: duone
• Finnish: puolivälissä
• French: (à) mi-chemin (fr)
• German: halbwegs (de)
• Italian: a metà strada
• Japanese: 途中で (ja) (とちゅうで, tochū-de), 中間で (ja) (ちゅうかんで, chūkan-de)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: halvveis, midtveis, midtvegs

  Nynorsk: midtvegs

• Polish: na połowie drogi
• Portuguese: na metade
• Russian: наполови́ну (ru) (napolovínu), на полпути́ (na polputí)
• Sanskrit: अर्धपथे (sa) (ardhapathe)
• Scottish Gaelic: letheach-slighe
• Spanish: a mediados, a mitad de
• Swedish: halvvägs (sv)
• Turkish: yarı yolda
• Ukrainian: на півдорозі (na pivdorozi)

See also

• halfways