halve

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English halven, helven, from Old English hilfan, helfan, *hielfan (“to halve, divide in two”), from Proto-West Germanic *halbijan, from Proto-Germanic *halbijaną (“to halve”), from Proto-Germanic *halbaz (“half”). Cognate with Middle Dutch halven (“to halve”), Middle High German halben, helben (“to halve”). Compare also West Frisian helte (“to halve”), Dutch halveren (“to halve”), German Low German halberen (“to halve”), German halbieren (“to halve”), Danish halvere (“to halve”), Swedish halvera (“to halve”). === Pronunciation === (England, Wales, General Australian, New Zealand) enPR: häv, IPA(key): /hɑːv/ Rhymes: -ɑːv (General American) enPR: hăv, IPA(key): /hæv/ Homophone: have (stressed) Rhymes: -æv (Philadelphia, Baltimore) IPA(key): /hɛəv/ (Ireland, Scotland) IPA(key): /hav/ Homophone: have (stressed) Rhymes: -æf, -ɑːv === Verb === halve (third-person singular simple present halves, present participle halving, simple past and past participle halved) (transitive) To reduce to half the original amount. (transitive) To divide into two halves. (transitive) To make up half of. (architecture, transitive) To join two pieces of timber etc. by cutting away each for half its thickness at the joining place, and fitting together. (golf, transitive) In match play, to achieve a tie or draw on. ==== Synonyms ==== (to divide into two halves): dichotomize, dimidiate; see also Thesaurus:bisect ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Havel, Vahle == Danish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈhalvə], [ˈhall̩] === Adjective === halve plural and definite singular attributive of halv == Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɦɑl.və/ === Adjective === halve inflection of half: masculine/feminine singular attributive definite neuter singular attributive plural attributive == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === ==== Noun ==== halve alternative form of half === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== halve alternative form of helve == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology 1 === ==== Adjective ==== halve definite singular of halv 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) (a) half ===== Synonyms ===== halvdel halvpart === References === “halve” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology 1 === ==== Adjective ==== halve definite singular of halv plural of halv === Etymology 2 === From Old Norse halfa. ==== Noun ==== halve f (definite singular halva, indefinite plural halver, definite plural halvene) a half ===== Synonyms ===== halvdel halvpart === References === “halve” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.