half-hour
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half-hour
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From half- + hour.
noun half-hours · halfhour
- A period of time equal to thirty minutes, half an hour.
- The time of thirty minutes past any particular hour. The great clock of the castle sounded the half-hour—he had another half-hour [sense 1] to wait, ere the approach of Count Deckendorff; […]
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noun time
| Português | meia hora |
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noun period
| 한국어 | 반시간 bansigan |
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| 日本語 | 半時間 hanjikan |
| 中文 | 半小時 /半小时 bànxiǎoshí |
| Português | meia hora |
| Français | demi-heure |
| Deutsch | halbe Stunde |
| Italiano | mezz'ora |
| Ελληνικά | μισάωρο misáoro, ημίωρο imíoro |
| Русский | полчаса́ polčasá |
| العربية | نِصْف سَاعَة niṣf sāʕa |
Talk about this word "half-hour." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/half-hour. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. half-hour. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/half-hour "half-hour." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/half-hour.
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@misc{half_hour_2026,
title = {half-hour},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/half-hour},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
