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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

  1. adj Equal to one of two equal parts of something.
  2. adv Partially, or to an incomplete degree.
  3. noun One of two equal parts into which something is divided.

rib — full definition

  1. noun One of the curved bones that run from the spine around toward the breastbone, forming the cage that protects the chest.
  2. noun A cut of meat that still has one or more rib bones in it.
  3. noun A supporting structural piece shaped like a rib, such as in a ship's hull, an aircraft wing, or an umbrella.
  4. verb To tease someone in a friendly, good-natured way.

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