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Meaning of half-hour | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Standard

Definitions

  1. A period of time equal to thirty minutes, half an hour.
  2. The time of thirty minutes past any particular hour.

Equivalents

العربية نِصْف سَاعَة
Čeština půlhodina
Deutsch halbe Stunde
Ελληνικά ημίωρο μισάωρο
Esperanto duonhoro
Suomi puoli tuntia puolitunti puolituntinen puolituntinen
Français demi-heure
Gaeilge leathuair
Italiano mezz'ora
日本語 半時間
한국어 반시간
Latina semihora
မြန်မာဘာသာ နာရီဝက်
Nederlands halfuur
Português meia hora
Русский полчаса
Svenska halvtimma halvtimme
Türkçe yarım saat
Українська півгодинний

Examples

“The great clock of the castle sounded the half-hour—he had another half-hour to wait, ere the approach of Count Deckendorff; […]”
“India’s half-hour zone dates back to colonial rule of India and the era when ever-faster steamships and trains were shrinking the world.”

CEFR level

C2
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See also

half-hourly half-human half-hunter half-integer half-island half-jacket

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