moitié — meaning in English
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English meaning
- half adj Equal to one of two equal parts of something.
- rib noun One of the curved bones that run from the spine around toward the breastbone, forming the cage that protects the chest.
- significant other noun The person someone is in a long-term romantic relationship with, named this way when the speaker does not want to specify whether they are a husband, wife, partner, girlfriend or boyfriend.
Senses
moitié is used for these senses in English:
- better half A person's spouse or lover, most commonly a man's wife.
- half Consisting of some indefinite portion resembling a half; approximately a half, whether more or less; partial; imperfect.
- half One of two usually roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided, or considered as divided.
- half (preceded by “a” or a number) The fraction obtained by dividing 1 by 2.
- other half (idiomatic) A spouse.
- rib (archaic, literary, or, humorous) A wife or woman.
- significant other One's exclusive romantic partner.
half — full definition
- adj Equal to one of two equal parts of something.
- adv Partially, or to an incomplete degree.
- noun One of two equal parts into which something is divided.
rib — full definition
- noun One of the curved bones that run from the spine around toward the breastbone, forming the cage that protects the chest.
- noun A cut of meat that still has one or more rib bones in it.
- noun A supporting structural piece shaped like a rib, such as in a ship's hull, an aircraft wing, or an umbrella.
- verb To tease someone in a friendly, good-natured way.