halve

See also: hälve

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɑːv/
• Rhymes: -ɑːv
• enPR: hăv, IPA^(key): /hæv/
• Rhymes: -æv
• Homophone: have (some accents)

Verb

1. (transitive) To reduce to half the original amount.
2. (transitive) To divide into two halves.
3. (transitive) To make up half of.
   • M. Arnold

     So far apart their lives are thrown / From the twin soul that halves their own.

4. (architecture, transitive) To join two pieces of timber etc. by cutting away each for half its thickness at the joining place, and fitting together.
5. (golf, transitive) In match play, to achieve a tie or draw on.

   to halve a hole or a match

   • 2005, Bill Elliott, The Golf Bag Buddy: The Essential On-Course Reference, page 67:

     All that counts is whether you won, lost, or halved the match.

Synonyms

• (to divide into two halves): dichotomize, dimidiate; see also Thesaurus:bisect

Translations

to reduce to half of original

• Bulgarian: намалявам наполовина (namaljavam napolovina)
• Dutch: halveren (nl)
• Finnish: puolittaa (fi)
• Georgian: ანახევრებს (anaxevrebs), ნახევრად შეამცირებს (naxevrad šeamcirebs), ნახევრად ამცირებს (naxevrad amcirebs)
• German: halbieren (de)
• Hungarian: elfelez
• Italian: dimezzare (it)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Korean: 반으로 줄다 (baneuro julda)
• Old English: hielfan
• Portuguese: mear (pt)
• Russian: сокраща́ть наполови́ну impf (sokraščátʹ napolovínu), сократи́ть наполови́ну pf (sokratítʹ napolovínu)
• Spanish: demediar (es), dimidiar (es)
• Swedish: halvera (sv)
• Turkish: yarılamak (tr)
• Welsh: haneru (cy)

to divide in two equal parts

• Bulgarian: разполовявам (bg) (razpolovjavam)
• Czech: půlit (cs), rozpůlit
• Dutch: halveren (nl)
• Finnish: puolittaa (fi), panna puoliksi
• French: diviser en deux
• Georgian: ანახევრებს (anaxevrebs), შუაზე ჰყოფს (šuaze hq̇ops), შუაზე ყოფს (šuaze q̇ops)
• German: halbieren (de), hälften (rare), zweiteilen (de)
• Hebrew: חָצָה (khatsá)
• Hungarian: felez (hu), kettéoszt (hu), félbevág
• Italian: dimezzare (it)
• Korean: 이등분하다 (ideungbunhada)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Latin: mediō, dimidiō
• Lithuanian: dalinti pusiau
• Low German:

  German Low German: halvern, tweibreken, tobreken

• Old English: hielfan, twidǣlan
• Polish: połowić
• Portuguese: mear (pt)
• Russian: дели́ть попола́м impf (delítʹ popolám), раздели́ть попола́м pf (razdelítʹ popolám)
• Serbo-Croatian: popoliviti
• Spanish: dimidiar (es), demediar (es)
• Swedish: halvera (sv)
• Welsh: haneru (cy)

Anagrams

• Havel, Vahle

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Danish

Adjective

halve

1. plural and definite singular attributive of halv

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɦɑl.və/

• Audio:

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Adjective

halve

1. (deprecated template usage) Inflected form of half

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Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

halve (plural halves or halven)

1. Alternative form of half

Etymology 2

From Old English helfe.

Noun

halve

1. Alternative form of helve

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Adjective

halve

1. definite singular of halv
2. plural of halv

Etymology 2

From Old Norse halfa

Noun

halve f or m (definite singular halva or halven, indefinite plural halver, definite plural halvene)

1. (a) half

Synonyms

• halvdel
• halvpart

References

• “halve” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Adjective

halve

1. definite singular of halv
2. plural of halv

Etymology 2

From Old Norse halfa

Noun

halve f (definite singular halva, indefinite plural halver, definite plural halvene)

1. (a) half

Synonyms

• halvdel
• halvpart

References

• “halve” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.